The best laid PLANs of mice and men often go awry.
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Welcome back to another effortpost by me generally on the developing arms race in East Asia, this time covering the People's Liberation Army Navy, hereafter referred to as the "PLAN", and its massive growth... and... mostly, well, its massive growth. What that means is mostly covered in other posts about how other countries are responding to it. The why is a bit difficult because, well, China is not well known for open debate, or open anything, really, which will turn up repeatedly.
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1. What you [might] need to know about South Korea's ludicrous arms buildup
2. We shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches.... uh, what do we do after that again?: The Perilous Defensive Position of Taiwan
3. "You've hit another cargo ship? The Problems with the US Navy: Not all of them begin with "Seven" and end with "th Fleet"."
4. Will China's PLAN survive contact with the enemy?
5. Biden's New START and modern nuclear war
6. First And Last Stand Of The Tin Can Navies [ASEAN + Australia and the smaller adversaries China may contend with]
7. Boned: Problems in the US Air [and space!] Force
8. --Unnamed-- effortpost on Japanese military matters, mostly about how weird the JSDF status is
9. --Unnamed--effortpost on Indian military matters, and why they can't focus on China or buy anything that works
10. --Unnamed--effortpost on the rest of the PLA, mostly the air force though
11. --Unnamed--effortpost on the rest of the US Armed Forces, mostly talking about how the marines are changing and the Army's new love affair with INF-busting weapons
12. Conclusion?

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Glossary:
PLA = People's Liberation Army = the armed forces of the People's Republic of China, or China
PLAN = People's Liberation Army Navy = the naval forces of the PLA
PLANAF = People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force = the air force of the navy of the PLA
Ashm = Anti-ship missile, cruise missile unless specifically described as otherwise--there's only one anti-ship ballistic missile in existence and its efficacy and whether or not it functions is questionable
CIWS = close-in weapons system, like the Phalanx gun or Goalkeeper
VLS = vertical launch system for missiles
AEGIS = Aegis Combat System if described specifically in that context, a US naval warfare system, but we'll usually be talking about "Chinese AEGIS", which is a nomiker used by the Chinese media in particular comparing the Type 346 radar to the AN-SPY family, with which it shares numerous technical characteristics--but how comparable the "Chinese AEGIS" system is to what the US uses is a complete unknown.
SAM = Surface-to-air missile, in this case usually a S-300 derivative
First Island Chain = The islands, stretching from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan, which keep China inside its littoral seas much as the GIUK [Greenland-Iceland-UK] gap has kept various continental powers out of the Atlantic.
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Some PLAN equipment you might see described--the nomenclature is confusing and a relic of the cultural revolution, and as a result China now has more Types than the British.
Type 003 = China's new conventionally powered supercarriers, currently under construction
Type 002 = China's first truly "operational" carrier
Type 001 = China's first carrier, built on a Soviet hull purchased from Ukraine ostensibly to make a floating casino
Type 055 = Guided-missile cruiser, though generally called a destroyer it's probably more descriptively labeled a cruiser
Type 052D = Guided-missile destroyer using "Chinese AEGIS"
Type 052/051B/052B/052C = the gradual progression of evolving Chinese naval tech, largely built as practice/demo ships like the Type 001. Some of the earlier ones are steam-powered but by the Type 052C you have something almost as advanced as the Type 052D, albeit with turbine problems
Type 054A = the standard modern frigate of the PLAN
Type 053[anything] = old PLAN frigates
Type 096 = China's newest SSBN class, under construction
Type 094 = China's first functional SSBN class, very noisy
Type 092 = China's first "SSBN", believed to have never left port with an actual nuke on board
Type 095 = China's newest SSN class, under construction
Type 093 = China's current SSN class, noisy
Type 091 = China's first SSN class, dumb dumb dumb and is at a 1950s tech level
Type 039[A] = China's new SSK class
Kilo = China's older SSK class, imported from Russia
Sovremenny = China's first capable anti-air destroyers, imported from Russia
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1. The Last Time A Rising Navy Challenged A Dominant Foe

The last time we've seen something like this was in the late 19th century. After the First World War shipbuilding was restricted by the landmark Washington Naval Treaty, one of the first great arms control treaties, and during the Cold War the Soviet Union never really had any hopes of surpassing American naval power. China, however, seems intent on replacing the US as the world's dominant naval power, or at least building a force that can stop the US Navy, even combined with the forces of Japan and other regional allies.
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The nations in question, of course, in the last naval arms race, were the United Kingdom and a newly-unified Germany. Germany never reached the level of the UK, but seriously threatened it. Previously the UK had maintained a policy of having more ships than the next two largest fleets combined, but this was no longer possible, and the UK legitimately was fearful for its naval supremacy. It didn't last too long in the end--under a decade--and a resumption was foiled by first a world war and then the Washington Naval Treaty. The impact of the arms race, though, was massive. It set Germany and the UK at odds with each other, it resulted in a general buildup of warships pretty much everywhere [South America was, believe it or not, one of the biggest offenders there], established Germany for a time as the world's second naval power, having eclipsed both France and Russia and turning a small coastal defense navy into something that was able to defeat the Royal Navy itself, though never comprehensively enough to change the course of the first world war.
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China dwells in a much different situation than Germany did at the turn of the last century, so we can only extend the analogy so far--substituting in Japan for the UK, India for Russia, and so on is possible but not, in my view, educational. However, we can see many of the same elements playing in here. China seems intent on replacing the US as a dominant power, or at least as regional hegemon--the ancient tributary system seems to lie fairly heavily on Chinese minds--and in order to do that, it must be able to have some degree of power projection and the capability to deny the US Navy access to areas within the first island chain. It remains to be seen, however, how successful that quest will be. Much as with the dreadnought battleships, I wouldn't be surprised if we never actually do find out if most of the shiny naval toys people have built actually work. But their mere existence shows the mutual hostility developing in the region and demonstrates the size of the Chinese threat.
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Another lesson learned here is that China, like Germany, may not develop a naval force capable of defeating the US comprehensively, but only partially, and that one of the powers--in this case, China--might be pressured to strike first before the US Navy can close the gap. That ~2030 gap I talked about in my last post is, I think, an especially vulnerable point, because China may look at a degraded, but rejuvenating US Navy, then at their own capable forces, and decide to strike then in Taiwan and the South China Sea, only to back down when the US Navy again eclipses them. Whether or not that will happen, we will see--but I find it a very dangerous and perhaps likely possibility.
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2. What the PLAN looked like 20 years ago

The PLAN has undergone an absolutely stunning evolution in the past two decades. In the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis the US could intimidate China with a pair of aircraft carrier strike groups and China could do pretty much nothing about it. Now the US is afraid of sending anything more than a destroyer through the strait.
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Twenty years ago, the PLAN was a bit of a joke. Even Taiwan figured it could hold the seas against the PLAN. It consisted of a few tens of outdated coastal-defense frigates, some Soviet-era diesel-electric subs, and a large number of unsophisticated missile craft. The pride of the Chinese fleet were a handful of destroyers assembled using cobbled-together Western technology--copied French missiles, American gas turbines, the lot. According to American accounts at the time, the instructions for the equipment hadn't even been translated. The most advanced ship in the fleet used steampower. There were nuclear submarines, but of 1950s quality. Of particular note was the fact that the Chinese fleet had no area air defense capabilities--their premier surface-to-air-missile was an unlicensed knockoff of the French Crotale, and couldn't shoot anything outside of visual range, at high altitudes, or really doing anything more sophisticated than trying to kill their ships with low-altitude dumb bombing runs.
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In the past twenty years, however, the PLAN has, much like the German Navy towards the end of the 19th century, gone from an afterthought to the world's second most powerful force. It began, as modern China's military capabilities almost all began, with the looting of the former Soviet Union for naval technology. While Soviet naval tech was generally lacking, it was much better than anything else China could get its hands on after the arms embargo placed on it in the 1990s by the US and Europe in response to Tienanmen and the end of the Cold War. China bought Soviet diesel submarines, Soviet air-defense destroyers, and Soviet aircraft carriers, which it promptly left lying around [and turned one of them into a theme park]. This was combined with copies of various pieces of Western, mostly European, technology for everything from sonars to surface-to-air missiles. China then began developing its first modern indigenous surface combatants, the Type 052C, but there were still problems. The engines were Ukrainian and had reliability trouble, the gun jammed, there was no VLS.
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It is really in the last ten years that things have begun to move extremely quickly, and even only in the latter portion of the decade. In 2012 the Type 001 Liaoning entered service, and although it remains more of a training ship than an operational vessel, and is held back by a poor carrier aircraft, the mere fact that China "built" a carrier was a surprise to many. In 2014 the first Type 052D destroyer came online. It had learned the lessons from the Type 052C, and in just the last six years at least ten have entered service, with a class size of about 23 expected. This rapid expansion is what has frightened competing navies the most--in a little over a decade, the PLAN is constructing more destroyers than the British, French, and Australian navies have in service combined. It is also building the Type 055, which has generally been called a "destroyer" despite being more aptly described as a cruiser in line with the Ticonderoga-class. China has also built 30 modern frigates in the past decade, which has also swelled its numbers, along with numerous smaller corvettes, submarines, and so on.
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This is why the PLAN has become such an object of concern. While it cannot challenge the US Navy yet, at least outside its littoral zones, the decline of the USN and rapid expansion of the PLAN means that it is a serious threat. And the speed at which it has developed has made many fearful. As recently as 2010, the idea of China operating an aircraft carrier or modern destroyers seemed distant, possibly preposterous. Now China speaks openly of having a six-carrier fleet in the 2030s, although, as with many of China's plans to operate full US-replicated tech and doctrine, these may have somewhat caved to realism. China is mighty, but it has already done the easy part--the last part is much harder, in economics and in military matters. Building the software, the institutional knowledge, the hardware to compete with the US Navy will prove difficult.
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3. What the PLAN looks like now--submarines

Submarines are one of the PLAN's weak spots, particularly nuclear submarines. China is, however, making some fairly rapid advances in this area.
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Their nuclear submarine program has been considered a bit of a joke for some time. In the late 1950s when all the cool kids great powers were getting nuclear submarines, China decided [or at least Mao did] that China needed nuclear submarines too. About 16 years later, the product of this effort finally emerged as the Type 091 submarine. Based on 1950s technology, with poor radiation shielding and basically nothing done in the name of noise reduction, and not even a teardrop hull, the Type 091 was probably more of a threat to the sailors who were on it than anyone else, except maybe the two Tench-class submarines that Taiwan operates, which use 1940s technology and are the world's longest-serving submarines, though they're mostly used for training nowadays. Even then, my money would be on the Tench despite the upgrades the PLAN has made to the Type 091. There's only so much you can do to put lipstick on a pig.
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China also produced an SSBN, the Type 092, which was probably the only submarine more useless than the Type 091. About the only useful thing it did for the PLAN was that it served as a test platform for SLBM launches. Reports suggest that the Type 092 is the noisiest SSBN ever made, and is thought to have only ever undertaken a single patrol. It stayed at port for so long that it was thought to have sunk in an accident. And the experience turned the PLAN off from building SSBNs for over twenty years, until the Type 094 came online in 2007.
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More recent submarines are growing in capability, though. The Type 094 is not the noisiest SSBN ever made, and may not even be the noisiest in current service--that honor going to the Delta III operated by the Russian Navy, which uses 1970s technology, and, which, according to the US Office of Naval Intelligence, is about as noisy as the Type 094. The Type 093 is also moderately capable--it actually functions and can fire anti-ship missiles. However, the Type 093 is still considered only comparable to the Soviet Victor III class, again using 1970s technology. Future submarines have not yet been seen, but expectations are that China will make another step forward to late 1980s or early 1990s tech levels, producing something on par with the Los Angeles or Akula for the first time.
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China also operates a fairly capable fleet of coastal diesel-electric submarines. While some are quite old--the Type 035--most are pretty average for the global submarine force, a mix of Kilos and domestic AIP designs. The large number of boats in operation and their anti-ship missile capability means that these should be considered a real threat, at least in the littoral waters near to China, but they aren't decisive by any means, especially since China is facing off against such threats as Japan's Soryu class, probably the most advanced diesel-electric sub in existence.
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In conclusion, the PLAN is still pretty weak on the submarine front--weaker here than on anything but its carrier force, but its capabilities are advancing rapidly and should not be underestimated.

