Singaporeans usually invite guests to lunch or dinner. Be careful not to use your left hand when eating with Indians or Malays in Singapore. When eating in a Singaporean's home, you can bring a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates as a gift. When talking, avoid talking about politics and religion. You can talk about your trip, the countries you have been to and the economic achievements of Singapore.

Take off your shoes when you enter the mosque. In some families, you have to take off your shoes when you enter the house.

Singapore has been westernized due to the influence of Britain in the past. However, the local people still retain the traditional habits of many ethnic groups, so the greeting methods are also different. The most common way is for people to shake hands when they meet, and bow gently to the orientals.

In order to make everyone polite, the Singapore government has also made some regulations on politeness: clerk courtesy: customers come to the door and greet them with smiles; Customers buy, take the initiative to introduce, never tire of seeing; Customers ask questions, listen carefully and answer them seriously; Customers leave, send them off warmly and say goodbye politely. Courtesy between neighbors, neighbors should greet each other when they meet. Invite neighbors to be guests on holidays. Help the neighbors look after the house. When using public places, always think of others. Singapore always smiles at people. If you use a public phone, you will smile and say to the person waiting, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Even the posters promoting civility and politeness in the street are printed with a smiling figure and some slogans, such as "Treat people with courtesy", "Everyone is polite, life is better" and "Sincere smile, the way of life". At night, colorful sliding signs of propaganda politeness keep flashing.

Cabinet ministers and parliamentarians often go to the masses to give speeches on the importance of good manners. Even the police always smile when they fine people who violate traffic regulations. So Singaporeans said humorously, "I'm afraid the police will laugh"-if he laughs, he will pay the price. Foreigners always feel at home in Singapore because there are smiling faces everywhere.

Singaporeans hate men with long hair and don't like beards. In some public places, there is often a placard: "Men with long hair are not welcome". Singapore has strict control over hippies with long hair. Men with long hair, jeans and slippers may be banned from entering the country. Young people, in particular, must wear clean clothes when going abroad, and do not leave shoulder-length hair.