Actually you'll probably like it better as the crime rates are considerably lower and the street considerably cleaner. It's also rare for muggings to take place. Although the catch phrase is "Low Crime doesn't mean No Crime", one does get rather lackadaisical when out an about. Don't worry about it. Unless your are a political activist or criminal you will be fine. (This yank has been here over a quarter of a century with no problems).Strong Eagle wrote:As noted, as long as you're not involved with guns or drugs or smuggling, at the local level you'll like Singapore more than the typical US city. The police are polite, and the authorities are reasonable if you wish to protest traffic and parking offenses. It's got a decent court system for dispute resolution.
Yup, the cops here actually keep a very low profile. Singapore works on the principle "kill the chicken to scare the monkeys" -- set absolutely draconian punishments, and enforce them just enough to remind people that it's possible to get busted, but 99% of the time, look through your fingers. There's plenty of jaywalking, littering, chewing gum, pirated software, porn DVDs or whatever in Singapore... it's just kept out of the public eye. Flaunt the rules in public, and you'll be struck down with great anger, but sneak behind them in somewhere out in Bukit Ulu-Ulu, and nobody cares.splat wrote:It may be a "police state" but you never ever see any police as no-one breaks the law....
Unless it's contraband ciggies being sold by Indos coming out of the jungles and drains!jpatokal wrote:but sneak behind them in somewhere out in Bukit Ulu-Ulu, and nobody cares.
Let's see now, Civet Cats, Bird Flu, Melamine poisoning, Falung Gulang (Sp!), not counting political prisoners for no apparent reasons.......Trekka wrote: P.S. China is the safest place I have ever been to, no crime to speak of, and unless you protest for a "free Tibet ", there is no worries living here.
'fraid I gotta throw a monkey wrench in that one. Human Rights? As long as the Internal Securities Act is still in use there's no such thing. Detention without representation doesn't sound like human rights to me.AngryAngMo wrote:how about the general lack of human rights and the freedom of speech...
(where we at least have the first one in Singapore)
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