4. What the PLAN looks like now--surface combatants

The surface fleet is definitely the most impressive and capable portion of the PLAN, no questions about it. China once had a fleet consisting mostly of coastal frigates and missile boats. As recently as 2000, its fleet had no real area-air-defense destroyers, and no SAMs that could operate outside visual range. Now, though, the PLAN operates tens of advanced guided-missile destroyers, advanced frigates, and still retains a large number of small, stealthy missile boats.
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The major focus of Chinese warships appears to be on anti-air, with anti-surface being a somewhat secondary concern for all but the smallest vessels. This makes sense when you realize that the primary focus is, at least for the moment, on using land-based aircraft to strike against hostile fleet formations using long-range anti-ship missiles, in a very Soviet sort of way--"Backfire raids" using long-range land-based aircraft with anti-ship missiles were one of the US Navy's major concerns during the Cold War, and the very reason for the F-14's existence along with the AIM-54 Phoenix it carried. However, China has been developing anti-surface capabilities as well using ashms and land-attack cruise missiles [generally the same thing, actually]. Since China has finally developed a VLS system that allows it to use the same launcher for multiple missiles, its most recent ships have become more versatile in that role.
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How effective these ships are at that task is, however, a relatively open question. Their radars at least seem to quite sophisticated, using flat-panel AESA, and have been dubbed "Chinese AEGIS" by the highly reliable Chinese domestic media. The basic platform their surface-to-air missiles are based on also seems to be fairly capable--the HQ-9 is an S-300 derivative, a respectable SAM system though, again, how capable it is against opponents in an active electronic warfare environment is questionable, and it has basically no capabilities against stealth aircraft like the F-35 as far as anyone knows. The efficacy of their CIWS, again, is open to question. Really this is true of everything about the modern PLAN, and PLA in general. The PLA is secretive, has not exported most of its hardware, and has developed largely independently of foreign militaries, though it is definitely influenced by them. Now that the PLAN has moved away from simply copying foreign hardware and patching it together, its capabilities are much harder to discern.
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However, they should be taken as a very real threat, and not written off. My guess would be that their warships are about as capable as most of their non-American counterparts, save those equipped with AEGIS, but that's all my guess is---a guess.

5. What the PLAN looks like now--carriers

The PLAN currently has two carriers in service, and two more known to be under construction, and most suspect that it will build several more. However, at the moment, the PLAN's carrier force is largely a paper tiger, designed around training. The first carrier, the Type 001, basically was a "how do you build a carrier" kit bought from Russia, possibly by accident--the "fully functional" Minsk ended up as a theme park, believe it or not. The hull was purchased from Ukraine and then completed in China years later. It is also believed that the PLAN may have learned some things about aircraft carriers from the HMAS Melbourne, which was sold to a Chinese firm for scrapping--rumor has it the PLAN had no clue this had happened and then had a field day looking at all the stuff that hadn't been taken out. This was back in the old days when nobody could imagine that China would have an aircraft carrier. The Type 002, however, is built from scratch, but isn't particularly capable especially as it's a ski-jump carrier, leaving the Type 003 the first carrier which will prove actually useful.
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The main thing holding China's carrier fleet back, though, is a lack of a suitable aircraft. Originally China was considering purchasing Su-33s from Russia, hardly a good carrier-based aircraft but functional, but after Russia discovered that China had been mucking about building a Su-27 derivative without asking the deal fell through [China tells a different story, saying that Russia demanded exorbitant amounts to reopen production which it was unwilling to pay for a nearly obsolete aircraft]. As a result China operates the J-15 as its naval fighter, with... less than stellar results. It's extremely heavy, and, if it takes off from the carrier, has minimal range if carrying anything at all--it can't take more than two short range air to air missiles into the sky to fight enemy aircraft. However, the J-15 isn't really intended for combat service--it's intended to teach China how to run carriers, and it seems to work well enough for that task, aside from the multiple fatal crashes. There is, however, thought to be a new carrier fighter in the pipeline--most say the J-31/FC-31, which has reduced RCS and a number of carrier-unique features, is being pitched as a carrier-based aircraft and will serve as China's carrier fighter in the future. China also lacks any fixed wing carrier-based airborne early warning, which could prove troublesome--a lack of AEW means that its view is limited by the horizon--and has no resupply aircraft like the C-2 Greyhound. As a result, for the moment at least, China lacks an effective carrier force, but it is likely to continue developing rapidly in the next decade and become a fairly substantial threat. Remember that as recently as 2010, a Chinese aircraft carrier seemed preposterous to many people, and now they have two.

6. Some attention to land-based aircraft

Land-based aircraft as a naval weapon are not generally used by the US, which has never had a reason to develop them as a doctrinal focus. Sure, you could potentially envision them as being used, and there even were situations where they were utilized, but it just wasn't generally a priority or how things were done. For China, though, taking influence from the Soviets, and lying on littoral seas with hostile powers in the First Island Chain, land-based aircraft and missiles are a key part of doctrine. Although this is often viewed as a new thing, called A2/AD [anti access/area denial], it's really the result of a long historical evolution of naval power, probably most refined by the Soviet Union. As a result, land-based naval aviation plays an important role, firing anti-ship missiles at standoff distances at enemy vessels, and shore-based launchers of anti-ship missiles are also an important weapon. The combination of these systems means that venturing within China's littoral seas is a dangerous proposition during war, and some waters, like those of the Taiwan Strait, are effectively considered closed at this point in the event of hostilities breaking out. For this reason air superiority is also important in this sort of naval warfare, as if either side gains air superiority it can pummel its opponents with air-launched anti-ship missiles. China's capabilities in this area are sophisticated and should not be underestimated, but they are unlikely to go through a rapid period of growth like the PLAN's fleet.
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And a brief note dedicated entirely to the DF-21D "Carrier killer" that the PLA likes to show off. It's a pretty impressive capability, on paper, using a ballistic missile to hit a carrier. The CEP [circular error probable] means that it could even happen, presuming that an aircraft carrier was good enough to sit in one place, not moving, long enough to be detected by China. Aircraft carriers look big, but the seas are huge, and they're surprisingly hard to find. They also move quite fast, in excess of of 35mph/55kph, and thus by the time the ballistic missile has launched it might well be out of range given the fact that ballistic missiles are not particularly known for their maneuverability in terminal stages, at least not in the realm of miles. The DF-21D is not a particular threat to the modern aircraft carrier. It could potentially be one if it evolves into a hypersonic boost-glide vehicle, but that's a whole additional can of worms, that I might address a different day.

7. The PLAN's plans for the future--what will it look like in 2030?

Unfortunately the PLAN is not exactly the most open of navies, as I've repeatedly mentioned. There are no public debates over acquisitions programs, no big fleet shape plans, relatively little detail.
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However, a few things are fairly sure bets or publicly announced.
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China has repeatedly announced plans to build a six-carrier force, including the Type 001 and Type 002, but also a pair of Type 003 [already under construction] conventionally powered supercarriers and a pair of Type 004 nuclear powered supercarriers. However, it seems that the Type 004 is currently on hold. Why, exactly, is unclear, but it seems to be technical difficulties, which are not particularly surprising given that China's experience with nuclear maritime propulsion seem to be rather limited and have had poor results in their submarine fleet. The costs were also expected to be too high--China does not have an unlimited quantity of money, despite what it may flaunt, and nuclear carriers are expensive to develop especially given that China has not built a nuclear-powered surface ship before.
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A new carrier-based fighter is almost certainly in the cards because the J-15 is pretty much useless. The FC-31 seems by far the most likely candidate but it could be another aircraft we haven't seen yet. The addition of this aircraft will greatly improve the PLAN's capabilities.
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China also has two Type 075 amphibious assault ships/LHDs under construction, and I would expect this class to be much more prolific. These ships are much more affordable than the full carriers, and focus on areas in which China is particularly concerned--amphibious assaults, say, on islands in the South China Sea or on Taiwan, and anti-submarine warfare, which is of particular importance given that submarines cannot be easily halted with land-based anti-ship missiles and air-launched cruise missiles provided for in their area denial doctrine--submarines are one of the few things that can slip through that net.
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The surface combatant fleet is likely to continue growing, but I am not sure if it will swell much beyond the ~23 Type 052D ships planned and the 8 Type 055s. We're likely to see the retirement of the classes preceding the Type 052C destroyer and the Type 054 frigate, and they may be offloaded to Bangladesh, Myanmar, or Pakistan--there is substantial precedent here, and it seems that China is interested in expanding the naval capabilities of its partners around India.
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The submarine fleet is likely to see rapid expansion if the PLAN is satisfied with the Type 095 and Type 096 classes, and we're likely to see more diesel-electric subs built as well. Submarines are generally quite good at fighting submarines and conducting area-denial missions, and the large and capable subsurface forces of Japan, Korea, and the United States means that this has to be an area the PLAN invests more in--and the fact that several Southeast Asian nations are also looking at acquiring submarines makes the issue more pressing.

8. Conclusion

China has in the past decade gone from a third-rate navy to perhaps the greatest threat the US Navy has faced since the Second World War. This has significant geopolitical implications, and has resulted in neighbors scrambling to overhaul their naval forces. The growth of the PLAN means that the US can no longer easily defend Taiwan or the South China Sea, or any of China's littoral waters. This, more than anything else, is what has everyone scrambling in the US talking about "great-power competition" because denying access to the US Navy and working on power projection, an inherently naval thing, is essentially a clear sign that China is looking to directly compete with the United States. Underestimate the PLAN at your own peril.
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I hope to have more detail and citations in future posts, but unfortunately the PLAN is very secretive [yes, I've said that fifty times already] and this is a pretty big topic to discuss without going into details about all sorts of naval tidbits. Thanks for reading the fourth post in what I hope will be a fairly substantial series, probably around ~12 posts.
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9. Citations

James Holmes, "The Danger Zone In Naval Arms Races"
USNI, Report to Congress on Chinese Naval Modernization
Hans Kristensen, China's Noisy Nuclear Submarines
Eric Wertheim, China's Type 052D Destroyer is a potent adversary
Robert Farley, Let's Talk About The Chinese Navy's Type 055 Destroyer
Ryan Pickrell, Chinese fighter jet holding China back as it builds carrier fleet
Look, much more here is based on loose speculation, more unreliable sources, and stuff I've picked up over the years, because public info is limited. So take everything I say with a grain of salt, but understand that it's the best information I know of.

