Singapore Fast Facts - Singapore and Malaysia - page 291

293 MAPS The STB Visitors' Centres carry

a v ariety of fr ee city maps and walking
tour maps of individual neighborhoods.
MEASUREMENTS See the chart on the
inside front cover of this topic for details
on conv erting metric measur ements to
nonmetric equivalents.
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES Local
English newspapers available are the Inter-
national H erald Tribune, The B usiness
Times, The Straits Times, Today, and USA
Today International. The Asian Wall Street
Journal has limited distribution in S inga-
pore. M ost of the major hotels carr y it,
though, so ask ar ound and y ou can find
one. I-S M agazine is a good r esource for
nightlife happenings. The STB Visitors'
Centres carr y a fe w fr ee publications for
travelers, including Where Singapore, This
Week S ingapore, and Singapore B usiness
Visitor. M ajor bookstor es and magazine
shops sell a wide v ariety of international
magazines.
PASSPORTS The w ebsites listed pr o-
vide do wnloadable passpor t applications,
as w ell as the curr ent fees for pr ocessing
applications. For an up-to-date, countr y-
by-country listing of passpor t r equire-
ments ar ound the world, go to the

travel must have their own passport. How-
ever, if you hold a valid Canadian passport
issued befor e D ecember 11, 2001, that
bears the name of your child, the passport
remains valid for you and your child until
it expires.
For R esidents of I reland You can apply
for a 10-y ear passpor t at the Passport
Office, S etanta Centr e, M olesworth S treet,
Dublin 2 ( & 01/671-1633; www.irlgov.ie/
iveagh). Those under age 18 and o ver 65
must apply for a 3-y ear passpor t. You can
also apply at 1A S outh Mall, Cork ( & 21/
494-4700 ), or at most main post offices.
For Residents of New Zealand Y ou can
pick up a passport application at any New
Zealand P assports O ffice or do wnload it
from their website. Contact the Passports
Office at & 0800/225-050 in New Zea-
land or 04/474-8100, or log on to www .
passports.govt.nz.
For R esidents of the U nited K ing-
dom To pick up an application for a
standard 10-y ear passpor t (5-yr. passpor t
for children under 16), visit y our nearest
passport office, major post office, or travel
agency, or contact the United K ingdom
Passport Service at & 0870/521-0410 or
search its website at www.ukpa.gov.uk.
For R esidents of the U nited S tates
Whether you're applying in person or b y
mail, you can download passport applica-
tions fr om the U.S. S tate D epartment
website at http://travel.state.gov . To find
your regional passport office, either check
the U.S. State Department website or call
the National Passport Information Cen-
ter toll-fr ee number ( & 877/487-2778 )
for automated information
POLICE For emergencies, call & 999. If
you need to call the police headquar ters,
dial & 1800/255-0000.
SMOKING It's against the law to smoke
in public buses, elevators, theaters, cinemas,
shopping centers, go vernment offices, and
taxi queues. I n addition, all r

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“International Travel” tab of the U.S. State
Department at http://travel.state.gov .
For Residents of Australia You can pick
up an application fr om y our local post
office or any branch of Passports Australia,
but you must schedule an interview at the
passport office to present your application
materials. Call the Australian P assport
Information S ervice at & 131-232, or
visit the go vernment w ebsite at www .
passports.gov.au.
For R esidents of C anada P assport
applications are available at travel agencies
throughout Canada or fr om the central
Passport O ffice, Department of F oreign
Affairs and I nternational Trade, O ttawa,
ON K1A 0G3 ( & 800/567-6868; www.
ppt.gc.ca). Note: Canadian childr en who

estaurants,