Asia is the worlds largest continent and stretches from the Baring Sea in the east to Turkey and Europe in the west. Its southern border comprises many islands, includ- ing those that make up Indonesia. Since independence of colonial powers, Asian economies have boomed. First were Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea and later Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. More recently China and India have enjoyed rapid economic growth. The south-west and central parts of the continent are deserts. The Himalayan mountains divide the cold north from the tropical south. The people of Asia make up over two-thirds of the worlds population and they live in the birthplace of the worlds earliest civilizations.

Question: Post-colonial growth first occurred in Singapore.
Options:
A. true, B. false, C. uncertain
Answer: "C"