Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Singapore Dollar Conversion Chart
S$ US
$UK£
0.10 0.07
0.05
0.20 0.13
0.09
0.50 0.34
0.23
1.00 0.67
0.45
2.00 1.34
0.90
5.00 3.35
2.25
10.00 6.70
4.50
20.00 13.40
9.00
50.00 33.50
22.50
100.00 67.00
45.00
500.00 335.00
225.00
1,000.00 670.00
450.00
TRAVELER'S CHECKS
You can buy trav eler's checks at most
banks. They are offered in denominations
of $20, $50, $100, $500, and sometimes
$1,000. G enerally, y ou'll pay a ser
Singapore, but are rarely accepted at shops
and smaller establishments. You will be
asked to produce your passport each time
you cash one.
If y ou carr y trav eler's checks, keep a
record of their serial numbers separate
from y our checks, in the ev ent that they
are stolen or lost. You'll get a refund faster
if you know the numbers.
vice
charge ranging from 1% to 4%.
American E xpress, Thomas Cook,
Visa,
and
MasterCard
offer
foreign cur-
rency traveler's checks,
which are accepted
at money changers, banks, and hotels in
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HEALTH
STAYING HEALTHY
As some intr epid trav elers ar e so fond of
accusing S ingapore of being o verly
“squeaky-clean,”
sane
trav elers who don 't
want to spend their holiday infirm can rest
assured that they are safe from most of the
tropical world 's nastiest scourges in sani-
tary S ingapore. F ood is clean vir tually
everywhere, tap water is potable, r estau-
rants and food v endors ar e r egulated b y
the government, and many other airborne,
bug-borne, and bite-borne what-hav
recommends immunization against diph-
theria, tetanus, hepatitis A and B, and
typhoid for any one traveling to Southeast
Asia in general. I f you're particularly wor-
ried, follo w their advice; if not, don
't
worry about it.
COMMON AILMENTS
TROPICAL ILLNESSES
It seems inevi-
table for trav elers from the West to suffer
some sor t of M ontezuma's r evenge or
Delhi-belly when they visit the Tropics. If
you suffer a bout of
diarrhea,
it could be
from many causes: w eakness from jet lag,
adjustments to the climate, ne
e-
yous have been eradicated.
Singapore doesn't require that you have
any vaccinations to enter the countr y but
w foods,
