Singapore Fines

Yeah fines are the way we do things around here.

I tagged along on an operation once to catch people smoking duty unpaid cigarettes and you'd be amazed at the number of fines we issued in one night.

Singapore is a fine country~
To be honest, i jay walk every morning to get the the bus stop and nothing happen yet.

i got questioned by the singaporean cops once when i was 11yo for having hair that was too "long" Never been back to singapore ever since.

urinating in lifts, wow.

A key reason to prefer Japan - elsewhere in Asia it's necessary to legislate behavior such as where NOT to urinate, to ensure they flush a toilet, etc. Without this the city would be a pigsty. A "modern" city? Hardly. More advanced than other Asian cities outside Japan? Yes. And that is sad.

Seems like a clever way to increase government revenue.

first time i saw that t shirt O_O
but ya, sg is all about fines.

Lol, jaywalking, going a bit far.

A little patronising too.

I've never heard of most of these fines in England.

so many fines, but we don't really care, because it just depends how "lucky" you are when performing such "acts" XD

haha, jaywalking ! my fren got fined by that once, $30 if i rmb correctly. that was his unlucky day

There are fines in Los Angeles but it's not like their a big deal. Unless you j-walk anywhere near an LAPD officer on a motorcycle, those guys are the worst. They even hide in corners to see if anyone is speeding or runs a red light, or makes unecessary turns at an intersection.

I can't read the last word on the left-most, second row. "No eating and drinking in...where?"

For the most part, those fines are understandable and usually part of law in many countries...public urination, littering, possession of drugs and/or potential HAZMATs, vandalism...

The feeding animals fine is a bit much...but may be considered littering so I can see where they're coming from. Chewing gum is also too much.

Jaywalking is technically illegal here, but considered so minor that it's barely ever enforced unless the person committing the infraction is disruptive and possibly a threat or in a potentially hazardous state (i.e. Under the influence of a controlled substance...). Once in a while though, but still rarely, you'll encounter that very zealous police officer who will go ahead and take-down a jaywalker.

NS rules applies...

You can do anything... Just don't get caught...

Wah now the version of the "fine" shirt got Kidnapping also ah?

We have almost the same violations as on the tee. I guess these are universal laws.

interesting

I think everyone has the same prohibitions, but vastly different punishment... I mean, death sentence??

Honestly, they have these rules as a way to profit off foreigners
Don't believe me? look at the picture above. Feeding pigeons will cost you 1000$ but 'urinating' in a public building? well that's only half as bad

The 'claim' is that people chew gum and spit it on the ground making the country dirty
In reality, it is only the Southeast Asian natives who are accustomed to littering, most travelers do not litter
I heard there are accepted forms of littering in Japan

I don't know the entire details, but when I was in Hong Kong, my family there told me that Hong Kong was very strict on any kind of littering. You could be fined heavily on the spot if an officer sees you, Hong Kong has officers on foot patrol.

In a way having heavy fines on littering may deter future littering and trash problems. Chewing gum should be fine unless you spit it out on the street. While walking down the many populated streets in HK island during the day, I've noticed the sidewalks was mostly free of trash, newspapers and cigarette buds. i was amused by cigarette bins every few feet and all of them had many buds sticking out.

These are not too ridiculous, I know in the U.S. there is a city where you can be fined for putting ice cream in your back pocket. A lot of odd laws, like this, aren't really enforced in the U.S. but they exist.

Apparently the Chewing Gum Law was revised in 2004, gum - only ones considered to be therapeutic - can only be sold by pharmacies who have to take down your personal information if you purchase. As well, proper disposal of the gum is a major issue...

m'sia has similar number of weird fine, its just that they are never enforced. and even if they are enforced, it usually ends up in coffee money..

Yep, a fine city. Once there was so much pee in the damned lift I was going to take that the stairs became a more favorable option. I still remember the smell... >_<|||

Well there's a lot of similar laws and other misc goofy ones here, that's for sure.

Nobody gives a damn though.

that si why they have the lowest crime rate!

I would also like to ask, what is the one with the noose and skull ?

Singapore seems to be a very "fine" city~

I hope they implement a bit of "fines" in our country~ especially on spitting. Just take a walk on our Famous EDSA, you'll see spits every 3 metres 0____0

wow i jay walk in NY all the time, at least two times a day. Can't imagine myself paying a fine every time, I'd be broke. But for chewing gum, that's a little harsh.

how can someone urinate in a lift lol

hehe.. over stated phrase: "Singapore is a fine city" lol.. hmm.. but i guess the fines do play a big part in keeping Singapore a pretty clean and decent place to live in..

wonder if people urinating in lifts were a big problem to put it in the fine warning about them.
anyway about the question, the Philippines have this crazy rule about using your car, if the plate ends in 1 or 2, the car can't be driven on monday, 3 or 4 on tuesday, 5-6 on wednesday, 7-8 on thursday and 9 or 0 on friday. I actually got caught once, thankfully though I still had my Canadian driver's license, gave it to the cop and act as though it was the first time I heard about it. ^^ he tried explaining it to me in english, in the end he was having a hard time explaining the rules that he gave my license back and told me to just go away. ^^;

I once saw a guy was feeding birds right next to "No feeding" sign. -_-

no fines in here except for traffic violation. Extra money for polices I think..

the rest of fines are ignored -_-

Uhh will you get fined for wearing that? xD
Here in Malaysia some interpret "NO LITTERING" as "rubbish dump" ^^;

we do have fines here too but not on the scale as shown above in the t-shirt oO
but people are suck idiots here that they still keep spitting, littering and urinating wherever they want. feel like give a kick to their backsides.

