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Singapore TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
Ports: Port of Singapore, world's busiest port
in 1988,
serves more than 36,000 ships per year. Five port
terminals, each
specializing in different type of cargo; fifteen
kilometers of
wharf; extensive warehouse and oil storage facilities.
Singapore
has fifteenth largest merchant fleet in world.
Railroads: Malayan Railways provides service to
Singapore. Main station in central business district and
line
serving Jurong Industrial Estate. Major public transport
67-
kilometer mass rapid transit system serving 800,000
passengers
daily scheduled for completion in 1990.
Roads: 2,810 kilometers of roads in 1989, mostly
paved;
five expressways, totalling 95 kilometers, with total 141
kilometers by 1991.
Airports: Two major airports, Singapore Changi
Airport
for international flights and Seletar for charter and
training
flights, and three smaller fields.
Telecommunications: Excellent telecommunications
facilities. Domestic telephone system with optical fiber
network,
26 exchanges, and 48.5 telephones per 100 residents. Two
satellite
ground stations and submarine cable connections to
neighboring
countries.
Data as of December 1989
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