I just hope these guys know that if they drop a piece of chewing gum on the sidewalk, they’ll be jailed and flogged. This doesn’t happen on the streets of lower Manhattan!
Yeah but they'll be able to have a Big Gulp Dr. Pepper!
I’m guessing these guys don’t walk much, much less drop gum on the sidewalk.
RE: I just hope these guys know that if they drop a piece of chewing gum on the sidewalk, they’ll be jailed and flogged.
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The ban has been LIFTED partially, to allow the sale of chewing gum considered to have health benefits. This includes products such as dental-health gum, and nicotine gum to assist people who want to quit smoking.
These chewing gums can only be sold in pharmacies, and consumers must provide name and ID. Pharmacists who sell the gum without collecting the required information can be fined up to $2,940 USD and jailed for two years.
RE: I just hope these guys know that if they drop a piece of chewing gum on the sidewalk, they’ll be jailed and flogged.
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The ban has been LIFTED partially, to allow the sale of chewing gum considered to have health benefits. This includes products such as dental-health gum, and nicotine gum to assist people who want to quit smoking.
These chewing gums can only be sold in pharmacies, and consumers must provide name and ID. Pharmacists who sell the gum without collecting the required information can be fined up to $2,940 USD and jailed for two years.
RE: Chewing gum
BTW, there is the law, and there is reality.
Chewing gum is not a crime in Singapore (just as illegal parking is not a crime in the USA), and neither is possession of gum for personal use.
You cannot bring in large quantities of gum to Singapore (it would be assumed you were selling it, which is a crime).
You cannot spit your gum out on the street or stick it under the seat on the bus (this is common sense, people).
In any case, IN PRACTICE, you don’t go to jail for any offense related to gum (unless you kill someone with it). Generally, there is just a fine.
RE: Chewing gum
BTW, there is the law, and there is reality.
Chewing gum is not a crime in Singapore (just as illegal parking is not a crime in the USA), and neither is possession of gum for personal use.
You cannot bring in large quantities of gum to Singapore (it would be assumed you were selling it, which is a crime).
You cannot spit your gum out on the street or stick it under the seat on the bus (this is common sense, people).
In any case, IN PRACTICE, you don’t go to jail for any offense related to gum (unless you kill someone with it). Generally, there is just a fine.
I’ve been to Singapore. You do not get flogged from dropping a chewing gum wrapper or chewing gum. The famous flogging incident in 1994 was for an American teenager who spray-painted a car. The caning was six strokes of a rattan cane, if I recall correctly. I wish they would do that to graffiti criminals here. Singapore is a beautiful place that is clean and free of most crime. I found it heavenly. I also remember being there at Christmas, when the stores had huge “Merry Christmas” signs posted across the exterior. The 70 percent Chinese majority in Singapore is Christian.