Bringing reading material to Singapore

[Rubik Azariah]

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?

[sundaymorningstaple]

Shouldn't be a problem unless it porn or The Satanic Verses.

[Brah]

Is Penthouse fiction, non-fiction or reference?

Or does it depend on one's stage in life?

[Rubik Azariah]

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?

[sundaymorningstaple]

Start Here:

http://www.mda.gov.sg/RegulationsAndLic ... elines.pdf

[Rubik Azariah]

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.

[ecureilx]

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!!!

[nutnut]

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"

[sundaymorningstaple]

Avoid - "Once a Jolly Hangman"

^^This!

[JR8]

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.