For example, if you drop a cigarette butt or otherwise litter the street, the fines start at 1,000 Singapore dollars, while the penalty for spitting on the sidewalk is 5,000 Singapore dollars. Since the punishment for more serious crimes, those that disturb the public or an individual, can go up to life imprisonment, Singapore is at the same time the world’s safest city.

A BUSTLING THOROUGHFARE: ORCHARD AVENUE
You can start your tour with Orchard Avenue in the heart of town. Orchard is a glittering avenue of five-star hotels, high-rise shopping centers, plazas, pricey boutiques and famous cafés. At the lower end, in Sommerset’s Emerald Hill, there are a number of cafés and bars where you can take a pleasant break, and at the end of the avenue you will find the Dhoby Gaut subway station, from which a train will take you to City Hall. This is the part of town that is home to most of the buildings put up during British colonial days:the old and new houses of Parliament, the Cricket Club, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, the Singapore Supreme Court,