Even better: For your safety, just stay in Sinkiepoor, pay and pay all day, all night long, pay MRT, ERP, COE, COV, pay expensive taxi fare, expensive bus fare; after 2-3 more years of pay and pay, you will be able to go to Malaysia in complete safety, because you will by then have no more money for anybody to rob.
human nature in their mindset, wa bo ar ni suay lah/wu ar ni suay bo.
when you visit other countries, you are expose to high risk of crime especially the locals know your currency is higher than them.