Why are there no flies, mosquitoes etc. in Singapore?

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PoshBerries

Yes, there are flies and mosquitoes around in Singapore. Of course every country has them. Singapore is also not an exception. Some hawker centres have flies & croaches but mostly have been eliminated by the pest busters & cleaners, hired by our National Environment Agency (NEA). Neighbourhood areas are sprayed with insecticide to kill the lavaes and other pests.

It is just that Singapore is willing to spend a lump sum of money on environmental cleaning. And Singapore's government knows that if a country is filthy, transmission of plagues and epidemic diseases will be widely spreaded. Thus, many people will get infected and die. They're actually doing a great job in keeping our country clean & hygienic.

Not only that, it also builds Singapore with a good coporate country image, which in turn attracts more tourists, boasts our tourism businesses, gives a good reputation & builds up good rapport between many countries.

In any fact, we're cleaner than many countries in terms of hygiene & cleanliness. That is why Singapore has been branded as one of the cleanliest countries on earth.

I'm lucky to have been considered fortunate to live in Singapore, in such a clean & green homeland, with no poverty, no natural disasters and living together with nice people who comes from different countries & cultures to join us as one community. Cheers!

The World Ends with You

There ARE flies or mosquitos, you just haven't seen them yet. But mainly Singapore is quite clean. You won't see flies everywhere you look. But there are flies in some places. They come out usually when there's rain or if there's food and there's an open window.

Trust me, you'll find yourself bitten some day. That's why I have bug repellent anytime I go to a park or Sentosa...

flu269269

they dont like singapore

M.O.A.B

there is flies ,mosquitoes but are under control. you will see them in rubbish damp or mosquitoes in deserted area.

bird 67

Jurong hawker centers are dirtiest ,full of flies , cockroahes and mosquitoes also ,in Jurong areas

Nux

I know someone in the government, and he told me that the government try to get rid of those undesirable insects by occasionally spraying over the island. It doesn't mean that there's no fly and mosquito in SG, but there's less.

Jump

umm.. because they all flew away?

no, seriously, singapore has its fair share of mozzies and flies and other bugs. maybe not in the airconditioned shopping malls, but they're there.

lulu

Are there not? I really didn't know that.

shufang84

There are definitely flies and mosquitoes etc in Singapore.. Occasionally a fly will fly into my dining room when my mum cooks prawns or salted fish.. My cousin always get bitten in school by mosquitoes despite having mosquito patches pasted on his school uniform.. Haha..

rizwano

there is insects in every country

pigley

there is

alamak

Because you either aren't here long enough, or looking at the wrong places...

Nigerian woman

Ang Mo Kio ,Hougang, Yishun hawker centers worse
flies n mosquitoes everywhere

iNn3RbEaUtY

there are plenty..

Dave Star

Oh I guess because you only go to the city center. Try going to Woodlands and other outskirsts and you'll see trash on the road.

simplegal

there are flies and mosquitoes, few months back dengue fever cases increased quite a bit....

Francheska B

they like wet cold places, with some sun?

professorminh

I'm sure there are.. I was there as a kid.. I don't remember flies or mosquitos but insects are everywhere and if there are none, there is something wrong with the environment.

ang266

lots of flies n mosquitoes in Ang Mo Kio
Toa payoh, bedok , tampines, queenstown, bukit merah
also

sylvia1520

r u sure ??

Newton food center is full of flies

n singapore got a lot of ppl down with dengue fever last year

frederic w

I've travelled to Singapore on two occasions and have never been bitten or even seen a mossie during my 3 day stop-over its an exceptional clean city

travelgirl

There are mosquitoes in Singapore, I have the scars on my legs when I was bitten April to prove it.

gerdef270

they scared of Kee Kuan Kew

matured

good question, i was there early this year and i think you are right but i don't know why. i am going again in feb i will check it out for sure.
maybe they spray to kill them off or maybe they cant fly that far and all the good stuff for them to feast on is on the mainland.
ps, isnt it a great place, i'm going to langkawi from there for 2 weeks.great place but dont tell everyone.

LeoL

Must be the high costs of living also in the insect world.

Just kidding....and I guess you are kidding too.

Lots of them here especially my no.1 enemy, the mossies.

if you aren't kidding, Which part of singapore are you living? I think I wanna shift over to your side.

wish i lived there... i hate mosquitoes... and flies

faraday

Its b'cos they are rich and so they invest a lot into sanitation

g.m

its a very clean inviroment (no birds?)

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