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They don't and never have fined anyone for chewing gum. Just the sale and import of gum are banned. You can go to another country and bring back gum for persona
by ciguy 9y ago
They don't and never have fined anyone for chewing gum. Just the sale and import of gum are banned. You can go to another country and bring back gum for personal use, though doing so may be of dubious legality. I know plenty of friends that have done so many times with no issues.
- EGreg 9y agoYou're right, I accidentally conflated it with spitting out gum: It is illegal to drop litter, and to “spit any substance or expel mucus from the nose upon or on to any street or any public place”. Penalties for a first offence can be as much as S$2,000, or S$10,000 for doing it three times. In both cases you may also be forced to clean the streets wearing a green vest.
- ciguy 9y agoThis is very much a problem in many parts of Asia. Whether there should be a law against it is debatable, but I can absolutely understand why something like this would be on the books. I find spitting and blowing your nose onto the street pretty revolting personally, so I don't have a problem with laws like this.