By 1961, however, Singapore had grown receptive to the idea of joining Malaysia, largely because of the prevailing idea at the time that industrial Singapore could not survive without access to Malayan markets.
然而，直至1961年，新加坡逐漸接受加入馬來西亞的想法，主要是因為當時流行的觀念，以工業為主的新加坡如果得不到馬來亞市場将無法生存。