Handphone at Changi Airport

[Keyvan]

On a recent visit to Singapore my handphone was taken for 'inspection' upon arrival, in the customs area. I cannot recall that ever being done before and all I can think of is that they were checking for porno videos [which I do not have]. I had thought that those days were well past in Singapore...years ago I had business video cassettes for a trade fair seized and sent to the censor, getting them back 3 days later after trade fair was finished. When are they going to grow up?

[fountainhall]

I arrived in Singapore on Wednesday on a Cathay Pacific flight from Bangkok. Soon after disembarking, there was a new special security area quite near the gate where all passengers from the flight had to go through a very strict security check, exactly the same as on departure. Very few flights were subjected to this arrangement, as I could only see one such area in the very large Terminal 1. Is this a new concern the Singapore authorities have, I wonder, about a security threat out of Thailand?

[Gaybutton]

I can vaguely recall, in the long distant past, when flying used to be an enjoyable experience. These days sometimes I can't help but think airline and airport security staff all received their training at Dachau.

There is an article on the CNN web site called "World's Most Hated Airports." http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/21/travel/wo ... index.html

[atri1666]

all passengers from the flight had to go through a very strict security check

This special control I had already sometimes, but only when arriving from Bangkok. Maybe they are afraid of drugs coming from LOS. I believe more the security staff got their training at Guantanamo ( always have the "big freedom" in my minds).

[xiandarkthorne]

I didn't experience any such thing when I flew in at the end of October. Maybe it's completely new. Or they're only targetting passengers on flights in and out of Thailand?