1, yellow taxi is safer.
For every/kloc-0.000 taxis in Singapore, the accidents of yellow taxis are 6. 1 less than those of blue taxis! The reason is also very simple. Because of the high visibility, other drivers are less likely to crash with it, so the accident rate will be lower than that of LandTexaco.
School buses in many countries are yellow, precisely because they are eye-catching and relatively safer.
The pace of Singaporeans is the fastest in the world.
I don't know if it is because of the busy pace of life that the pace of Singaporeans has reached an amazing speed of 6. 15 kilometers per hour.
3.POSB and DBS users can withdraw money directly through 7/ 1 1 for emergency.
As we all know, there is often a long queue in front of the ATM of DBS Bank, and it is often very inconvenient to urgently need small cash. Tell you a coup-use the debit card, credit card or ATM card of DBS Bank or POSB, and ask the clerk to withdraw the cash of up to S $80 yuan directly when shopping at 7/ 1 1 without any charge!
If you find your wallet, you can throw it directly into Singapore post box.
If you find a wallet with the owner's certificate and don't want to contact the owner directly or send a search to find you, just find a SingPost mailbox and throw it in.
Singapore Post's practice is to transfer documents to relevant departments, such as ID cards and passports to the checkpoint bureau, and E-Pass cards to SMRT. As for the wallet, if there is the owner's address in it, SingPost will return it to the customer by email, otherwise it will be kept for about 1 week to claim. If there is money in the wallet, SingPost will keep it for about 1 month. If no one claims it, the money will be used as a new postal fund.
5. Borrowing books from any library under the National Library, using the automatic borrowing machine to brush the books once more, can extend the borrowing period from 3 weeks to 6 weeks, and you can return books at any community library.
The National Library of Singapore uses e-book cards to borrow books, which can be operated by itself on the automatic borrowing machine or borrowed by using the mobile App. As long as you scan it again, you can renew it directly and extend it to 6 weeks. And all libraries in Singapore can return books directly, so you don't have to return them anywhere you borrow them ~
6. When you go to Sentosa by Texaco, you can stop at the entrance of the casino to avoid the expenses on the island.
Before Yan Ge summarized several ways to enter Sentosa, which mentioned that when Texaco and private cars enter the island, each car needs to pay an entrance fee of S $5 to S $7. But! ! ! If Texaco's final destination is an underground parking lot or in front of a casino in Singapore, there is actually no need to pay this fee!
7. Don't worry about the battery when shopping in the ion orchard.
At ION's B3, L 1, L2 and L4 concierge counters, you can ask the clerk to charge your mobile phone!
Suicide is illegal in Singapore.
Yes, it is illegal for him to kill people, and it is illegal to commit suicide. Legal sources said that suicide is often accompanied by frightening others, such as jumping on the subway, which not only affects the operation of the subway, but also forces innocent pedestrians around to see bloody death scenes, which has unpredictable harm to their spirit. Even if you hang yourself or swallow sleeping pills at home, it is terrible to die, and it often gives a great impact to the first discoverer who is unprepared, so it must be banned. If you try to commit suicide, you may be sentenced to prison!
9. Yakult sold in Singapore is the largest in Southeast Asia!
Every time I drink Yakult, I feel that a small bottle is not enough, but the capacity of Yakult in Singapore is actually the largest in Southeast Asia ... What a surprise!
10. Singapore has changed its time zone settings six times since 1905. ...
Yes, Singapore has really changed its time zone so many times. 1905-1932, Singapore time is 7 hours longer than standard time; From 1933 to 194 1 year, it moved forward for 20 minutes; From 194 1 to 1942, move forward for 30 minutes. During the Japanese occupation period, move forward according to Japanese time 1 hour 30 minutes; At the end of the Japanese occupation, it was changed to 7.5 hours earlier than the standard time; 1982, consistent with Malaysia, adjusted to 8 hours earlier than standard time.
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According to legend, Singapore dollar coins have always been engraved with octagons, in fact, because the "gossip" graphics can adjust Feng Shui. Although Lee Kuan Yew once denied this statement, everyone has always believed this legend! Whether it is true or not can only be said that I would rather believe it!
12. You can visit Singapore Zoo for free within 7 days before your birthday (including your birthday), but you need to go with a friend who bought a ticket.
This is actually the long-term welfare of Singapore Zoo! No matter taking children, the elderly or ordinary adults for a walk, the birthday girl who is about to celebrate her birthday can enjoy the good health of free admission!
13, Singapore First Botanical Garden is really not Singapore Botanical Garden.
When it comes to botanical gardens, everyone's first reaction is the current "botanical garden". However, the first botanical garden in Singapore is actually Fort Cunningham. As early as 1822, it became a botanical garden, 1829 closed for the first time, 1836 opened again, and 1846 closed completely.
14, every Friday after 6 pm, Singapore Art Museum is free.
Usually, the admission price of Singapore Art Museum is S $0/0 for adults and S $5 for students. However, every Friday afternoon 18:00-2 1:00 and special days, everyone can visit for free!
15. The longest highway in Singapore is PIE (Pan-Island Expressway), with a total length of 42.8 kilometers.
It can be said that it crosses the whole island from Tuas in the west to Changi Airport in the east. No wonder it's the longest road! Great, my pie!
16, Dutch village is not a gathering of Dutch people as you think, but because of people's names!
Holland Village is named after Hugh Holland, a famous early Singaporean architect. It is said that he designed some buildings on Holland Road.
17, Singapore has the largest paper money in the world-10000 Singapore dollars!
Although 10000 yuan note is no longer issued, it is still in circulation as the largest note in the world!
As early as 20 14, monetary authority of singapore announced that, in order to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing activities, it would stop issuing new currency notes with a face value of 10000 yuan from that year.
Because the face value of this kind of paper money is too large, financial institutions in Singapore are still very cautious when dealing with circulation. No matter whether you deposit or pay, you should register your ID card or passport with the paper money so that it can be found in an emergency.
18. The only station in Singapore without a capitalized name is one-north.
The source of this station name is mainly because Singapore is located near north latitude 1, but there is no answer to why this station name is not written.
19 Dabayao is the first subway station in Singapore.
On August 5th, 1985, Dabayao subway station was officially completed.
The subway station at that time was not quite the same as it is now!
20. The "Fountain of Wealth" in Suntec City is the largest artificial fountain in the world!
1997, Xinda City invested 6 million dollars to build this fountain, which is said to be very effective.
What else do you know besides these 20 cold knowledge about Singapore?