Secure transportation & Security Drivers in Singapore

Singapore

Secure travel for VIPs in Singapore

With its blend of traditional and modern, Singapore is a popular location for business and leisure travel, conferences and events. Its largest companies are in the telecoms, banking, transportation and manufacturing sectors.

It’s also a major hub for aviation, financial, and maritime shipping, has consistently been ranked as one of the most expensive cities to live, and is identified as a tax haven.

Despite the country’s name meaning ‘lion city’, it’s become one of the four ‘Asian tigers’, and was the world’s 4th most competitive economy in 2023, with the highest GDP per capita.

When you’re responsible for booking secure transportation for ultra-high net worth business and social travellers in Singapore, you need to choose a company you can trust – that’s us!

Singapore

Security drivers in Singapore

The Republic of Singapore comprises one main island with 63 satellite islands and islets (including Sentoza), and one outlying islet.

Arriving in Changi you’ll see why it’s been rated one of the best international airports. It’s worth a visit to the Jewel retail complex there, even if just to see the world’s tallest indoor waterfall. The alternative is Seletar Airport.

Singapore is a small island with a high population density, but the number of private cars on the road is restricted, to help curb pollution and congestion. The country has had a congestion pricing scheme since 1975.

Driving is on the left, and we’ll either use our own highly skilled team of security drivers, or local drivers that speak English and meet our standards.

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Security vehicles in Singapore

Depending on the risk assessment we do, we’ll recommend a luxury limo or perhaps a local taxi – even an armed vehicle if that’s the safest option.

Either way, it will be a comfortable ride. Our skilled security drivers will always be familiar with the vehicle so they can manoeuvre quickly and safely out of trouble if need be.

We keep aware of local laws. For example, we know that there’s a zero-tolerance policy against corruption in Singapore, and that serious traffic offences involving death, injury or damage to public property fall under the jurisdiction of criminal law.

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Overview of Singapore

Here are some key facts to be aware of when travelling in Singapore…

The main currency is the Singapore dollar (SGD or S$).

Visitors will notice temples of all types in the city centre. Buddhism is the most popular religion, Christianity is next followed by Islam, Taoism and Chinese Traditional Beliefs, and Hinduism. One-fifth of the population report no religious affiliation.

Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil.
Most Singaporeans use English as their main language. That said, if a translator is needed over there, we can arrange that for you.

The climate is tropical rainforest with no distinctive seasons, humidity is high, and rainfall is abundant, especially from November to February. Temperatures usually range from 23 to 32°C (73 to 90°F).

There numerous green and recreational spaces around Singapore, since almost 10% of the land has been set aside for parks and nature reserves.

Security risks in Singapore

Singapore practises a strong rule of law, and has some of the lowest crime rates and lowest levels of corruption in the world.

Penalties for drug offences are severe, and include the death penalty.

The sale of chewing gum in Singapore has been illegal since 1992, and the pavements / sidewalks are noticeably clean.

Singaporean society has become more liberal on LGBT rights. Sexual relations between men were technically illegal until 2023 (sexual relations between women have always been legal).

It’s the law that, if you have knowledge or reason to believe or suspect that a crime has been committed, you must submit a police report or witness report.

Non-violent crime

Petty crimes such as pickpocketing and street theft are rare.

Other crimes include shop theft, theft from dwellings, outrage of modesty and voyeurism.

As with the rest of the world, scams and cybercrime are a growing concern.

Armed robbery

Violent crime is extremely rare, but there have been incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the Singapore Strait, and Singapore is a transit and destination country for human trafficking.

Terrorism

The main terrorist threat to Singapore is from Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which has links to al-Qaeda and Abu Sayyaf.

To counter this, there are world-class standards of detection and prevention in place.

Riots

Under the penal code, ‘rioting’ refers to the unlawful gathering of five or more people where force or violence is used. This doesn’t happen often in Singapore. In fact, there have only been two riots since 1965.

Events

Tourism is a major industry in Singapore. Well-known landmarks include Raffles Hotel (for a Singapore Sling), the Merlion sculpture, Marina Bay Sands, Gardens by the Bay, the Orchard Road shopping area, the resort island of Sentosa, and Singapore’s Botanic Gardens.

The diverse cuisine includes Chinese, Malay, Indian and Tamil, with various hawker centres for communal eating. Singapore’s national dish is Hainanese chicken rice, and Singapore chilli crab is equally notorious.

There are frequent events on the island, such as festivals and parades, F1, WTA, and Chinese New Year. With our concierge service, we can advise on the best things to see and do.

For all our trips, we make sure we’re aware of what’s on so we can avoid the traffic, keep our clients safe, and get them where they’re going on time.

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