Edit: forgot to put NYTimes and date in the title. Sorry.
After a cruise ship docked in Cambodia, passengers streamed off the ship, maskless, and fears are rising that the country could become a vector of transmission.
Feb. 17, 2020 Updated 8:05 p.m. ET SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia — When Cambodia’s prime minister greeted passengers on a cruise ship amid a coronavirus scare on Valentine’s Day, embraces were the order of the day. Protective masks were not.
Not only did Prime Minister Hun Sen not wear one, assured that the ship was virus-free, his bodyguards ordered people who had donned masks to take them off. The next day, the American ambassador to Cambodia, W. Patrick Murphy, who brought his own family to greet the passengers streaming off the ship, also went maskless.
“We are very, very grateful that Cambodia has opened literally its ports and doors to people in need,” Mr. Murphy said.
But after hundreds of passengers had disembarked, one later tested positive for the coronavirus. Now, health officials worry that what Cambodia opened its doors to was the outbreak, and that the world may pay a price as passengers from the cruse ship Westerdam stream home.
Before the Westerdam docked in Sihanoukville, fearful governments in other countries had turned the ship away at five ports of call even though the cruise operator, Holland America, assured officials that the ship’s passengers had been carefully screened.
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s decision to allow it entry appeared to be a political calculus as much as anything else. The region’s longest-serving ruler and a close ally of China, he is known for his survival skills.
But Mr. Hun Sen’s critics worry that the aging autocrat might have acted rashly.
Of course, he had to do the dictator thing: photo op, roses, exploit this for its maximum value,” said Sophal Ear, an expert in Cambodian politics at Occidental College. “Whatever is in the best interest of Cambodians is completely irrelevant to him.”
It is too early to tell whether the decision to let hundreds of passengers from the Westerdam fly off has the makings of an epidemiological disaster. Cambodian health authorities said that 409 of the 2,257 passengers and crew had left Cambodia for their homes scattered across the globe. The rest remain in hotels in Phnom Penh, the capital, or on the ship.
But deficiencies in screening for the coronavirus aboard the ship, along with continued complacency about the epidemic in Cambodia, are raising fears this small Southeast Asian nation could prove to be a surprising vector of transmission for a virus that has already killed more than 1,700 people, mostly in China, the epicenter of the outbreak.
Many health experts urge people who have been in contact with coronavirus patients to self-quarantine for 14 days, lest they add another spoke to the contagion network.
But on Monday, Mr. Hun Sen directed officials in Phnom Penh to treat passengers from the Westerdam to a sightseeing jaunt.
“To tour the city is better than staying in rooms or at the hotel feeling bored or scared,” said a post on Mr. Hun Sen’s Facebook page.
The lack of urgency in Cambodia, where officials milled around the ship on Monday without protection, points to the obstacles in trying to contain a virus that experts warn is spreading faster than SARS or MERS.
This is influenza-like transmission,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. “It’s like trying to stop the wind.
Last week, when the Westerdam docked in Sihanoukville, the Cambodian government and the cruise operator deemed the vessel virus-free.
The declaration was at a minimum premature.
Only 20 people out of the 2,257 onboard were tested for the virus before disembarking, and that was because they had reported themselves to ship medical staff with various ailments.
The woman who twice tested positive after traveling on to Malaysia, an 83-year-old American, was not among those 20, Holland America said.
Health monitoring for the rest of the passengers was limited to a handful of temperature checks conducted with infrared thermometers, passengers said. In a statement, Holland America said that during one of those screenings, not a single person on board recorded an elevated temperature.
On Monday, an announcement broadcast to passengers remaining on the Westerdam warned that they should avoid the ship’s hot deck and return to their air-conditioned rooms to avoid falsely high temperature readings.
Some health experts have questioned the efficacy of infrared thermometers, also known as temperature guns, saying they measure the heat emanating from the surface of the body, rather than core body temperature.
Various environmental factors can distort thermometer gun reading, said Gary Strahan, who runs a small infrared device company in Texas.
“In Cambodia, you have warmer background temperatures,” he said. “It could impact the measurement. That’s the issue with any noncontact thermometer.”
Even if temperatures are accurately gauged, people may be taking medication that lower their temperature, like some arthritis drugs.
And in any case, people who are asymptomatic can still pass on the coronavirus, scientists have found.
“A person who does not present as feverish is not necessarily uninfected with a disease or a virus,” said Jim Seffrin, an expert on infrared devices at the Infraspection Institute in New Jersey.
In the wake of the positive test in Malaysia, Cambodian health officials said they would be relying on a domestic lab to test all passengers and crew members still in the country for the coronavirus.
On Monday evening, passengers celebrated news from Cambodian health officials that a first batch of 406 people in Phnom Penh had tested negative, although there was no certainty they would not later test positive.
“People on the ship are very grateful to the people of Cambodia,” said Tammie Graves, an American from Kansas. “I was a bit worried that they might be afraid of us, even at the hotel, but it hasn’t been like that at all.”
On Monday afternoon, more than 100 Westerdam passengers took up Mr. Hun Sen’s offer of a capital tour, piling in buses to see the royal palace and other sites.
In pictures of the excursion, posted on a government-linked website, only one person can be seen wearing a mask.
Despite cases of coronavirus popping up in Southeast Asia, Mr. Hun Sen has campaigned against masks, arguing that they are better at spreading fear than stopping germs. At a news conference last month, he announced that he would kick out anyone who dared wear a mask.
Even as other governments instituted China travel bans that angered Beijing, Mr. Hun Sen traveled to the Chinese capital and met with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in another photo op.
And as other countries organized airlifts of people trapped in Wuhan, the city where the virus is believed to have originated, Mr. Hun Sen said he would not ferry Cambodian students home because they should be “joining with Chinese to fight this disease.”
The sense of solidarity makes sense in a country heavily dependent on China for its fortunes, after having turned its back on a West that was demanding progress in human rights in return for aid and investment.
A torrent of Chinese cash has remade Cambodia, nowhere more so than in Sihanoukville, a once sleepy beach town that is now a sprawling construction site of gilded casinos and towering residential blocks. More than 90 percent of businesses in the city are now Chinese owned.
On Monday, Oeun Yen, a masseuse here, worried about the massages she had given three female passengers from the Westerdam before the virus case was confirmed by Malaysia. She was not afraid at first, she said, because the prime minister had assured people all was fine.
Now I am more concerned,” she said.
In a country where Mr. Hun Sen has dissolved the biggest opposition party and political assassination is not uncommon, such mild concern is as much as many ordinary residents are willing to muster.
But there is also widespread skepticism of the government’s contention that only one person in Cambodia has so far tested positive for coronavirus, a Chinese citizen who has since returned home.
“There is a natural lack of credibility and trust associated with the Cambodian government,” said Ou Virak, a human-rights activist and founder of the Future Forum, a local think tank. “This is Hun Sen’s Westerdam problem, because even if he was doing the right thing, purely as a humanitarian, he will be seen as the puppet of China instead.”
On Monday, Mr. Hun Sen announced yet another publicity stunt: He wants to invite the passengers of the Westerdam to a party.
Masks won’t be welcome.
Reporting was contributed by Sun Narin in Sihanoukville; Roni Caryn Rabin and David Yaffe-Bellany in New York; and Richard C. Paddock in Denpasar, Indonesia.
Hannah Beech has been the Southeast Asia bureau chief since 2017, based in Bangkok. Before joining The Times, she reported for Time magazine for 20 years from bases in Shanghai, Beijing, Bangkok and Hong Kong. @hkbeech
Cambodia’s Coronavirus Complacency May Exact a Global Toll

This piece in the New York Times is meant to be a definitive list of self-dealing by the president, his family, his staff or his friends — since he began running for president.
To qualify, an incident needs to seem highly credible, even if it remains unresolved, and needs to involve making money.

Trump and Family

Foreigners are paying the Trumps A few days after the 2016 election, the government of Kuwait canceled a planned event at the Four Seasons Hotel. It instead held the event — a celebration of Kuwait’s National Day — at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.
Governments including Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Turkey, China, India, Afghanistan and Qatar have realized they can curry favor with Trump by spending money at his properties.
The Constitution forbids federal officials from accepting gifts, known as emoluments, from foreign powers, unless they have received congressional approval. Congressiona Democrats have sued Trump for violating this clause, and the case is now in federal court.
Americans are paying the Trumps American officials and business leaders have also spent money at Trump properties, sometimes in an apparent effort to please the president. Gov. Paul LePage of Maine last year stayed at the Trump International Hotel in Washington. Other Republicans have held campaign fund-raisers and party events at the properties. So have corporate lobbyists.
“National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association Dinner at the Trump Hotel where I am drinking Trump coffee,” Senator Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, posted on Instagram last year.
Trump Inc. is expanding overseas During Trump’s presidency, his companies have pushed to expand overseas, with help from foreign governments. One example: In May, an Indonesian real-estate project that involves the Trump Organization reportedly received a $500 million loan from a company owned by the Chinese government. Two days later, Trump tweeted that he was working to lift sanctions on a Chinese telecommunications firm with close ties to the government — over the objections of both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. He ultimately did lift the sanctions.
Trump’s businesses have also moved to expand in India, the Dominican Republic and Indonesia, using deals directly with foreign governments. Kushner Inc. is wooing foreign investment.
Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and a top aide, has also reportedly been using his position to help his family business — Kushner Companies, also a real-estate company. Kushner’s sister, Nicole Meyer, has bragged about the company’s high-level ties when trying to attract Chinese investment in a New Jersey apartment complex. The Kushners have wooed Chinese investors despite warnings from American counterintelligence officials that China is using the investments to sway Trump administration policy.
The Kushner company also successfully lobbied the Qatari government to invest in 666 Fifth Avenue, a financially troubled luxury building. The company’s dealings with Middle Eastern countries are especially problematic because Jared Kushner is one of the administration’s top policymakers for the region and has played a central role in policy toward Qatar.
The presidency has become a branding opportunity The president has played golf at his properties dozens of times since taking office. He refers to his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, as the winter White House. Shortly after his election, he celebrated New Year’s along with 800 guests there, with tickets costing more than $500. And Kellyanne Conway, a top Trump adviser, once encouraged people to buy clothes from Ivanka Trump’s line — while Conway was giving a television interview from the White House.
These moves are intended, at least partly, to bring attention and ultimately customers to Trump’s businesses. Of course, some of Trump’s critics have responded in kind, refusing to stay at or live in a Trump-branded property since he won the election. But in other ways, the presidency has clearly helped his bottom line. One example: The Mar-a-Lago club has doubled its membership rates.
Taxpayers are subsidizing the Trumps Trump has visited or stayed at one of his properties almost one out of every three days that he has been president, according to both The Wall Street Journal and NBC News. Like previous presidents, Trump travels with a large group of staff and security personnel, and American taxpayers typically foot at least part of the bill for the trips. Unlike previous presidents, Trump is directing money to his own business on his trips.
In one three-month period last year, the Secret Service spent about $63,000 at Mar-a-Lago and more than $137,000 on golf carts at Trump’s Florida and New Jersey clubs.
Trump Inc. gets special protection The president personally intervened in a plan to relocate the F.B.I.’s Washington headquarters, apparently to protect Trump International Hotel, which is about a block away. If the F.B.I. had moved, its current site would most likely have been turned into a commercial development, and the long construction process — as well as potential for a new hotel on the site — could have hurt the Trump hotel.
Trump stopped this plan, and the White House has instead decided to build a new F.B.I. headquarters on the current site. A report by the inspector general found that officials gave misleading answers to Congress about Trump’s role and the project’s cost.

