Why bubble gum is banned in singapore?-?!
Why bubble gum is banned in singapore?-?
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It was found that chewing gum too long can cause problems with your jaw and also break down the enamel on your teeth. This all leads to higher health care costs which leads to higher taxes. By eliminating the gum, they are basically saving their citizens hard dollars in saved taxes.
Because they try to keep their city squeaky clean and also don't like scraping gum off where people stick it.
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Gum has returned to Singapore
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Because people kept spitting it out on the sidewalks.
Seriously.
The folks over there LOVE their oral fixations,and if they're not smoking a cigarette then they're chewing on a stick of gum.
Spitting isn't considered as rude over there as it is here,so most folks think nothing of spitting in public.All that spit and bubblegum (not to mention cigarette butts) can accumulate pretty quickly in a crowded city.Many visitors have taken note of the less-than-savory condition of the streets of certain Asian tourist spots,and as a consequence more than one locality in Asia has made it an offense to spit on the sidewalk or in the street.Some have gone so far as to ban bubblegum.
I worked there for a short term back in the 1980's and ther signs all over the place, about all those things described, there were people in uniform on the subways and in the streets that would issue you a ticket if you disobeyed the sanitary laws.
Fines then were about between $10-50 US, and repeat offenders were made clean up as a punishment.
Firstly ... people just spit the gums anywhere (beneath seats, on the wall) but the rubbish bin ... causing lotsa inconvenience for locals, tourists becos people tend to step on it ... it's gross ... and those that were "left unattended" will hardened then turn back .... it's difficult to remove after a long time.
Secondly ... building of trains and train stations ... to avoid any unecessary "accidents" , such as jamming up of system ...
Thirdly, these causes a big burden to the gov becos removing these cost lotsa of money.
So after balancing the pros and cons ... the gov decided to ban it.