Laws, Signs, & Sweets – April 2019
We discovered quickly that Singapore is an orderly and tidy country. Drivers are polite while obeying traffic laws, metro riders move on and off the trains in an organized way, and litter is no where to be found. This is no small feat with 6 million people living in 278 square miles.
Humorous, but true
Laws– In order for residents and visitors to understand the lawful and orderly culture, many signs are posted and indicator lights flash so all people can readily comply and understand the consequences (often fines) for ignoring the laws. We didn’t see many police officers during our four days in Singapore, but we were still hesitant to even jay walk for fear of having to pay a fine.
Welcome notice 
Posted on metro trains 
Very clean metro trains 
Arrows indicate how to get on and off the metro trains. 
Green sidewalk lights for a crosswalk 
And then the red light 
This sign was on a street between two shopping malls. 
Most possible circumstances seem to be included in this poster
Signs– Restaurants, shopping malls and the metro system post many, many informational signs to keep the public informed. Some signs were quite clever.
Displayed in a metro train 
Another health poster in a metro train 
This touch screen survey was next to the bathroom exit at a shopping mall. 
We need to go to this cafe during our next Singapore visit.
Sweets– Since chocolate is a very important part of our diet, we always look for unique chocolate candy when we visit a country. We were quite surprised to find the Kit Kat Chocolatory in the VivoCity Mall. This store specializes in customizing Kit Kat bars with extra flavors and textures. Unfortunately we did not purchase any of the unique chocolates. However, it was very interesting to see all the options, how the custom candy bars were created, and the behavior and reactions of the customers. Some tourists purchased 5+ boxes of the rather expensive Kit Kats!
This combination looked tasty. 
Labor intensive sweets 
We could have a clean country except here no rules or laws.