Ten Taboos for Working in Singapore

When you go to work in Singapore, you must know the living customs and taboos of 10 in Singapore.

In our eyes, Singapore is full of sunshine and enthusiasm, known as the garden city, with four seasons like summer, convenient transportation and clean and tidy city. Similarly, Singapore is one of the most severely punished countries in the world, and some behaviors that are explicitly prohibited will be punished once they are touched. For example, chewing gum, feeding pigeons, drinking water and eating on the subway. I can punish you for nothing in minutes. 10 big custom taboo of living in Singapore;

First, religious taboos: Malays believe in Islam. As a religious taboo, they don't eat pork, drink alcoholic beverages, and treat people with their right hands.

2. Smoking instructions: In Singapore, people strongly oppose smoking. Smoking is prohibited in elevators, public transport and cinemas, especially in government offices, and offenders are fined S $500. It's best to ask the other person's permission to smoke.

3. Clothing: The climate of Singapore is influenced by the ocean and latitude, with high temperature and high humidity. The daily temperature is between 25°C and 34°C, so it is best to wear light clothes in summer. People usually wear casual clothes at work. After work, they can wear T-shirts and jeans. Only at formal banquets do they have to wear suits and ties. Ladies must wear evening dresses, which also makes the host family feel respected.

Fourth, entertainment: the way of entertainment is usually an invitation to dinner or lunch. Locals generally don't invite guests who meet for the first time to dinner, but after the host knows something about the guests, he can hold a formal banquet and negotiate business during the dinner. Similarly, visitors should not be in a hurry to treat guests. It's not too late to meet each other often to bring the two sides closer together and have fun with each other. As long as it is not a business banquet, guests can bring their wives to attend.

5. Banquet Notes: Singaporeans like light and slightly sweet tastes. The staple food is rice. They like to eat fried fish slices, fried shrimp, crispy chicken, tomato cabbage rolls, shredded chicken and peas, hand-grabbed mutton and other flavor dishes. They like to drink beer, northeast wine and other drinks, and they also like China Cantonese food very much. Be careful not to use your left hand when eating with Indians or Malays.

Six, color taboo: Singaporeans regard black as the color of bad luck and bad luck, and purple is also unpopular. They prefer red, which symbolizes solemnity, enthusiasm, excitement, courage and generosity. They also welcome blue and green.

7. Conversation taboo: In social conversation, don't talk about political gains and losses, racial friction, religious right and wrong, spouse situation, etc. But you can exchange travel experiences and talk about all kinds of experiences in the countries you have been to. Good topics are local flavor food, restaurants, popular tourist areas and the business achievements of the owners.

Eight, behavioral taboos: pointing at people with your index finger, hitting another open palm with a clenched fist, or clenching your fist and inserting your thumb between your index finger and middle finger are considered extremely rude behaviors. Don't put your hands on your hips casually, because that's a sign of anger.

Number taboo: Singaporeans think that "4", "6", "7", "13", "37" and "69" are negative numbers, and they hate "7" most, so they try to avoid using it at ordinary times.

Ten, New Year's taboo: don't sweep the floor during the New Year, don't wash your hair, or good luck will be swept away and washed away, don't break things in the house, especially don't break the mirror, because it will herald family division or other unfortunate things, don't wear old clothes, don't use needles and scissors, they will bring bad luck.