Trump’s Cabinet, Aides and Allies

Friendly businesses also get special treatment The Education Department during the Obama administration aggressively regulated for-profit colleges — many of which have miserable records, often taking money from students without providing a useful education. Trump chose Betsy DeVos, a longtime advocate of these colleges and an investor in them, as his education secretary. She, not surprisingly, has gone easy on for-profit colleges. Among other moves, she has reassigned the members of an department team investigating potentially fraudulent activities at for-profit colleges.
DeVos is the most blatant example of administration officials protecting companies where they once worked, but there are many others. More than 164 former lobbyists work in the administration, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, including several who regulate the industries that once paid their salaries. Geoff Burr, who pushed for more lax workplace safety laws when he was the chief lobbyist for a construction group, now works at the Department of Labor. Andrew Wheeler, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, was previously a lobbyist whose firm was paid millions of dollars by companies whose industries he now regulates. Family, friends and donors get perks.
The president and his aides have repeatedly shown they are willing to use the government’s prestige and power to help their friends and relatives make money.
Among the examples:

• Trump suggested to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago in February 2017 that Abe grant a coveted operating license to a casino company owned by Sheldon Adelson, who donated at least $20 million to Trump’s presidential campaign.
  
• Ben Carson, the housing and urban development secretary, let his son help organize an official department event and invite people with whom the son had potential business dealings.
  
• Scott Pruitt, the former E.P.A. head, asked his staff members to contact Republicans donors with the goal of helping his wife find a job. Pruitt also rented a condo on Capitol Hill for $50 a night, well below market value, from the wife of an energy lobbyist whose project the E.P.A. approved last March. Pruitt’s many scandals led to his resignation in July.
  
• Elaine Chao, the transportation secretary, used interviews with Chinese and Chinese-American media to raise her father’s profile. He is a shipping magnate whose business transports goods between the United States and Asia, and he sat next to her during the interviews.
  

And although it doesn’t quite rise to the same level of the other examples here: White House staffers receive a discount of up to 70 percent on Trump-branded merchandise at the president’s Bedminster, N.J., golf club, reportedly at the president’s recommendation.
Cabinet officials make unethical stock trades Several Trump officials — current and former — have traded stocks while serving in top government positions. In some cases, they appear to have made policy decisions benefiting the companies in which they owned a stake.
Tom Price, Trump’s first secretary of health and human services, epitomized this form of corruption. Trump chose him despite his history of using his seat in Congress to make money. Price had a long record of putting the interests of drug companies above those of taxpayers and patients — and then investing in those drug companies on the side.
Brenda Fitzgerald, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, committed a more mild version of this sin. She purchased shares in food, drug and tobacco companies after taking charge of an agency that regulates them — and that aims to reduce smoking. After her purchases became public, she resigned.
Finally, Wilbur Ross, Trump’s commerce secretary, has mixed government business and his own business in multiple ways. He held on to investments — and then appears to have lied to government ethics officials about those investments. He shorted the stock of a company about which he appeared to have advance notice of bad news. He also met with the chief executive of Chevron, even though his wife owned a substantial investment — which, according to Forbes, “put himself at risk of violating a criminal conflict-of-interest law.”
Trump’s orbit receives cash Michael Cohen — Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, who has since turned on him — received at least $1 million from AT&T, Novartis and Korea Aerospace Industries shortly after the 2016 election. They were supposedly paying for his insight into the Trump administration.
Corey Lewandowski, the former manager of Trump’s campaign, is paid for work that looks very much like lobbying — such as participating in a lobbying firm’s phone calls with clients and doing work on behalf of T-Mobile, the telecommunications company firm. But Lewandowski has not registered as a lobbyist and says he does not need to do so.
Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, reportedly used his position to offer private briefings to a Russian oligarch to whom he owed millions of dollars. Manafort saw the briefings as a way to “get whole.”
Cabinet officials take junkets Trump officials have made a habit of billing American taxpayers for their personal travel. Ryan Zinke, Trump’s secretary of the interior, chartered a $12,000 flight to fly out of Las Vegas, where he had given a 12-minute speech to a hockey team owned by a businessman who donated to his congressional campaign.
David Shulkin, secretary of veterans affairs, charged taxpayers for a trip to Europe that included stopovers at Wimbledon and Westminster Abbey, plus a river cruise for him and his wife. The resulting outcry appears to have played a role in his departure.
Pruitt, former head of the E.P.A., chartered flights for questionable travel, among many other things. He also pushed to fly Delta rather than the government’s contract carrier, to accrue frequent flier miles. He flew first class and stayed in hotels that were more expensive than those allowed by government standards. And he let lobbyists help arrange foreign trips for him.
Brock Long, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, spent $151,000 on government vehicles without authorization, including to travel to his North Carolina home. He was ordered to repay the government.
Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, looked into whether he could use a military plane to fly him to Europe for his honeymoon. Later, he used military planes for several trips. The Treasury Department’s inspector general concluded that Mnuchin broke no laws by doing so, but criticized Mnuchin’s insufficient explanation for why he needed to spend $800,000 on the trips.
And Price, former health secretary, spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on private planes. His history of unethical stock trading didn’t keep Trump from naming Price to the cabinet. But the private-plane scandal received enough attention that the White House eventually forced Price to resign.
Trump’s team enjoys interior decorating. The pettiest kind of Trumpian corruption takes the form of interior decorating. Zinke, the interior secretary, spent $139,000 in taxpayer money on new doors for his office. Carson, the secretary of health and human services, picked out a dining set for his office that cost $31,000 — and then gave Congress contradictory explanations for the purchase and blamed it on his wife. Pruitt ordered a $43,000 soundproof phone booth installed in his office and appears to have violated federal law by failing to inform Congress about it.

1. Malaysia Singapore Delight with Singapore Airlines Family Packages (6 Nights 7 Days)
Day-1: Arrival in Kuala Lumpur & Kuala Lumpur Night Excursion | Meals included: None
Your exciting and fun-filled Malaysia Singapore Delight Holiday will commence upon your arrival in Kuala Lumpur. At the airport, meet U-enjoy tour representative who would transfer you to your hotel on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). Standard check-in time is 3 pm, so do get in touch with your U-enjoy tour representative to book an early check-in, if required, at an extra cost.
Kuala Lumpur, being a conglomerate of architecture and cultures, is also a paradise for shoppers, Mecca for food lovers and every partygoer’s dream. In the evening, you would get a chance to you would be picked up from the hotel’s lobby for aKuala Lumpur Night excursion on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). This Night excursion would begin with a drive to Chinatown - an open-air ‘bazaar’ bustling with crowd and bright lights. Here you would also enjoy a cultural dance show and get the opportunity to indulge in the local delicacies. You would also visit the Sri Mahamariamman temple- a 100 year old temple located in Chinatown itself is considered to be one of the oldest Hindu temples of the city. After this, you would drive through Independence Square and take a photo-stop at Petronas Twin Tower. You would also be visiting the Kuala Lumpur Tower
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Day-2: Day at leisure/ Genting Highlands tour for "With Frills"| Meals included: Breakfast
After a hearty breakfast, you have the day at leisure to explore Kuala Lumpur and its various offerings on your own.
If you booked with frils option, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby and driven to the Genting Highlands which is not only a natural relief from all the noise of the city but also an ultimate destination for blood-pumping excitement with indoor and outdoor theme parks, an 18-hole golf course and a casino.
En route, you would visit the Batu Caves (45 minutes stop) – a limestone hill featuring series of caves that has a 100-year old temple incorporated within it. It is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India. Also carry a water bottle and some snacks for easy refreshment.
Day-3: Day at leisure/ Full-day Sunway Lagoon Excursion for "With Frills"| Meals included
After a hearty breakfast, you have the day at leisure to explore Kuala Lumpur and its various offerings on your own.
You could visit Aquaria KLCC (at an additional cost) which is home to over 150 species of marine life or the KL Bird Park (also called Taman Burung Kuala Lumpur) that is billed as the world’s largest covered bird park with more than 3,000 birds from 200 species all over the world. Explore the numerous gastronomic delights of Malaysia offered through hawker stalls, cafes, and restaurants. You could also go to the Sunway Lagoon (at an additional cost) for a day of adventure. (You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday).
If you have booked a holiday ‘with frills’ then head to Sunway Lagoon - the one-stop place for fun. Enjoy the rides at the Water Park, Amusement Park, Wildlife Park, Scream Park and Extreme Park. Do remember to carry a change of clothes along and wear comfortable footwear. As the day comes to an end, you can return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-4: Arrival in Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
After breakfast, hop in the coach to reach the next destination of your holiday - Singapore. On arrival at Singapore, where you would be greeted by a U-enjoy tour representative at your hotel in Singapore. You would reach Singapore by around 2 pm. After check-in at your hotel, you can spend the day at your discretion.
It is recommended that you kick-start your Singapore adventure with the Night Safari (at an additional cost), experience the fiery Thumbuakar Tribal Performance and an exciting Tram Safari Adventure. The pick-up time for this activity would be 5.15 pm. As the day comes to end, return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-5: Half-Day City Excursion / Sentosa Island Excursion for "With Frills" | Meals
After enjoying a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel, you would be picked up from the hotel lobby and taken for an exciting Singapore half-day city excursion on a seat-in-coach basis. The half-day excursion of n is Merlion Statue – a statue with the head of a lion and body of a fish; it is one of the landmarks of Singapore. You would then stop at China Town – a historic market filled with traditional shops as well as equable stores and modern cafes. Here you can shop for reasonably priced trinkets and souvenirs and feast on the local delicacies. You would also be visiting the Jewellery Factory.
For the ‘no frills’ holiday, you would have the rest of the evening at leisure after the city excursion. You could go to the Singapore Flyer (at an additional cost) - a giant Ferris wheel like structure which offers a spectacular view of the Singapore city from a height of 165 meters. You could also take the Sentosa Island Excursion (at an additional cost) for an exciting adventure. (You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.)
Day-6: Day at leisure / Universal Studios Visit for "With Frills" | Meals included:
After a delicious breakfast, you have the rest of the day to enjoy and explore this wonderful city (for the ‘no frills’ holiday). You could visit (at an additional cost) the Singapore Zoo - a beautiful wildlife park where you would get an opportunity to get up-close and personal with the star orangutan, python and others as they roam freely in their natural habitat. Bird-lovers could head to (own expense) the Jurong Bird Park - Asia’s largest bird park that is home to more than 5000 birds of myriad colours. (You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.)
If booked the ‘with frills’ holiday, you would be taken to the Universal Studios, Singapore, where you will experience cutting–edge rides, shows, and attractions based on some of your favourite movies and television series. The excursion also includes the Ultimate 3D battle, Shrek 4-D Adventure, Revenge of the Mummy, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, Battlestar Galactica, and others. After an eventful day, you can return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-7: Departure from Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
Checkout : After breakfast, check-out from the hotel as you would then be transferred to the airport, on a shared vehicle, to board your return flight home. Standard check-out time is 12 noon. We sincerely hope you had a memorable time!

