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By now, you all know the hard facts about chewing-gum being banned because it sticks everywhere, durian not being allowed in many public places like hotels because it smells horrible. Obviously pron and drugs are not allowed in Singapore. But there’re some other rules and things that are prohibited you might not be aware of:

  • Overhead Wires (not sure why);
  • Satellite Dishes (clear, that doesn’t look good on any HDB);
  • Standing Water (because after a while that smells worse than durian);
  • Freestanding Billboards (?) and
  • Malaysian Newspapers.

Can’t explain them all, but I thought you should be aware if you plan to visit us at some point in the future.

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Olivia Said,
July 19th, 2008 @7:18 am  

Obviously pron and drugs are not allowed….PRON…I was racking by brain..What is pron short for? Then I got it..Hey its early…!

It is odd when one day you realise you have not seen any billboards for ages- but the big thing for me was realising I had not seen any pron ;) for 2 months and how refreshing it was not to be faced with it each time I went to a 7/11 or just walking down the street…Some billboards in Australia are verging on pornagraphic..Its kind of nice not to be bombarded with pictures of half naked models every where you go..

Its funny that the Satelite dishes are banned- the massive sticks that hang from every HDB window flying a colourful flag of clothing look far messier than any dish ever could…I guess they have to dry their clothes somehow..

East Meets West Said,
September 12th, 2008 @4:46 am  

Standing water is not allowed because they allow mosquitoes to breed in them. Singapore is the only country in the region to have eradicated malaria and now the battle’s against Dengue fever.

The sale of Malaysian newspapers is banned in Singapore and the reverse is also true. In fact, it was and is still Malaysia that wanted to keep the ban. This dates from the separation of the 2 countries in 1965. It’s a long story to tell but if you knew the reason why Singapore was thrown out of Malaysia then you’ll understand why they didn’t want to have their respective populations reading each other’s newspapers. Over the years relations between the 2 countries have improved and there was talk of removing the ban – especially when citizens from both countries could access the online versions of each other’s national dailies. But politicians from both countries still feel that the time is not right.

Then there is the advertising revenue question.

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