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by Rubik Azariah » Fri, 29 Aug 2014 9:10 pm
Hi all. Am new here and am wondering if we are allowed to bring a few books - fiction, non-fiction reference with us when we arrive in Singapore. Will that be a problem?
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by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:33 pm
Shouldn't be a problem unless it porn or The Satanic Verses.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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by Brah » Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:43 pm
Is Penthouse fiction, non-fiction or reference?
Or does it depend on one's stage in life?
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by Rubik Azariah » Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:37 pm
I am asking because of what it says here about controlled items
http://www.changiairport.com/passenger- ... lled-items
I work in advertising and have quite a few must have reference books that are costly and hard to come by. Wouldn't want to risk trashing any one of them, but a shame if I can't have access to them either.
Also what about ebooks on your Kindle / ipad? Are you supposed to erase them?
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by sundaymorningstaple » Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:10 am
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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by Rubik Azariah » Sat, 30 Aug 2014 1:35 am
Thanks! That helped. Guess I shouldn't have any problems then. I thought there was a restriction on all books and that each had to be screened to be approved.
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by ecureilx » Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:16 am
Rubik Azariah wrote:Thanks! That helped. Guess I shouldn't have any problems then. I thought there was a restriction on all books and that each had to be screened to be approved.
years ago it was tightly controlled, there was a time you weren't even allowed to bring the forein newspaper from the plane.
it has been relaxed a lot now
only if you bring in VCDs/DVDs they 'may' ask you to pay for screening charges
take it easy!!!
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by nutnut » Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:31 am
We brought boxes of books, as SMS said, make sure it's not anything derogatory about Singapore or pornagraphic and you should be fine.
Oh, and books about male penguins adopting a baby penguin don't go down too well either....
Avoid - "Once a Jolly Hangman"
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by sundaymorningstaple » Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:39 am
Avoid - "Once a Jolly Hangman"
^^This!
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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by JR8 » Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:31 pm
We brought in about 300+(?) books without any issue or problem.
There used to be a time you had to write a list of every video/DVD you were bringing in on your relo. A real pain if you had hundreds! Fortunately those days are long done.
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