1. Unbeatable Malaysia & Singapore With Top Attractions Family Packages (7 Nights 8 Days)

Day-1: Arrival in Kuala Lumpur & Kuala Lumpur Night Excursion | Meals included: None
Your exciting and fun-filled Malaysia Singapore Delight Holiday will commence upon your arrival in Kuala Lumpur. At the airport, meet U-enjoy tour representative who would transfer you to your hotel on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). Standard check-in time is 3 pm, so do get in touch with your U-enjoy tour representative to book an early check-in, if required, at an extra cost.
Kuala Lumpur, being a conglomerate of architecture and cultures, is also a paradise for shoppers, Mecca for food lovers and every partygoer’s dream. In the evening, you would get a chance to you would be picked up from the hotel’s lobby for aKuala Lumpur Night excursion on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). This Night excursion would begin with a drive to Chinatown - an open-air ‘bazaar’ bustling with crowd and bright lights. Here you would also enjoy a cultural dance show and get the opportunity to indulge in the local delicacies. You would also visit the Sri Mahamariamman temple- a 100 year old temple located in Chinatown itself is considered to be one of the oldest Hindu temples of the city. The intricate and elaborative decorations of the Hindu deities in the temple are truly praiseworthy. After this, you would drive through Independence Square and take a photo-stop at Petronas Twin Tower. You would also be visiting the Kuala Lumpur Tower. Later, after an exciting excursion, relish an appetizing dinner and then return to your hotel
.Day-2: Genting Highlands, En route Batu Caves Sightseeing, One Way Cable Car Ride
After breakfast, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby and driven to the Genting Highlands which is not only a natural relief from all the noise of the city but also an ultimate destination for blood-pumping excitement with indoor and outdoor theme parks, an 18-hole golf course and a casino.
En route, you would visit the Batu Caves (45 minutes stop) – a limestone hill featuring series of caves that has a 100-year old temple incorporated within it. It is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India. Also carry a water bottle and some snacks for easy refreshment.
Day-3: Full-day Sunway Lagoon | Meals included: Breakfast
After breakfast, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby and driven to the Sunway Lagoon - the one-stop place for fun. Enjoy the rides at the Water Park, Amusement Park, Wildlife Park, Scream Park and Extreme Park. Do remember to carry a change of clothes along and wear comfortable footwear. As the day comes to an end, you can return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-4: Arrival in Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
After breakfast, hop in the coach to reach the next destination of your holiday - Singapore. On arrival at Singapore, where you would be greeted by a U-enjoy tour representative at your hotel in Singapore. You would reach Singapore by around 2 pm. After check-in at your hotel, you can spend the day at your discretion.
As the day comes to end, return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-5: Half-Day City Excursion / Sentosa Island Excursion | Meals included: Breakfast
After enjoying a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel, you would be picked up from the hotel lobby and taken for an exciting Singapore half-day city excursion on a seat-in-coach basis. The half-day excursion of n is Merlion Statue – a statue with the head of a lion and body of a fish; it is one of the landmarks of Singapore. You would then stop at China Town – a historic market filled with traditional shops as well as equable stores and modern cafes. Here you can shop for reasonably priced trinkets and souvenirs and feast on the local delicacies. You would also be visiting the Jewellery Factory.
If booked a holiday ‘with frills,’ proceed for the Sentosa Island excursion after the city sightseeing activity. Here you can enjoy Extreme Log ride, Madam Tussauds, SEAA+MEM, Wings of Time & Cable car ride The excursion would conclude at around 8.30 pm, after which you could retire to the hotel.
Day-6: Universal Studios Visit | Meals included: Breakfast
After a delicious breakfast, You would be taken to the Universal Studios, Singapore, where you will experience cutting–edge rides, shows, and attractions based on some of your favourite movies and television series. The excursion also includes the Ultimate 3D battle, Shrek 4-D Adventure, Revenge of the Mummy, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, Battlestar Galactica, and others. After an eventful day, you can return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-7: Night Safari
After enjoying a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel. In evening You would be taken to the Singapore adventure with the Night Safari, experience the fiery Thumbuakar Tribal Performance and an exciting Tram Safari Adventure. You would also get to watch the Creatures of the Night show - an amazing show by the nocturnal animals. The pick-up time for this activity would be 5.15 pm. You can purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking the holiday.
As the day comes to end, return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-8: Departure from Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
Checkout : After breakfast, check-out from the hotel as you would then be transferred to the airport, on a shared vehicle, to board your return flight home. Standard check-out time is 12 noon. We sincerely hope you had a memorable time!
3. Malaysia Singapore Delight Family Packages 6 Nights 7 Days)
Day-1:Arrival in Kuala Lumpur & Kuala Lumpur Night Excursion | Meals included: None
Your exciting and fun-filled Malaysia Singapore Delight Holiday will commence upon your arrival in Kuala Lumpur. At the airport, meet U-enjoy tour representative who would transfer you to your hotel on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). Standard check-in time is 3 pm, so do get in touch with your U-enjoy tour representative to book an early check-in, if required, at an extra cost.
Kuala Lumpur, being a conglomerate of architecture and cultures, is also a paradise for shoppers, Mecca for food lovers and every partygoer’s dream. In the evening, you would get a chance to you would be picked up from the hotel’s lobby for aKuala Lumpur Night excursion on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). This Night excursion would begin with a drive to Chinatown - an open-air ‘bazaar’ bustling with crowd and bright lights. You would also visit the Sri Mahamariamman temple- a 100 year old temple located in Chinatown itself is considered to be one of the oldest Hindu temples of the city. After this, you would drive through Independence Square and take a photo-stop at Petronas Twin Tower. You would also be visiting the Kuala Lumpur Tower. Later, after an exciting excursion, relish an appetizing dinner and then return to your hotel.
​
Day-2: Day at leisure/ Genting Highlands tour for "With Frills"| Meals included: Breakfast
After a hearty breakfast, you have the day at leisure to explore Kuala Lumpur and its various offerings on your own.
If you booked with frils option, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby and driven to the Genting Highlands which is not only a natural relief from all the noise of the city but also an ultimate destination for blood-pumping excitement with indoor and outdoor theme parks, an 18-hole golf course and a casino.
En route, you would visit the Batu Caves (45 minutes stop) – a limestone hill featuring series of caves that has a 100-year old temple incorporated within it. It is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India.
​
Day-3: Day at leisure/ Full-day Sunway Lagoon Excursion for "With Frills"| Meals included: ...
After a hearty breakfast, you have the day at leisure to explore Kuala Lumpur and its various offerings on your own.
You could visit Aquaria KLCC (at an additional cost) which is home to over 150 species of marine life or the KL Bird Park (also called Taman Burung Kuala Lumpur) that is billed as the world’s largest covered bird park with more than 3,000 birds from 200 species all over the world. Explore the numerous gastronomic delights of Malaysia offered through hawker stalls, cafes, and restaurants. You could also go to the Sunway Lagoon (at an additional cost) for a day of adventure. (You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday).
If you have booked a holiday ‘with frills’ then head to Sunway Lagoon - the one-stop place for fun. Enjoy the rides at the Water Park, Amusement Park, Wildlife Park, Scream Park and Extreme Park. Do remember to carry a change of clothes along and wear comfortable footwear. As the day comes to an end, you can return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-4: Arrival in Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
After breakfast, hop in the coach to reach the next destination of your holiday - Singapore. On arrival at Singapore, where you would be greeted by a U-enjoy tour representative at your hotel in Singapore. You would reach Singapore by around 2 pm. After check-in at your hotel, you can spend the day at your discretion.
It is recommended that you kick-start your Singapore adventure with the Night Safari (at an additional cost), experience the fiery Thumbuakar Tribal Performance and an exciting Tram Safari Adventure. You would also get to watch the Creatures of the Night show - an amazing show by the nocturnal animals. The pick-up time for this activity would be 5.15 pm. You can purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking the holiday.
As the day comes to end, return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-5: Half-Day City Excursion / Sentosa Island Excursion for "With Frills" | Meals ...
After enjoying a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel, you would be picked up from the hotel lobby and taken for an exciting Singapore half-day city excursion on a seat-in-coach basis. The half-day excursion of n is Merlion Statue – a statue with the head of a lion and body of a fish; it is one of the landmarks of Singapore. You would then stop at China Town – a historic market filled with traditional shops as well as equable stores and modern cafes. Here you can shop for reasonably priced trinkets and souvenirs and feast on the local delicacies. You would also be visiting the Jewellery Factory.
If booked a holiday ‘with frills,’ proceed for the Sentosa Island excursion after the city sightseeing activity. Here you can enjoy Extreme Log ride, Madame Tussauds, SEAA+MEM, Wings of Time & Cable car ride The excursion would conclude at around 8.30 pm, after which you could retire to the hotel.
For the ‘no frills’ holiday, you would have the rest of the evening at leisure after the city excursion. You could go to the Singapore Flyer (at an additional cost) - a giant Ferris wheel like structure which offers a spectacular view of the Singapore city from a height of 165 meters. You could also take the Sentosa Island Excursion (at an additional cost) for an exciting adventure. (You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.)
Day-6: Day at leisure / Universal Studios Visit for "With Frills" | Meals included: ...
After a delicious breakfast, you have the rest of the day to enjoy and explore this wonderful city (for the ‘no frills’ holiday). You could visit (at an additional cost) the Singapore Zoo - a beautiful wildlife park where you would get an opportunity to get up-close and personal with the star orangutan, python and others as they roam freely in their natural habitat. Bird-lovers could head to (own expense) the Jurong Bird Park - Asia’s largest bird park that is home to more than 5000 birds of myriad colours. (You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.)
If booked the ‘with frills’ holiday, you would be taken to the Universal Studios, Singapore, where you will experience cutting–edge rides, shows, and attractions based on some of your favourite movies and television series. The excursion also includes the Ultimate 3D battle, Shrek 4-D Adventure, Revenge of the Mummy, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, Battlestar Galactica, and others. After an eventful day, you can return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-7: Departure from Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
Checkout : After breakfast, check-out from the hotel as you would then be transferred to the airport, on a shared vehicle, to board your return flight home. Standard check-out time is 12 noon. We sincerely hope you had a memorable time!
