Singapore Traditions

Singapore - a very safe place. The total order on the streets even in the most remote areas of the city is very high and is supported by law enforcement agencies. Still, petty theft, robbery and fraud from time to time occur in the places most frequented by tourists. You should exercise reasonable precautions.

Country's too expensive. Even with the fantastic local shops and markets, prices of many foods are very high, but services are only slightly cheaper than in Japan.

With all of its foreign goodwill, Singaporeans in the transport and shops are behaving rather unceremoniously (but without the vulgarity). Singapore police, who are easily identifiable by their dark blue uniform clothing, are restrained, polite and correct with respect to any appeal for help.

The fine for cigarette butt thrown on the street is 500 Singapore dollars, even if you just missed by urns. Smoking in public places - from 700 to 1,000 Singapore dollars, in many institutions, smoking is only allowed in strictly defined hours. Chewing gum generally outlawed. Profanity in a public place, or the utterance of threats to the interlocutor (even rhetorical!) Can result in a fine of up to 3000 Singapore dollars. Drug use is punishable by long prison term, and their importation and sale - the death penalty without appeal. For foreigners, in most cases they violate the local rules are fairly lenient, but a second offense or apparent unwillingness to respect the local laws could end in a very lamentable.

Designation of floors in buildings rather traditionally for East Asian countries - usually they are given double the number, the first of which points to floor, the second by a stroke - the room number or office ( "ground level" is referred to as 01). In some hotels there are no floors or rooms that contain in its designation of "bad numbers" (4, 66, etc.).