Singapore

Country:	Singapore
Time Difference:	8 hour(s)
Flight time from UK:	12 hrs 35 mins
Currency:	Singapore Dollar
Health advice:	Hepatitis A and Typhoid : immunisation or tablets recommended. Yellow Fever essential if arriving within 6 days of having visited an infected country.

Singapore is a thoroughly modern city, with finely restored historical buildings and lush vegetation. It was founded in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles - an official of the British East India, it has been known as the Lion City. It is home to more than 4 million people of diverse cultures and is one of the world’s most developed economies with about 7,000 resident multinational companies and 100,000 enterprises, creating a continuously vibrant business environment. It is also in a strategic location between the fast-growing Asian markets, located at the natural meeting point of sea routes at the tip of the Malay Peninsula. Singapore Changi Airport is host to 60 airlines and is 12 miles north east of the city.