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Originally Posted by Ash W
It will be interesting to see how the combined arrivals will look...
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I wasn't aware that they were planning to combine arrivals.
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...and see how they funnel people through the duty free shops on their way to immigration. More so now that it is more or less impossible for people to buy duty free grog/perfumes (ie. liquids) at places like Bangkok and Singapore, to name but a few.
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No problem purchasing at Singapore - you just have to follow the procedure correctly (which involves the items being delivered to you at your gate for collection after security). You can't purchase items duty free at a previous port and carry them in your hand luggage through Singapore though, no.
Brochure:
http://www.changiairport.com/changiw...uidBanBroc.pdf (note list on page 2, noting that for Australia, large containers will be delivered to the gate holding pens for your collection).
Duty free on arrival is not popular, I would say particularly so in Australia as everything other than trans-Tasman is medium-haul travel at least... people just want to go home. That's why they have the purchase-on-departure/collect-on-arrival system as well as someone standing at the duty free forlornly spruiking "Last chance for duty free! Anyone? anyone?"
Other than that speciality market, there's no general demand for a "shopping experience" on arrival... it's the captive market on departure that they are going for... and they're just catching up with the rest of the world there.