_#_Ports: Singapore
_#_Merchant marine: 435 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,259,085 GRT/13,553,438 DWT; includes 1 passenger-cargo, 121 cargo, 66 container, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 11 refrigerated cargo, 18 vehicle carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 118 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 3 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 75 bulk, 2 combination bulk; note—many Singapore flag ships are foreign owned
_#_Civil air: 38 major transport aircraft (est.)
_#_Airports: 9 total, 9 usable; 9 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 2 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
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, People's Defense Force, Police Force
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 842,721; 625,546 fit for military service
_#Defense expenditures: $1.7 billion, 4% of GDP (1990 est.) % @Solomon Islands *Geography #_Total area: 28,450 km2; land area: 27,540 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland
_#_Land boundaries: none