4. Asian Extravaganza-Kuala Lumpur Genting,Singapore with SQ Honeymoon Packages (6 Nights 7 Days)
Day-1:Arrival in Kuala Lumpur & Kuala Lumpur Night Excursion | Meals included: None
This Asian extravaganza would commence with your arrival in Kuala Lumpur, where you would be greeted by a U-enjoy tour representative at the airport and he/she shall assist you with the transfers to the hotel on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). Standard check-in time is 3 pm, so do get in touch with your U-enjoy tour representative to book an early check-in, if required, at an extra cost.
Kuala Lumpur, being a conglomerate of architecture and cultures, is also a paradise for shoppers, Mecca for food lovers and every partygoer’s dream. In the evening, you would get a chance to you would be picked up from the hotel’s lobby for a Kuala Lumpur Night excursion on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). This Night excursion would begin with a drive to Chinatown - an open-air ‘bazaar’ bustling with crowd and bright lights. Here you would also enjoy a cultural dance show and get the opportunity to indulge in the local delicacies. You would also visit the Sri Mahamariamman temple- a 100 year old temple located in Chinatown itself is considered to be one of the oldest Hindu temples of the city. The intricate and elaborative decorations of the Hindu deities in the temple are truly praiseworthy. After this, you would drive through Independence Square and take a photo-stop at Petronas Twin Tower. You would also be visiting the Kuala Lumpur Tower. Later, after an exciting excursion, relish an appetizing dinner and then return to your hotel.
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Day-2: Day at leisure/ Full-day Sunway Lagoon Excursion for "With Frills"| Meals included: ...
If you have booked the ‘No Frills’ holiday, you have the day at leisure to explore Kuala Lumpur and its various offerings at your own pace.
You could visit Aquaria KLCC (own expense) that is home to over 150 species of marine life or the KL Bird Park (also called Taman Burung Kuala Lumpur) that is billed as the world’s largest covered bird park with more than 3,000 birds from 200 species all over the world. Explore the numerous gastronomic delights of Malaysia offered through hawker stalls, cafes and restaurants. You could also go to the Sunway Lagoon (own expense) for a day full of adventure. You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
If you have booked a ‘With Frills’ holiday, you would be picked-up on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach) from the hotel’s lobby and taken to Sunway Lagoon - the one-stop place for fun. Enjoy the rides at the Water Park, Amusement Park, Wildlife Park, Scream Park and Extreme Park. Your return pick-up to the hotel would be on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). Do remember to carry a change of clothes along and wear comfortable footwear.
Day-3: Genting Highlands, En route Batu Caves Sightseeing, One Way Cable Car Ride | ...
After breakfast, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby and driven to the Genting Highlands which is not only a natural relief from all the noise of the city but also an ultimate destination for blood-pumping excitement with indoor and outdoor theme parks, an 18-hole golf course and a casino.
En route, you would visit the Batu Caves (45 minutes stop) – a limestone hill featuring series of caves that has a 100-year old temple incorporated within it. It is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India. Also carry a water bottle and some snacks for easy refreshment.
After your arrival in Genting Highlands and check-in, you have the day for relaxing and indulging in the various attractions at this ‘City of Entertainment’. Try your luck at the casinos in the evening.
Day-4: Transfer to Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
After breakfast, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby for a transfer to Singapore on a coach, where you would be greeted by a U-enjoy tour representative and taken to your hotel in Singapore at around 2 pm. After check-in at your hotel, you would get the whole day for leisure and rejuvenation.
You could kick-start your Singapore adventure with the Night Safari (own expense). In the night safari, you would get to experience the fiery Thumbuakar Tribal Performance and then continue your journey with an exciting guided Tram Safari Adventure, through seven geographical regions of the world. You would also watch the Creatures of the Night show - an amazing animal show by nocturnal superstars. The pick-up time for this activity would be 5.15 pm. You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
Day-5: Half-Day City Excursion/ Sentosa Experiential Excursion for "With Frills" | Meals
After enjoying a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby and taken for an exciting half-day city sightseeing of Singapore.The half-day excursion of this vibrant city would include visits to Merlion Park, China Town – a historic market filled with traditional shops as well as equable stores and modern cafes, Mt. Faber, Jewellery Store and Little India. Y
If you have booked a ‘No Frills’ holiday, after the city excursion you would have the rest of the day at leisure and you could explore the city further. You could visit the Singapore Flyer (own expense) - a giant Ferris wheel like structure which offers a spectacular view of the Singapore city from a whopping height of 165 meters. You could head for the Sentosa Island Excursion (own expense) for an exciting adventure. You could purchase these activities on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
If booked a holiday ‘with frills,’ proceed for the Sentosa Island excursion after the city sightseeing activity. Here you can enjoy Extreme Log ride, Madame Tussauds, SEAA+MEM, Wings of Time & Cable car ride The excursion would conclude at around 8.30 pm, after which you could retire to the hotel.
Day-6: Day at leisure / Universal Studios Visit for "With Frills" | Meals included: ...
After a delicious breakfast, you have the rest of the day to enjoy and explore this wonderful city. If you have booked the ‘No Frills’ holiday, you could head out to visit (own expense) the Singapore Zoo - a beautiful wildlife park and get up-close and personal with the star orangutan, python and other animals as they roam freely in their natural habitat. Bird-lovers could head to the Jurong Bird Park (own expense) - Asia’s largest bird park that is home to more than 5000 birds thus offering a visual treat of myriad colours and bird sounds. You could purchase these activities on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
If you have booked the ‘With Frills’ holiday, you would be taken to Universal Studios, Singapore, where you will experience cutting–edge rides, shows and attractions based on some of your favourite movies and television series. This includes the Ultimate 3D battle, Shrek 4-D Adventure, Revenge of the Mummy, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, Battlestar Galactica among others.
Day-7: Departure for India| Meals included: Breakfast
Checkout : After breakfast, check-out from the hotel as you would then be transferred to the airport, on a shared vehicle, to board your return flight home. Standard check-out time is 12 noon. We sincerely hope you had a memorable time!
5. Malaysia Singapore Delight With Cruise Cruise Packages (8 Nights 9 Days )
Day-1: Arrival in Kuala Lumpur
Welcome to Malaysia - a paradise for shoppers, Mecca for food lovers and every partygoers dream. Upon arrival, check in to the hotel and spend some time at leisure. We recommend that you opt for Kuala Seleangor Fireflies Tour or the Central Market Night Tour (on your own). Return to hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-2: Kuala Lumpur Half-day City Tour
After a scrumptious breakfast, get ready for the Kuala Lumpur Half-day City Tour.
On this tour you will visit Thean Hou Temple, Independence Square for Photo-stop, Passby National Mosque and Old Railway Station and then Depart to Royal Selangor Pewter for guided Factory tour.
Later from Royal Selangor Pewter factory proceed to KLCC photo stop and then later proceed to MATIC for chocolate shopping. This half day city tour will end at Pavilion mall or guest can opt to take a drop back to hotel.
Spend the rest of the day at leisure. Return to hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-3: Day At Leisure / Sunway Lagoon for "with Frills" package
After breakfast, enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.
With Frills Package:
If you opt for with frills package you will enjoy the Sunway Lagoon Tour .
In Sunway Lagoon, you will be experiencing the 5 theme parks with more than 80 rides and attractions which will be loved by the old and young alike. Fun, cheer, excitement and thrill - this is what best defines Asia's popular attraction, Sunway Lagoon.
Return to Kuala Lumpur in the evening for an overnight stay.
Day-4: Transfer to Singapore and Board the Cruise
After an early sumptuous breakfast, get ready to be transfered to Singapore by coach. Welcome to Singapore - a bustling metropolis, a shopper’s fantasy, an adventurer’s dream, and a foodie’s delight. Upon arrival, you will be taken to the Cruise Terminal.
Thereafter, board the Genting Dream Cruise . Enjoy dinner and an overnight stay onboard the cruise.
Day-5: Genting Dream Cruise
Relish the sumptuous breakfast onboard the cruise. Indulge yourself in fun-filled activities and entertainment programmes. Enjoy your dinner and a comfortable overnight stay onboard the cruise.
Day-6: Dis-embark Cruise / Day at Leisure
Check in at the hotel and rest of the day is free to spend at leisure and explore the magnificent landmarks of Singapore.
Welcome to Singapore - a bustling metropolis, a shopper’s fantasy, an adventurer’s dream, and a foodie’s delight. Upon arrival, you will be taken to your hotel. Freshen up and relax, spend the rest of the day at Leisure. You can choose to experience the famous Night Safari Tour (on your own). Experience up close and personal encounters with over 2,500 nocturnal animals from 130 species. You will kick-start your adventure with a fiery Thumbuakar tribal performance and continue your journey with an exciting guided tram Safari Adventure through 7 geographical regions of the world, from the Himalayan Foothills to Equatorial Africa. Complete your adventure with Creatures of the Night Show – an amazing show of nocturnal animals. Explore the walking trails, come close to the majestic leopard and feel the giant flying squirrel cruise above your head.
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Day-7: Half Day City Tour / Sentosa Experiential tour for "with Frills" package
After a scrumptious breakfast, get ready for an exciting half-day city sightseeing of Singapore. The sightseeing activity includes a visit to the Merlion Statue – a statue with the head of a lion and body of a fish, often considered to be the symbol of Singapore. You would then stop at China Town - the historic market which is filled with traditional shops as well as equable stores and modern cafes. Here, you can shop for reasonably priced trinkets and souvenirs, while enjoying a feast of local delicacies. You would also visit the Jewellery factory. After the city sightseeing, you would have the rest of the day at leisure for exploration of this vibrant city.
With Frills Package:
If booked a holiday ‘with frills,’ proceed for the Sentosa Island excursion after the city sightseeing activity. Here you can enjoy Extreme Log ride, Madame Tussauds, SEAA+MEM, Wings of Time & Cable car ride The excursion would conclude at around 8.30 pm, after which you could retire to the hotel.
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Day-8: Day At Leisure / Universal Studios Tour for "with Frills" package
After breakfast, spend the day at leisure.
With Frills Package:
if you opt for with frills package you will visit the Universal Studios today, Asia's only Hollywood movie theme park featuring rides and attractions based on famous Hollywood animation movies such as Shrek, Battlestar Galactica and Madagascar. Experience death-defying stunts, explosions and an ocean of thrills at the Water World. Next, take a walk into pre-history at the Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure. Also, visit the Hollywood Boulevard for a stroll down the famous Walk of Fame.
Day-9: Departure For India
Checkout : After breakfast, check-out from the hotel as you would then be transferred to the airport, on a shared vehicle, to board your return flight home. Standard check-out time is 12 noon. We sincerely hope you had a memorable time!

