Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: Malaysia rose first as a trading point for Asia and Europe, with the ports of Melaka (Malacca in colonial times) and later Singapore, now sovereign and independent. Choices:  1. Singapore later became independent because it had become so wealthy by itself. 2. Malaysia adopted the moniker, The Hermit Kingdom, for its enduring inward and isolationist policy that brooks no trade with the outside world. 3. Malaysia's first two trading ports to attract Europeans were Melaka and Singapore.

3