Dirt under iTouch Screen

Hi guys!
My friend has just recently passed me his 3 Gen iPod touch, for me to use. I might buy it from him (he's the first owner by the way). Cause I am going into the military soon and I have my whole calander synced via iCloud and he has no use for it anymore. So I figured I might as well get a non-camera iTouch to keep my calanders in sync via iCloud as I wouldn't want to have a non-camera phone with a seperate calander, and a iPhone on my off days with another calander causing conflicts to my schedule and all.
Anyway, upon just using the iPod touch abit, I realized that there's some fungus or dirt that somehow got under the glass screen of the iPod touch. This along with a stuck or dead pixle. So I was wondering is there a way to replace the screen? Or get it cleaned? Also at what cost!
Here are some details that may help my situation too.
1). The iPod Touch is out of Warranty, so knowing that I'm willing to pay for a screen replacement or some service, if the price is not to crazy.
2). I live in Singapore, so I have no idea where's the Apple service centres here. But if there is I wouldn't mind going down there.
3). I wouldn't want to go to a 3rd party shop here, or rather those shady stores that offer "iTouch and iPhone repair serivces" I rather go to an autorized reseller or serivce centre to get my screen fixed up. Even if it cost more.
4). If need be I can get information about where the iPod was purchased, but the proof of purchase is probably gone already.
Any help would be great!
Thank you,
Edwin

- Apple will exchange it for this price:
Apple - Support - iPod - Repair pricing
- A third-party place may be less expensive and some do clean the screen. Here is one, Google for more.iPhone Repair, Service & Parts: iPod Touch, iPad, MacBook Pro Screens
- Do it yourself:
iPod Touch Repair – iFixit

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