1. Simply Singapore (5 Nights) with Singapore Airlines Family Packages (5 Nights 6 Days)

Day-1: Arrival in Singapore/ Night Safari (With Frills) | Meals included: None
After the check-in, you have rest of the day at leisure to explore the dynamic landscape of a city which is known to re-invent itself, every few years.
If you have booked the ‘With Frills’ Holiday, you would be taken for the Night Safari.
The Night Safari is the world’s first nocturnal wildlife park.Guests can catch a glimpse of animal life in habitats ranging from the Himalayan foothills to Southeast Asian jungles. The park’s four interlinked walking trails feature threatened and endangered species, such as clouded leopard. Visitors can encounter free-ranging wallabies on the Wallaby Trail.Crawling through a cave, visitors can also get close to Ridley’s beauty snakes and Asian black forest scorpions. The Creatures of the Night Show, which showcases survival instincts of nocturnal creatures, is a must-watch.
Day-2: Half-day City sightseeing of Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
After a scrumptious breakfast, get ready for an exciting half-day city sightseeing of Singapore. The sightseeing activity includes a visit to the Merlion Statue – a statue with the head of a lion and body of a fish, often considered to be the symbol of Singapore. You would then stop at China Town - the historic market which is filled with traditional shops as well as equable stores and modern cafes. Here, you can shop for reasonably priced trinkets and souvenirs, while enjoying a feast of local delicacies. You would also visit the Jewellery factory. After the city sightseeing, you would have the rest of the day at leisure for exploration of this vibrant city.
You could opt for a River Safari, Asia's only river-themed wildlife park (own expense) where you would get an opportunity to stroll through freshwater galleries and exhibits as you learn more about the ecosystems of world's various rivers. You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
Later, retire to the hotel after a scrumptious dinner.
Day-3: Day at leisure/ Sentosa Island Excursion (With Frills) | Meals included: Breakfast
After a delicious breakfast, you have the rest of the day to enjoy and explore this wonderful city (for the ‘No Frills’ Holiday).
You could go to the Singapore Flyer (own expense) - a giant Ferris wheel like structure which offers a spectacular view of the Singapore city from a whopping height of 165 meters. You could also opt for the Sentosa Island Excursion (own expense) for an exciting adventure. You could purchase these activities on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
If booked a holiday ‘with frills,’ proceed for the Sentosa Island excursion after the city sightseeing activity. Here you can enjoy Extreme Log ride, Madame Tussauds , SEAA+MEM, Wings of Time & Cable car ride The excursion would conclude at around 8.30 pm, after which you could retire to the hotel.
Day-4: Breakfast ay at leisure / Universal Studios Visit (With Frills) | Meals included: Breakfast
After a delicious breakfast, you have the rest of the day at leisure to explore the city where every glimpse will invite you for a deeper exploration. Along with displaying innovation, at every step, the city also has a healthy appetite for luxury. The various shopping malls and streets are a bargain hunter’s paradise. Be it for clothes, accessories, trinkets or souvenirs, Singapore streets are a magical place, inviting the shopaholic in you. You can also choose to shop at the Orchard Road or head to the TiongBahru market and food center to enjoy local delicacies.
If you have booked the ‘With Frills’ Holiday, you would be taken to Universal Studios.Resorts World Sentosa is home to some of Singapore’s leading attractions: Universal Studios Singapore (Southeast Asia’s first and only Universal Studios theme park)- Southeast Asia’s first Hollywood movie theme park, which brings the silver screen to life with its breathtaking rides, shows and enticing attractions based on some of the most popular movies and television series, such as: Ultimate 3D battle, Shrek 4-D Adventure, Revenge of the Mummy, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure and Battlestar Galactica among others.
Day-5: Day at Leisure/Visit to Singapore Zoo (With Frills) | Meals included: Breakfast
After a delicious breakfast, you have the rest of the day at leisure to discover the various other attractions of the city. You could head out to visit (own expense) the Singapore Zoo – the award winning wildlife reserve, where you can get up-close and personal with the star orangutan, python, polar bear and tigers as they roam freely in their natural habitat. Bird-lovers could visit the Jurong Bird Park (own expense) - Asia’s largest bird park that is home to more than 5000 birds and offers a visual treat of myriad colours. You could purchase these activities on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
If you have booked the ‘With Frills’ Holiday, you would be taken to the Singapore Zoo.
A world-class wildlife park where many of its animals roam freely, the Singapore Zoo houses more than 2,800 animals. It is also home to the world’s first free-ranging orang utan habitat.Visitors can enjoy four different animal shows held twice daily at various times.
Day-6: Departure for India| Meals included: Breakfast
Checkout : After breakfast, check-out from the hotel as you would then be transferred to the airport, on a shared vehicle, to board your return flight home. Standard check-out time is 12 noon.

2. Malaysia Singapore Delight with Singapore Airlines Family Packages( 6 Nights 7 Days)

Day-1: Arrival in Kuala Lumpur & Kuala Lumpur Night Excursion | Meals included: None
Your exciting and fun-filled Malaysia Singapore Delight Holiday will commence upon your arrival in Kuala Lumpur. At the airport, meet Uenjoy tour representative who would transfer you to your hotel on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). Standard check-in time is 3 pm, so do get in touch with your Uenjoy tour representative to book an early check-in, if required, at an extra cost.
Kuala Lumpur, being a conglomerate of architecture and cultures, is also a paradise for shoppers, Mecca for food lovers and every partygoer’s dream. In the evening, you would get a chance to you would be picked up from the hotel’s lobby for aKuala Lumpur Night excursion on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). This Night excursion would begin with a drive to Chinatown - an open-air ‘bazaar’ bustling with crowd and bright lights. Here you would also enjoy a cultural dance show and get the opportunity to indulge in the local delicacies. You would also visit the Sri Mahamariamman temple- a 100 year old temple located in Chinatown itself is considered to be one of the oldest Hindu temples of the city. The intricate and elaborative decorations of the Hindu deities in the temple are truly praiseworthy. After this, you would drive through Independence Square and take a photo-stop at Petronas Twin Tower. You would also be visiting the Kuala Lumpur Tower. Later, after an exciting excursion, relish an appetizing dinner and then return to your hotel.
Day-2: Day at leisure/ Genting Highlands tour for "With Frills"| Meals included: Breakfast
After a hearty breakfast, you have the day at leisure to explore Kuala Lumpur and its various offerings on your own.
If you booked with frils option, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby and driven to the Genting Highlands which is not only a natural relief from all the noise of the city but also an ultimate destination for blood-pumping excitement with indoor and outdoor theme parks, an 18-hole golf course and a casino.
En route, you would visit the Batu Caves (45 minutes stop) – a limestone hill featuring series of caves that has a 100-year old temple incorporated within it. It is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India. Also carry a water bottle and some snacks for easy refreshment.
Day-3: Day at leisure/ Full-day Sunway Lagoon Excursion for "With Frills"| Meals included: ...
After a hearty breakfast, you have the day at leisure to explore Kuala Lumpur and its various offerings on your own.
You could visit Aquaria KLCC (at an additional cost) which is home to over 150 species of marine life or the KL Bird Park (also called Taman Burung Kuala Lumpur) that is billed as the world’s largest covered bird park with more than 3,000 birds from 200 species all over the world. Explore the numerous gastronomic delights of Malaysia offered through hawker stalls, cafes, and restaurants. You could also go to the Sunway Lagoon (at an additional cost) for a day of adventure. (You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday).
If you have booked a holiday ‘with frills’ then head to Sunway Lagoon - the one-stop place for fun. Enjoy the rides at the Water Park, Amusement Park, Wildlife Park, Scream Park and Extreme Park. Do remember to carry a change of clothes along and wear comfortable footwear. As the day comes to an end, you can return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-4: Arrival in Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
After breakfast, hop in the coach to reach the next destination of your holiday - Singapore. On arrival at Singapore, where you would be greeted by a Uenjoy tour representative at your hotel in Singapore. You would reach Singapore by around 2 pm. After check-in at your hotel, you can spend the day at your discretion.
It is recommended that you kick-start your Singapore adventure with the Night Safari (at an additional cost), experience the fiery Thumbuakar Tribal Performance and an exciting Tram Safari Adventure. You would also get to watch the Creatures of the Night show - an amazing show by the nocturnal animals. The pick-up time for this activity would be 5.15 pm. You can purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking the holiday.
As the day comes to end, return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-5: Half-Day City Excursion / Sentosa Island Excursion for "With Frills" | Meals ...
After enjoying a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel, you would be picked up from the hotel lobby and taken for an exciting Singapore half-day city excursion on a seat-in-coach basis. The half-day excursion of n is Merlion Statue – a statue with the head of a lion and body of a fish; it is one of the landmarks of Singapore. You would then stop at China Town – a historic market filled with traditional shops as well as equable stores and modern cafes. Here you can shop for reasonably priced trinkets and souvenirs and feast on the local delicacies. You would also be visiting the Jewellery Factory.
If booked a holiday ‘with frills,’ proceed for the Sentosa Island excursion after the city sightseeing activity. Here you can enjoy Extreme Log ride, Madame Tussauds, SEAA+MEM, Wings of Time & Cable car ride The excursion would conclude at around 8.30 pm, after which you could retire to the hotel.
For the ‘no frills’ holiday, you would have the rest of the evening at leisure after the city excursion. You could go to the Singapore Flyer (at an additional cost) - a giant Ferris wheel like structure which offers a spectacular view of the Singapore city from a height of 165 meters. You could also take the Sentosa Island Excursion (at an additional cost) for an exciting adventure. (You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.)
Day-6: Day at leisure / Universal Studios Visit for "With Frills" | Meals included:
After a delicious breakfast, you have the rest of the day to enjoy and explore this wonderful city (for the ‘no frills’ holiday). You could visit (at an additional cost) the Singapore Zoo - a beautiful wildlife park where you would get an opportunity to get up-close and personal with the star orangutan, python and others as they roam freely in their natural habitat. Bird-lovers could head to (own expense) the Jurong Bird Park - Asia’s largest bird park that is home to more than 5000 birds of myriad colours. (You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.)
If booked the ‘with frills’ holiday, you would be taken to the Universal Studios, Singapore, where you will experience cutting–edge rides, shows, and attractions based on some of your favourite movies and television series. The excursion also includes the Ultimate 3D battle, Shrek 4-D Adventure, Revenge of the Mummy, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, Battlestar Galactica, and others. After an eventful day, you can return to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day-7: Departure from Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
Checkout : After breakfast, check-out from the hotel as you would then be transferred to the airport, on a shared vehicle, to board your return flight home. Standard check-out time is 12 noon.

3. Serene Singapore with 2 nights Cruise (Singapore Airlines) Family Packages (5 Nights 6 Days)

Day-1: Arrival in Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
Your holiday would commence with an arrival in Singapore, where you would be greeted by a Uenjoy tour representative at the airport and transferred to your hotel on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach basis). Standard check-in time is 3 pm, so do get in touch with your Uenjoy tour representative to book an early check-in, if required, at an extra cost.
Singapore along with being one of world’s cleanest cities is also known for its juxtapositions. With smoky temples in the shadow of skyscrapers, luxury condos on the backdrops of jungle and secret cocktail dens there is a lot to explore, and you can discover all of it and more as you have rest of the day for leisure to explore this city (for the ‘No Frills’ Holiday).
If opted for ‘with frills’ holiday, embark on a ride to Universal Studios, where you would get to experience the cutting–edge rides, shows and attractions based on some of your favourite movies and television series, such as the Ultimate 3D Battle, Shrek 4-D Adventure, Revenge of the Mummy, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, Battlestar Galactica among others. After an eventful day, you can return to the hotel for a comfortable stay.
Day-2: Singapore City Excursion & Boarding the Genting Dream Cruise | Meals:Breakfast
After enjoying a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel, proceed for an exciting half-day city sightseeing in Singapore. This half-day sightseeing in the vibrant city of Singapore would include visits to the Merlion Statue – the statue with a head of a lion and body of a fish; it’s one of the landmarks of Singapore. You would also stop at China Town – the historic market filled with traditional shops as well as equable stores and modern cafes. Here you can shop for reasonably priced trinkets and souvenirs and feast on the local delicacies. You would also be visiting a Jewellery factory.Later in the evening, you would be transferred from your hotel to the cruise terminal.
Day-3: Day on Genting Dream Cruise | Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Relish a hearty breakfast onboard and spend the morning relaxing on the cruise. There are endless options on this cruise, catering to both young and old. Indulge in the various activities, make the most of it and create innumerable memories. Later in the evening, relish a sumptuous meal and then enjoy a comfortable overnight stay.
Day-4: Disembark from Genting Dream Cruise & Day at Leisure | Included Meals: Breakfast
After enjoying culinary delights for breakfast onboard, you would be transferred to the hotel from cruise terminal. Upon arrival at the hotel, you are free to spend the day at leisure and get a real taste of the city with its architectural wonders. From the shimmering skyline to the food and shopping districts, this city would be etched in your memory for a lifetime.
You could spend the day shopping at the famous Orchard Road; which offers a wide range of clothing, accessories, electronics, home ware and souvenirs. With a large number of fashion labels like Zara, Forever 21, Louis Vuitton, Armani, Abercrombie & Fitch and others which this place also offers, shopaholics are in for a treat. Later, savour a delectable dinner and then retire to the hotel.
Day-5: Day at leisure / Universal Studios Visit for "With Frills" | Meals included:
After a delicious breakfast, you have the rest of the day to enjoy and explore this wonderful city (for the ‘No Frills’ Holiday). You could visit the Singapore Zoo (own expense) - a beautiful wildlife park and get up-close and personal with the star orangutan, python and others as they roam freely in their natural habitat. Bird-lovers could head to the Jurong Bird Park (own expense) - Asia’s largest bird park that is home to more than 5000 birds thus offering a visual treat of myriad colours and bird sounds. You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
If you have booked the ‘With Frills’ Holiday, you would be taken to the Universal Studios, where you would get to experience the cutting–edge rides, shows and attractions based on some of your favorite movies and television series, such as: the Ultimate 3D battle, Shrek 4-D Adventure, Revenge of the Mummy, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, Battlestar Galactica among others. After an eventful day, return to the hotel for a comfortable stay.
Day-6: Departure from Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
Checkout : After breakfast, check-out from the hotel as you would then be transferred to the airport, on a shared vehicle, to board your return flight home. Standard check-out time is 12 noon.

