DealSingapore: Singapore travel guide for foreign visitors
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Basics Tap water you can drink, 230 V and the Type G plug, notes and coins, the 10-cent deposit on drinks. Arrival card and visa Free, and due within 3 days before you land. From Changi Airport Change at Tanah Merah or Expo for the city. Fares and cards Tap a contactless Visa, Mastercard or Amex at the gate. MRT rules No food or drink, gum included: up to S$500. What you can bring Vapes are illegal, even just to have one. Smoking rules Banned at bus stops and in parks. S$200 if caught. Alcohol rules No drinking in public from 10.30 p.m. to 7 a.m. Street rules Litter: up to S$2,000. Jaywalking near a crossing: up to S$1,000. Tax refund S$100 or more at one shop, claimed at the airport. Public holidays Every holiday this year and next, from MOM. If you are unwell Call 995 if it is life-threatening, and where the hospitals are. Pharmacies Every pharmacy on HSA’s list, with its nearest MRT exit. Emergency numbers Police 999, ambulance and fire 995.
