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<text id=93CT1257>
<title>
Singapore--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Singapore
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 38 km of 1.000-meter gauge
</p>
<p>Highways: 2,644 km total (1985)
</p>
<p>Ports: Singapore
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 492 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
9,763,511 GRT/15,816,384 DWT; includes 1 passenger-cargo, 125
cargo, 72 container, 7 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 refrigerated
cargo, 18 vehicle carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 165 oil tanker,
8 chemical tanker, 7 combination ore/oil, 2 specialized tanker,
5 liquefied gas, 74 bulk, 3 combination bulk; note - many
Singapore flag ships are foreign owned
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 10</l>
<l> usable: 10</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 10</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 2</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 4</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 3</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: good domestic facilities; good
international service; good radio and television broadcast
coverage; 1,110,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 13 AM, 4
FM, 2 TV; submarine cables extend to Malaysia (Sabah and
peninsular Malaysia), Indonesia, and the Philippines; satellite
earth stations - 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Pacific Ocean
INTELSAT
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