It tells us that the British respected native customs in Singapore. This can be seen in the Source A as it tells us that the British made provision for native customs, apart from drawing up a provisional code of law based on British law. Inference 1, Supported

Also, Source A tells us that the British favoured their people over the other settlers. This can be seen in Source A, where the source says that a regulation was issued appointing twelve magistrates from among the principal British merchants. However, the British did not appoint any Asians or locals, for that matter. Inference 2 Supported However, the British did not appoint any Asians or locals, for that matter. (Where is the support for this?

From Source A, I can infer that there were many problems that the British government faced when governing Singapore. The most pressing problem was because of the small police force, hence it was not safe to live in Singapore at that time. Thus I can infer that not many people wanted to join the police force as the pay was too low and they had no proper training. From this, we can also infer that the British tried very hard to govern Singapore. From Source A, I can infer that there were many problems that the British government faced when governing Singapore. (No precision – L1) The most pressing problem was because of the small police force, hence it was not safe to live in Singapore at that time. Thus I can infer that not many people wanted to join the police force as the pay was too low and they had no proper training. (2 inferences / not supported) From this, we can also infer that the British tried very hard to govern Singapore. (Another inference – not supported) L1

I can infer that the British did not bother about the safety of the locals until the situation was getting out of hand and merchants did not want to come to Singapore to trade. As Singapore’s wealth mainly depended on trade, the British had to take action before they started losing money.