I recall my parent's place definitely had people peeing in the lift :( sometimes you're in a rush you step into the lift to find yourself stepping in a puddle of pee =_= so fines doesn't always work cos they can't put police to catch people in all the lifts :P

ahh fines all over the place... it's one thing to implement it, another to enforce, most of them wouldn't count for much even if you do them blatantly in the public!

these are still acceptable when compared to the erp...*shudders

No flushing fine? No wonder people are urinates in the lifts...

We don't have such a weird list of fines here in Spain. We have some stupid fines, but not so many.

so some ppl will pee in lifts in singapore???

In france there is an odd law about dwarves. You cannot lift a dwarf more than 1 meter high and Dwarf throwing is prohibited.

eventhough singapore got all these fines, some people are just still ignorant about them & still littering even inside a lift :( so sad. I think its good in singapore got all these fines, if no fines, the goverment cant controll all those inconsiderate ppl.

I think those fines are great ideas in keeping the place clean, also beneficial to the government

Even though we could get fined by jay walking, we do it anyways... Shhh, don't tell anyone LOL

Needless to say, S'pore is a FINE country ^_^

Now with ERP & COE, it's even worst...........

No Feeding huh.....
hahaha....
the birds won't throw some S**t everywhere again...
that'll teach em a lesson...

i hope someone from neighbor singapore can enlighten us filthy malaysian ;__; its sad ppl here being faggot litters everywhere. what is wrong with people over here?

I think the fines are pretty usefull to prevent people doing those. They serve their purpose well.

hahaha. people still pee in the HDB elevator. they even have urine detection sensor which is just a fake ass one. anyway the other day i just saw an old folk peeing next to my block elevator. singapore is a good place to visit if you dont have to live here.

Those are some crazy fines.I don't know much about uk fines, but I am a very good person and I don't break laws or act impolite so I've never had a fine and I don't think I'd need to worry.

What I learnt in somewhere, "do what you want but don't get caught".

but sometimes is not easy not to get caught.

ah, one of our more original souvenirs for tourists. ;) more interesting than the usual fridge magnets and postcards.

you cant chew gum in public?

I was surprised by how clean some parts of Singapore are. I wish it was like that here in the UK.

The biggest shock to me was leaving a crowded Heathrow airport and arriving in a very beautiful, spacious and almost deserted Changi airport. There were even some students there doing their homework. o_0 No wonder their airport keeps winning all these awards.

Littering is common in Malaysia.
Even though the government encourages us not to litter, we still do so.
I don't know whether those people realize what they're doing..
It's not hard to look for a trash can and throw your rubbish there..
I guess this is pretty common in all parts of the world..

Hmm..mind telling me why we can't chew gum in public in Singapore?

Where's the Durian fruit on that sign! That was in every bus I rode on my trip Singapore!

it's just strong law enforcement by the government to 1) deter any offenders from causing trouble 2) maintain a strong, positive image and 3) earn more money through fines. hefty fines.
even students aren't spared. my friend was caught drinking on a MRT (a type of subway) platform. luckily she was wearing her school uniform, or else she would have had to pay the full fine of $500 instead of the $50 she paid.
sad to say though, these offenses still happen daily, at ever corner, just that the offenders aren't caught D:

and lastly, a lot of people think that Singapore is a clean city... but in reality, it's a CLEANED city. we have like, thousands-strong battalion of cleaners, cleaning the streets of Singapore 24/7.

I really wish I took a picture of it. In the train station I saw a ($1000 ?) fine jumping down onto the tracks.

All those fines, and Singapore's reputation really had an effect on all the US sailors when we pulled in. Which is amazing because even the egotistical American 18 year old's acted like civilized adults.

Sorry but I didn't have time to read all the comments, but my eyes fail me on the death sentence one, what's that say?

I still can't believe peeing in a elevator is such a common problem that you have to institute a fine for it. People must have small bladders to relieve themselves quickly and zip up. Unless they live in a high-rise. But how brazen do you have to be to pee in a elevator. What if someone gets in after you're done? How do you explain the urine all over the floor and walls?

haha...a "fine" city indeed XD

I think this would be nice if we had those kind of laws and it was enforced. I'm sure we have laws against littering, but we could probably litter in front of a police and he would probably not even care.

Well, if you get caught urinating in public you get fined in most countries. But I haven't heard of no flushing fine before:P

I think the problem is the same as Brazil... we have a f*ckton of laws, and every couple of years the government passes a law that makes it more expensive and more hard to get a driver license here.

But the truth is: What out country lacks is not laws, nor more hours of driving practice in driving schools... it's EDUCATION.

Plain and simple. Creating more laws and making people spend more money and hours in driving schools won't solve the education problems.

But it is a great excuse for the government to say "they are doing something about it".
It's very easy to do, they don't have to spend money on it (we the people do, not them), and part of the population is stupid enough to get convinced that the government is trying to do something about it.

That would be a fine gift for those back home.

Sadly, most people disregard the common sense rules like no littering. There's this place near the MRT station near my house where there's almost ten rubbish bins (you see one here, you see another right in front. It's almost as if the bins are decorations) in this small area and people still litter as if it's nobody's business. >_____>;;

It's not that strict where I live. Only thing that is strict is two small town's traffic laws within the city I live in. They go insane if you go even a tiny bit over the speed limit. Most people try to avoid driving through them.

I wonder if my country adopted Singapore's laws and mannerisms, if it would help decrease the crime rate ^^;

I think the most common one in Canada is picking up after your dog. But the place is too big to even catch anyone doing anything other then a cold.

lol, my uncle got this shirt for my brother.

I think it is important to enforce these laws, Going to the washroom that hasn't been flushed by a girl who is being visited by her Aunt Flow, is not cool. AT ALL!
They are common sense laws, except in Singapore, it'll cost yah.