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Communications
Railroads: 38 km of 1.000-meter gauge.
Highways: 2,597 km total (1984).
Ports: Singapore.
Merchant marine: 407 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
7,286,824 GRT/11,921,610 DWT; includes 126 cargo, 52 container,
5 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 11 refrigerated cargo, 13 vehicle
carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 103 petroleum, oils, and lubricants
(POL) tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 4 combination ore/oil,
1 specialized tanker, 15 liquefied gas, 68 bulk, 3 combination
bulk; note--many Singapore flag ships are foreign owned.
Civil air: 38 major transport aircraft (est.).
Airports: 6 total, 6 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways;
2 with runways over 3,659 m; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: good domestic facilities; good international
service; good radio and television broadcast coverage; 1,110,000
telephones; 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.