We’ve been roaming around Singapore, getting to some areas that are new to us. Its a busy place, buildings going up all over. Lots of traffic. Everything seems to be very tidy. We haven’t been everywhere, but we haven’t seen any litter, or graffiti. There are garbage cans in the parks and they are not overflowing. The subways are spotless. Its not a perfect place and I’m sure there are people who are unhoused. But we don’t see them – certainly not camping in public parks.
What we do see a lot of are signs. Lots of signage directing behavior. There’s the infamous ‘no durian fruit on the subway sign…
Feeding pigeons is also a no-no – with serious fines
And don’t be letting your dog roam about.
One of the food centres we visited had this one:
makes one wonder what goes on at that place?
And the subway has lots of reminders about lots of things
And they are not kidding about being watched – the number of cameras everywhere is quite surprising.
And then there the ‘let’s use the public toilets nicely’ messages.
And lastly – this message on the table at the food centre near us.
The housing board will add 19,600 new flats to the pool in 2024.
And then there’s the rules around smoking……
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