Singapore Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 38 km of 1.000-meter gauge

Highways: 2,314 km total (1980'; 2 006 km paved, 308 km crushed stone or improved earth

Inland waterways: none

Ports: 3 major, 2 minor

Civil air: approx. 30 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 6 total, 6 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 1 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: good domestic facilities; good international service; good radio and television broadcast coverage; 700,000 telephones (26.5 per 100 popl.); 13 AM, 4 FM, 2 TV stations; submarine cables extend to Hong Kong via Sabah (Malaysia), Philippines; 1 ground station to Hong Kong via Sabah (Malaysia); 1 ground satellite station

NOTE: The information regarding Singapore on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Singapore 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Singapore 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.