As for Singapore, "perhaps it is suitable for being a transshipment point for Southeast Asia or mainland China," notes Kuo Wen-jeng, but for the whole Asia-Pacific region, Singapore is "a bit too far to the southeast," with a somewhat weaker geographic position.
至於新加坡，「它或許適合做東南亞和大陸的連接站」，郭文政指出，但以整個亞太地區來說，新加坡算是「僻處東南」，地理位置稍差。