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Street Signs and Posts in Singapore

Well, the country that has banned chewing gum and severely punishes those who "forget" to flush toilets, also has an interesting collection of signs and posts in public places.

If you intend visiting Singapore, you should thoroughly get documented about its laws. The country has strict regulations, laws and they don't hesitate to punish even those who commit acts that in other countries might seem minor or, in other countries might be legal.

Chewing gum sale in Singapore is illegal and bringing it in is too! (For larger quantities, jail punishment is given).

Jaywalking can cost you as much as 2,000 SGD or some time in jail!

Don't dare speaking against any religion or god.

Walking around naked in your own home is an offence - suppose someone sees you.

Connecting to unsecured WiFi spots is considered "hacking" and offenders get either jail or heavy fines.
Don't connect to anyone else's WiFi signal without permission.

Not to mention: drug traffickers get death penalty!
Certain psychoactive medicines (legal in other countries) are considered "drugs" in Singapore.

Now back to the signs and posts... simply seeing so many signs reflects how strict local laws are.

Of course, not all public signs, street posts refer to some sort of illegal activity.

Many of them are mere multilingual signs, inscriptions.
In fact, what I admired the most about Singapore's laws was their tolerance towards various cultures, religions, ethnicities.

74-75 % of Singapore's population is made up by Chinese and the 14 % Tamil, 9 % Malay enjoy rights that minorities in some countries can only dream about.

Singapore has 4 official languages: English, Mandarin, Tamil and Malaysian.

Plus: other, smaller minorities enjoy tolerance, respect, even multilingual signs, inscriptions. There are substantial numbers of Japanese, Filipinos, English-speaking Westerners, Arabs, Indonesians, Koreans in Singapore.

...and I saw several Japanese, Arab inscriptions here and there...

The posts I saw in Singapore surpassed what I've seen in Helsinki, Finland almost a year earlier.

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