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Agre with the above.
Singapore is the Disney version of south east Asia.
Main benefits, you can eat any food, (subject to dietary restrictions or preferences), anywhere, and crime is very low, subway cheap & on time, taxi drivers reliable, airport stunningly efficient, the premium visitor attractions, 'Night Safari', Zoo, Bird Park, all well maintanied with seemingly healthy and alert animals/birds,
but at the cost of any 'edge'.
Bugis Junction used to be a hoot with a large outdoor eating area, now just a myriad of tiny stalls selling t-shirts, alongside the cheap-ish fake watches.
Orchard Road has probably 60 shopping centres, featuring department stores and brands you've never heard of.
Sim LIm Tower, a complete tower block of computer/digital camera/consumer electronics shops, (with a good food court in its basement), is a good place to escape from the heat, and the top 3 or 4 floors have many smaller retailers to find stuff that is best bought hands-on, (we got phone cases with bike mounts that do seem to be weatherproof, and had all the shims for all sorts of handlebars, long 1.5m usb-to-micro usb cables that felt substantial).
Marvel at the architecture,
beware the kofi will come 50% milk as standard,
and do try a durian.
(Spiky fruit, with an appalling smell.
Once your nasal sensors have been overloaded by the apparent stench of sewage
you can enjoy the unique taste of the durian).