Singapore Customs pitches creative

SINGAPORE - Singapore Customs is searching for an advertising agency as the government body looks to promote its role in clamping down on duty-unpaid cigarettes and other border-related offences.

The secretive review is understood to have progressed to a final round of presentations, with an unknown number of agencies involved.

The Singapore Customs and Excise Department is a government agency under the Ministry of Finance. Its role is to regulate trade in goods, protect Singapore's borders and collect customs revenue.