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  2. Capital punishment in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Changi Prison, where Singapore's death row is located Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, use of firearms and kidnapping —warrant the death penalty under Singapore law. In 2012, Singapore amended its laws to ...

  3. List of most expensive buildings - Wikipedia

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    1.33 (1.1 B€) [44] [45] 1.39 181 Mercer Street: New York United States: Davis Brody Bond: New York University: 2023 1.285 [46] 1.45 Jewel Changi Airport (mixed-use building) Singapore Singapore: Moshe Safdie: Changi Airport Group 2019 1.26 [47] 1.42 Comcast Technology Center: Philadelphia United States: Foster and Partners: Comcast: 2018 1.5 ...

  4. Caning in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    About 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long and no more than 1.27 cm (0.5 in) in diameter About 1.09 m (3.6 ft) long and no more than 1.25 cm (0.49 in) in diameter About 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long and no more than 1.27 cm (0.5 in) in diameter Type of cane The same type of rattan cane is used on all offenders regardless of the offence committed.

  5. List of tallest buildings in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    The Guoco Tower currently holds the title of the tallest building in Singapore. It stands at 283.7 m (931 ft), exempted from the height restriction of 280 m (920 ft) in the CBD. A supertall tower will be built at the current AXA Tower site in the future, standing at 305 m (1,001 ft). Singapore's history of skyscrapers began with the 1939 ...

  6. Fares and ticketing on the Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

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    Rail operators are government-assisted profit-based corporations, fares and ticketing on Singapore 's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system are aimed to break-even or exceed operating expenses. [ 1][ 2] Rail operators collect fares based on account-based (ABT) and card-based ticketing options, [ 3][ 4] the prices of which are calculated based on the ...

  7. List of most expensive coins - Wikipedia

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    List of most expensive coins Price Year Type Grade Issuing country Provenance Firm Date of sale $18,900,000 1933 1933 double eagle: MS-65 CAC United States: King Farouk of Egypt: Sotheby's [1] June 8, 2021 $12,000,000 1794 Flowing Hair dollar: SP-66 CAC United States Neil, Carter Private sale [2] January 24, 2013 $9,360,000 1787 Brasher ...

  8. One Raffles Quay - Wikipedia

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    One Raffles Quay (Chinese: 莱佛士码头一号) is an office building complex located at Raffles Place, the central business district of Singapore. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox , One Raffles Quay (ORQ) consists of the 50-storey North Tower and the 29- storey South Tower, totalling about 1.3 million square feet of office space.

  9. Crime in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Est. total population ('000) 5,917.6. Crime rates in Singapore are some of the lowest in the world, with petty crimes such as pickpocketing and street theft rarely occurring, and violent crime being extremely rare. [1] Penalties for drug offences such as trafficking in Singapore are severe, and include the death penalty.