Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Appendix A: Singapore
Fast Facts
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FAST FACTS: SINGAPORE
AMERICAN EXPRESS
The American
Express office is located at 300 Beach Rd.,
#18-01 The Concourse (
&
65/6880-
1333
). It's open Monday to Friday 9am to
5pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm. There's a
more convenient kiosk that handles trav-
eler's checks and simple car d transactions
(including emergency check guarantee) on
Orchard R oad just outside the M arriott
Hotel at Tangs (
&
65/6735-2069
). I t's
open daily fr om 9am to 9pm. An addi-
tional for eign ex change office is open at
Changi Airport Terminal 2 (
&
65/6546-
5456
). I t's open fr om noon to midnight
daily. See the “Money & Costs” section in
chapter 3 for more on member privileges.
AREA CODES
Singapore's country code
is 65. Tiny Singapore has no regional area
codes.
ATM NET WORKS/CASHPOINTS
S ee
“Money & Costs,” p. 42.
BUSINESS HOURS
S hopping centers
are open M onday through Saturday from
10am to 9pm and stay open until later on
some public holidays. B anks ar e open
from 9:30am to 3pm M onday thr ough
Friday and fr om 9 to 11am on S aturday.
Restaurants open at lunchtime fr om
around 11am to 2:30pm, and for dinner
they reopen at ar ound 6pm and take the
last or der sometime ar ound 10pm. G ov-
ernment offices ar e open fr om 9am to
5pm M onday thr ough F riday and fr om
9am to 1pm on Saturday. Post offices con-
duct business fr om 8:30am to 5pm on
weekdays and fr om 8:30am to 1pm on
Saturday. Some keep extended hours until
8pm.
DRINKING L AWS
The legal age for
purchase and consumption of alcoholic
beverages is 18; pr
oof of age is rar
ely
requested.
DRUGSTORES
Guardian P harmacy
fills prescriptions with name-brand dr ugs
(from a licensed physician) and carries a
large selection of toiletries. Conv enient
locations include #B1-05 Centr epoint
Shopping Centr e (
&
65/6737-4835
),
#02-237 Marina Sq. (
&
65/6337-4518
),
and #B1-01 Raffles City Shopping Centre
(
&
65/6339-2137
).
ELECTRICITY
Standard electrical cur-
rent is 220 v olts A C (50 cy cles). Local
electrical outlets ar e made for plugs with
three squar e pr ongs. Consult y our con-
cierge to see if y our hotel has conv erters
and plug adapters in-house for you to use.
If y ou ar e using sensitiv e equipment, do
not tr ust cheap v oltage transformers.
Nowadays, a lot of electrical equipment—
including portable radios and laptop com-
puters—comes with built-in converters, so
you can follo w the manufactur er's dir ec-
tions for changing them over.
EMBASSIES & CONSULATES
Con-
tacts for major embassies in S ingapore ar e
as follo ws: U.S. E mbassy, 27 N apier Rd.
(
&
65/6476-9100
);
Canadian High Com-
mission, O ne G eorge S t. #11-01 (
&
65/
6854-5900
); B ritish H igh Commis sion,
