My Trip to Singapore
by: Richard Woods

January 18th, 1997  I took a trip to Singapore to teach a Hazardous Materials class to one of our Joint Venture Wafer Fabs, TECH Semiconductor.  The trip took two weeks and was a great experience. Singapore is a beautiful Country with alot of  trees, shrubs and flowers lining the roadways and medians. The only part I hated about the trip was the 26 hour plane fight.  Driving in Singapore is different,  Automobiles drive on the opposite side of the roadway, we took a cab everywhere we went. 

Motorcycles are everywhere, driving between the lanes of cars to get to their destination. I even saw a Medical EMS motorcycle and Paramedic.  Now that's a quick way to get to the scene of an accident while waiting on the Ambulance.  The bike was outfitted like a Police bike but had all the medical equipment on it for First Response.

I got to taste several different types of food while I was there, but was longing for a big steak and potato. We finally found an American Food type of restaurant and I was satisfied. Oh,  DR Pepper is not the official Drink either,   Coca Cola was every where, and it took me 1-1/2 weeks to find some DR. Pepper.  If you like Seafood,  There is plenty of that too.  I arrived just in time to see them celebrate the Chinese New Year.   Some of the pictures below were taken at night during the celebration.

Everyone I met in Singapore was so nice and helpful.  I hope to travel there again in the future.

While there, I visited 2 of their Fire Stations.   The Fire Dept. is part of the Civil Defence network.  I want to thank the guys at the fire station for taking the time to show us around their equipment and station. They even pulled the DECON POD Out of the station and dropped it on the ground from the truck. They have several of the containers set up for different situations.

Check out some of the pictures I took while there,   just click on the thumbnail to enlarge. Use the Browsers back button to return.

Ambulance

Engine

Compartments

Street
Downtown

Link to the Singapore Civil Defence Force's Home Page 

The Singapore Government

Singapore Press Releases on the Internet

Information Square

The Straits Times Interactive