Changi Airport has introduced a new attraction aimed at enhancing the travel experience — an outdoor bamboo garden located along the Changi Airport Connector. Called Bamboo Grove, the space is being described as the world’s first open-air bamboo garden in an airport setting. ALSO READ: Singapore: Tanah Merah, Expo, Changi Airport Stations to link with […]
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Indian man arrested for stealing goods worth USD 4,046 from Singapore’s Changi Airport
Upon reviewing CCTV footage, officers saw the man taking the bag and leaving the store without making any payment.
Singapore jails Indian woman for theft at Changi Airport, fines another
The sentencing was delivered on Monday, June 16, with one of the women receiving a jail term while the other was fined.
Singapore: Two Indian women arrested for alleged shop theft at Changi Airport
The women, aged 29 and 30 were detained before they could leave the country. The younger woman was found with the stolen purse from the Furla store, while a black haversack and a bottle of perfume were discovered in the luggage of the older woman.
Changi’s T5 takes off, PM Lawrence Wong launches construction of mega terminal
The mega terminal had been in the planning for several years before facing delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the government used the pause to refresh and improve its plans, and construction is now ready to restart.
Singapore: Indian-origin woman detained after two years for perfume theft at Changi Airport, fined SGD 750
According to Singapore law, anyone found guilty of theft can be jailed for up to three years, fined, or both.
9 people lose Singapore work pass and visit pass for “illegal touting” at Changi Airport
The Changi travellers were being asked by the nine people to hand over the gold and mobile phones to contacts in their home countries in exchange for a cash reward. This was “illegal touting”, as per Singapore law.
Singapore tourism hits new high: 16.5 million visitor arrivals in 2024; SGD 22.4 billion in tourism spend in Jan-Sept
India was in third place among top markets for visitor arrivals in Singapore in 2024, preceded by Mainland China in the first position and Indonesia in the second position.
Global aviation in 2024: Kuala Lumpur-Singapore slides to No. 4 on world’s busiest flight routes list, as Hong Kong-Taipei seizes No. 1 spot
The majority of routes in the Top 10 Busiest International Routes for 2024 are in Asia, seven routes in total. From other regions, one route is from Africa (Cairo to Jeddah), one from Europe and North America (New York JFK to London Heathrow) and two operate within the Middle East (Cairo to Jeddah and Dubai to Riyadh).
Indian national jailed in Singapore for smuggling 58 Indian star tortoises via Changi Airport
The Indian smuggler Abdul Jaffar had wrapped the tiny tortoises in cloth and bundled them in his suitcase. After he was caught at Singapore Changi Airport, a veterinarian in Singapore, assessing the health of the smuggled tortoises, said that this manner of transportation had caused the little creatures “unnecessary suffering”.
