Tuesday, January 22, 2019

A Guide to Singapore

A Guide to Singapore

Dear friends,

Welcome to Singapore,a gateway to Asia.

Important tips and a guide to our colleagues, being deputed here for 15 days on temporary posting, may be of some help.

After landing at SIA,rest details are known to everyone that when you clear Immigration;move either Left or Right side to be in que to get Taxy for Hotel REGENT where we used to stay at CUSCADEN ROAD near Tanglin Mall.

Taxy fare will be paid by Hotel.

While you reach hotel time will be ticking to local 00:30 hrs.

Early in the morning ,when you wake up and move out,the very first thing is to walk at the Bus stop(right in front of main gate of Hotel) and board BUS No 36 .Get down at Orchard Road MRT and purchase MRT Card of S$12 and Recharge it for additional S$10.Now this card will have a value of S$17/=which is sufficient for your movement in the city for remaining days of your stay.

Once you get the pass ,you may visit TEKKA Center MRT at Little India and get a SIM card of SingTel for S$10/= which has call value of S$10 along with 5GB data for a month.

Though we get Handy but it's performance is very poor.SIM data will help you getting direction,Bus or MRT and its timing.Without data your movement around the city will become really very difficult.

Now the above pass is valid for both MRT and Bus hence you can use this for local sight seeing and don't take package.

For every tourist places,visit the place of your own either by Bus or Metro.

Singapore maps are available at departure and arrival lounge apart from this it is available at every places where ever you go free of cost.Collect them for your guidance.

Always purchase your tickets online through various sites which is cheaper by 15 to 25% compare to tickets at Windows.

AEP

Getting your AEP is just a 15mts job but you must carry your passport alongside as it is submitted against the AEP.
AEP is issued everyday and being submitted while going back.This office is in Basement(Departure, Arrival and Basement).
Our office too is in Basement close to Lift.

How to reach:-

We are operating from Terminal 2.This is just a three story building(Level 2-Departure,L-1 Arrival and B is basement).

There is a lift at L2,RHS in corner towards exit/Entry Gate1 of departure near counter LLAO LLAO (A fruit and ice cream corner).If you exit through Immigration and  see towards exit,This will be in RHS.

From Hotel you get a Taxy to Airport T 2 and Get down at Door No.1.Take left turn you find a "LLAO LLAO" Counter move ahead and find Lift close to Washroom.Get into this lift and select B. Lift door open at basement opposite Air India Office.

Do not forget to collect receipt of Taxy which will be around S$ 25.This will be refunded at Hotel reception by producing receipt of both side.Every day one has to follow this routine.

Get AEP by submitting your passport at SIA Security counter which is adjacent to UOB Bank in the same lane 150 steps forward of our office.Look at your back after collecting AEP,there are three lift take any one and go to Departure by selecting L2.

At departure,move towards immigration and staff gate is just right of immigration between the two Escalators which take you to Restaurants.

City Tour:-

By now you are holding your MRT Card(like our Metro card),Get Bus 36 and get down at "DHOBY GHAT" MRT station)Bus Stand.
This is a bigger junction from where you can go to every corner of Singapore.

Save  the metro line photograph in your mobile and work out where to go.Get that Metro accordingly and back to Hotel in return line the same way.

Eating joints or Food Court:-

Chutney Mary at departure and Mc-Cafe at Arrival are good for our taste at Airport whereas at Little India you can find ANANDA BHAVAN,
KAMLA Restaurant and many other veg and non veg at Tekka Centre at Little India.

Chutney Mary gives us staff discount of 20% or Veg and NVeg Thali of almost half price including Tea/Coffee @S$6.50/=You can take your dinner here before 22:00 hrs as by the time you reaches hotel it will be around 00:30 am.

Our S$25/- per day can be combined and one can go for buffet breakfast alternate day as it cost @$50/-.

Regent hotel is adjacent to Tanglin Mall. Here also you can find a food court and get food of your choice from BANANA LEAF or from many other counters of your choice.

Apart from this you can find  Food court in all the Mall's basement at Orchard Road which is 8 minutes away by walk.

Places to Visit during your stay:-

Orchid park & Botanical Garden,
Gardens by Bay,
Clark Quay riverside,
Sentosa,
Zoo and River safari
And many others endless list.

Every where the entry is through the tickets.It is always better to have your online ticket.

I will send the link where you can get discounted tickets.

Meanwhile,get the Wi-Fi code of our Air India office at SIA & Code for Lounge so that your personal mobile will have seamless WiFi connectivity during office hours at Airport.

"AirNav" can also be easily open and refered at desktop in security hold area whenever the need arises.

Hope this will help during your stay.Have a pleasant stay at Singapore.

Regards,
Pramodara
pramodara@gmail.com
+919999908635