4. Stunning Singapore with 2 Nights Cruise Singapore Airlines Family Packages (6 Nights 7 Days)

Day-1: Arrival in Singapore
Your holiday would commence with an arrival in Singapore, where you would be greeted by a Uenjoy tour representative at the airport and transferred to your hotel on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach basis).
Singapore along with being one of the world’s cleanest cities is also known for its juxtapositions. With smoky temples in the shadow of skyscrapers, luxury condos on the backdrops of the jungle and secret cocktail dens there is a lot to explore, and you can discover all of it and more as you have rest of the day at leisure to explore this city (for the ‘no frills’ holiday).
If booked the ‘with frills’ holiday, you would be taken for the Singapore night safari,The Night Safari is the world’s first nocturnal wildlife park.Guests can catch a glimpse of animal life in habitats ranging from the Himalayan foothills to Southeast Asian jungles. The park’s four interlinked walking trails feature threatened and endangered species, such as clouded leopard. Visitors can encounter free-ranging wallabies on the Wallaby Trail.Crawling through a cave, visitors can also get close to Ridley’s beauty snakes and Asian black forest scorpions. The Creatures of the Night Show, which showcases survival instincts of nocturnal creatures, is a must-watch.
Day-2: Singapore City Sightseeing
After enjoying a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel, proceed for an exciting half-day city sightseeing in Singapore. The half-day sightseeing in the vibrant city of Singapore includes a visit to the Merlion Statue – the statue with a head of a lion and body of a fish; it’s one of the landmarks of Singapore. You would also stop at China Town – the historic market filled with traditional shops as well as equable stores and modern cafes. Here, you can shop for reasonably priced trinkets and souvenirs and feast on the local delicacies. You would also be visiting a Jewellery factory.
Day-3: Boarding the Genting Dream Cruise | Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner
After enjoying a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel, your rest of the day would be at leisure. You could spend the day shopping at the famous Orchard Road; which offers a wide range of clothing, accessories, electronics, homeware, and souvenirs. Later, savour a delectable dinner and then retire to the hotel and later be ready to get transferred to Cruise Terminal.
Day-4: Day on Genting Dream Cruise | Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Relish a hearty breakfast on board and spend the morning relaxing on the cruise. There are endless options on this cruise, catering to both young and old. Indulge in the various activities, make the most of it and create innumerable memories. Later in the evening, relish a sumptuous meal and then enjoy a comfortable overnight stay.
Day-5: Disembark from Genting Dream Cruise | Meal Included: Breakfast
After breakfast, you would check-out from the cruise and be transferred from the cruise terminal to the Hotel on a seat-in-coach basis. Since rest of the day is at leisure for you, you could also explore other options that this exuberant city has to offer.
Day-6: Day at leisure / Universal Studios Visit for 'With Frills' | Meals : Breakfast
Post savouring breakfast, you have the rest of the day to enjoy and explore Singapore (for the ‘no frills’ holiday). You could visit the Singapore Zoo (at an additional cost) - a beautiful wildlife park and get up-close and personal with the star orangutan, python and others as they roam freely in their natural habitat. Bird-lovers could head to the Jurong Bird Park (at an additional cost) - Asia’s largest bird park that is home to more than 5000 birds thus offering a visual treat of myriad colours and bird sounds. You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this holiday.
If opted for ‘with frills’ holiday, embark on a ride to Universal Studios, where you would get to experience the cutting–edge rides, shows and attractions based on some of your favourite movies and television series, such as the Ultimate 3D Battle, Shrek 4-D Adventure, Revenge of the Mummy, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, Battlestar Galactica among others. After an eventful day, you can return to the hotel for a comfortable stay.
Day-7: Departure from Singapore | Meal Included: Breakfast
Checkout : After breakfast, check-out from the hotel as you would then be transferred to the airport, on a shared vehicle, to board your return flight home. Standard check-out time is 12 noon.

5. Asian Extravaganza-Kuala Lumpur Genting,Singapore with SQ Family Packages( 6 Nights 7 Days)

Day-1: Arrival in Kuala Lumpur & Kuala Lumpur Night Excursion | Meals included: None
This Asian extravaganza would commence with your arrival in Kuala Lumpur, where you would be greeted by a Uenjoy tour representative at the airport and he/she shall assist you with the transfers to the hotel on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). Standard check-in time is 3 pm, so do get in touch with your MakeMyTrip representative to book an early check-in, if required, at an extra cost.
Kuala Lumpur, being a conglomerate of architecture and cultures, is also a paradise for shoppers, Mecca for food lovers and every partygoer’s dream. In the evening, you would get a chance to you would be picked up from the hotel’s lobby for a Kuala Lumpur Night excursion on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). This Night excursion would begin with a drive to Chinatown - an open-air ‘bazaar’ bustling with crowd and bright lights. Here you would also enjoy a cultural dance show and get the opportunity to indulge in the local delicacies. You would also visit the Sri Mahamariamman temple- a 100 year old temple located in Chinatown itself is considered to be one of the oldest Hindu temples of the city. The intricate and elaborative decorations of the Hindu deities in the temple are truly praiseworthy. After this, you would drive through Independence Square and take a photo-stop at Petronas Twin Tower. You would also be visiting the Kuala Lumpur Tower. Later, after an exciting excursion, relish an appetizing dinner and then return to your hotel.
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Day-2: Day at leisure/ Full-day Sunway Lagoon Excursion for "With Frills"| Meals included: ...
If you have booked the ‘No Frills’ holiday, you have the day at leisure to explore Kuala Lumpur and its various offerings at your own pace.
You could visit Aquaria KLCC (own expense) that is home to over 150 species of marine life or the KL Bird Park (also called Taman Burung Kuala Lumpur) that is billed as the world’s largest covered bird park with more than 3,000 birds from 200 species all over the world. Explore the numerous gastronomic delights of Malaysia offered through hawker stalls, cafes and restaurants. You could also go to the Sunway Lagoon (own expense) for a day full of adventure. You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
If you have booked a ‘With Frills’ holiday, you would be picked-up on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach) from the hotel’s lobby and taken to Sunway Lagoon - the one-stop place for fun. Enjoy the rides at the Water Park, Amusement Park, Wildlife Park, Scream Park and Extreme Park. Your return pick-up to the hotel would be on a shared vehicle in a bus/coach (seat-in-coach). Do remember to carry a change of clothes along and wear comfortable footwear.
Day-3: Genting Highlands, En route Batu Caves Sightseeing, One Way Cable Car Ride .
After breakfast, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby and driven to the Genting Highlands which is not only a natural relief from all the noise of the city but also an ultimate destination for blood-pumping excitement with indoor and outdoor theme parks, an 18-hole golf course and a casino.
En route, you would visit the Batu Caves (45 minutes stop) – a limestone hill featuring series of caves that has a 100-year old temple incorporated within it. It is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India. Also carry a water bottle and some snacks for easy refreshment.
After your arrival in Genting Highlands and check-in, you have the day for relaxing and indulging in the various attractions at this ‘City of Entertainment’. Try your luck at the casinos in the evening.
Day-4: Transfer to Singapore | Meals included: Breakfast
After breakfast, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby for a transfer to Singapore on a coach, where you would be greeted by a Uenjoy tour representative and taken to your hotel in Singapore at around 2 pm. After check-in at your hotel, you would get the whole day for leisure and rejuvenation.
You could kick-start your Singapore adventure with the Night Safari (own expense). In the night safari, you would get to experience the fiery Thumbuakar Tribal Performance and then continue your journey with an exciting guided Tram Safari Adventure, through seven geographical regions of the world. You would also watch the Creatures of the Night show - an amazing animal show by nocturnal superstars. The pick-up time for this activity would be 5.15 pm. You could purchase this activity on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
Day-5: Half-Day City Excursion/ Sentosa Experiential Excursion for "With Frills" | Meals
After enjoying a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel, you would be picked-up from the hotel’s lobby and taken for an exciting half-day city sightseeing of Singapore.The half-day excursion of this vibrant city would include visits to Merlion Park, China Town – a historic market filled with traditional shops as well as equable stores and modern cafes, Mt. Faber, Jewellery Store and Little India. Y
If you have booked a ‘No Frills’ holiday, after the city excursion you would have the rest of the day at leisure and you could explore the city further. You could visit the Singapore Flyer (own expense) - a giant Ferris wheel like structure which offers a spectacular view of the Singapore city from a whopping height of 165 meters. You could head for the Sentosa Island Excursion (own expense) for an exciting adventure. You could purchase these activities on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
If booked a holiday ‘with frills,’ proceed for the Sentosa Island excursion after the city sightseeing activity. Here you can enjoy Extreme Log ride, Madame Tussauds, SEAA+MEM, Wings of Time & Cable car ride The excursion would conclude at around 8.30 pm, after which you could retire to the hotel.
Day-6: Day at leisure / Universal Studios Visit for "With Frills" | Meals included:
After a delicious breakfast, you have the rest of the day to enjoy and explore this wonderful city. If you have booked the ‘No Frills’ holiday, you could head out to visit (own expense) the Singapore Zoo - a beautiful wildlife park and get up-close and personal with the star orangutan, python and other animals as they roam freely in their natural habitat. Bird-lovers could head to the Jurong Bird Park (own expense) - Asia’s largest bird park that is home to more than 5000 birds thus offering a visual treat of myriad colours and bird sounds. You could purchase these activities on the payment page at the time of booking this Holiday.
If you have booked the ‘With Frills’ holiday, you would be taken to Universal Studios, Singapore, where you will experience cutting–edge rides, shows and attractions based on some of your favourite movies and television series. This includes the Ultimate 3D battle, Shrek 4-D Adventure, Revenge of the Mummy, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, Battlestar Galactica among others.
Day-7: Departure for India| Meals included: Breakfast
Checkout : After breakfast, check-out from the hotel as you would then be transferred to the airport, on a shared vehicle, to board your return flight home. Standard check-out time is 12 noon.