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Singapore
Communications

Communications

Singapore

Telephone

Country code: 65.

Mobile Telephone

Roaming agreements exist with international mobile phone companies. Coverage is good.

Internet

Internet cafes throughout Singapore provide public access to Internet and e-mail services.

Post

Airmail to Europe takes up to one week. There are limited postal facilities at many hotels.

Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0830-1700, Sat 0830-1300. The airport and Orchard Point branches are open daily 0700-1900. The General Post Office on Fullerton Road (near the river) and the Comcentre near Orchard Road are open 24 hours.

Media

Singapore's media environment has the shadow of Singaporean government cast over it. Censorship is common; Internet access is regulated; and private ownership of satellite dishes is not allowed.

Press

Singapore Press Holdings, with close links to the ruling party, has a virtual monopoly of the newspaper industry.
• The English-language dailies are The Business Times, The New Paper, The Straits Times and Today.

TV

• MediaCorp, owned by a state investment agency, operates TV and radio stations.
• It operates entertainment-based Channel 5 and Channel 8.
• It also operates Malay-language Channel Suria, Mandarin-language Channel U and Channel NewsAsia.

Radio

• MediaCorp operates more than 12 stations in Singapore. 
• Unionworks operates WKRZ, an English language station, and Mandarin station UFM. • Radio Singapore International operates broadcasts in four languages, including English.

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