I don't miss the old horse at all.

Why do you think all this 'shit' is happening? Who was the one laid all the foundations for the current problems? Who castrated the judiciary? Who made it a policy for all top govt servants and GLC appointees to be UMNO nominees? Who made the NEP "a way of life" in that all things from licences to scholarships to govt contracts to APs to job promotions always involved the primary first question: "tak ada Melayu yang boleh buat?"... before Chinese and Indians can even be considered? Who declared Malaysia an Islamic nation and opened the doors to the radical Islamisation of govt and public policy? Who changed UMNO's strategy to out-Islam PAS? Who initiated all the mega-projects which are nothing more than vehicles to distribute Petronas & EPF money to cronies?

Do you think the March 08 elections could have resulted in the Opposition breaking the 2/3s BN majority and taking 5 states (now 4 lah after Perak) under Mohd s/o Kutty? Most of the Opposition leaders would have been in Kamunting by Feb 08.

Kutty had the good fortune of exceptional economic growth and fresh crude oil to soften the impact of his Apartheid policies. But he is Bapa Apartheid Malaysia, no less.

That's because you were a kid. Ask a kid today, is it peaceful? He'll still say yes. It's not like Malaysia is now like Lebanon or Iraq etc. It's just that things are now much clearer, and people are speaking up. Unless you're an adult who's politically aware and understand what's going on, for a kid... life still goes on as usual.

One swallow does not a summer make.

If appointing Idris Jala as "KPI Minister" (whatever that is) is all you can come up with, then we're doomed.

If those responsible for the cow head incident are not imprisoned and whipped, and Utusan Malaysia is not banned and its editors detained under ISA, we have no hope.

Too lazy to Google?

Have a safe trip for those who're heading home for raya. Have a good holiday.

I'm at the budget terminal waiting for my flight back to Ipoh. Surprisingly, not too many people flying today.

Intellectual property laws says that you cannot obtain, possess or distribute any intellectual content without the express permission of the rights owner. You need to download TVB dramas from a site owned or licensed by TVB or it's representatives, or possess formal permission from TVB to download it from some other site.

Customs regulations state that all items imported into Singapore must be compliant with the laws of Singapore. If it is contrary to intellectual property laws, I don't think you will be allowed to bring them in.

I think we've covered driving Malaysian vehicles in Singapore already. Earlier in this thread, with links to LTA and Onemotoring etc. Do a search of this thread.

Put 20 bucks into the company pool. Hopefully can get something lah.

Does anyone have any info or leads on whether/how we can export a 10 year old Singaporean car (ie. COE expired, to be deregistered/scrapped) back to Malaysia? Particularly the taxation, customs procedures for the export, and then JPJ inspection and registration.

Thanks.

This post has been edited by seantang: Sep 26 2009, 11:30 AM

Thanks, man. It was helpful. Damn,.. they still tax 10 year old cars.

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This post has been edited by seantang: Sep 26 2009, 07:59 PM

There's a difference between AP used by corporates (ie. cronies) and individuals (ie. normal folks like you and me).

For those returning to Malaysia permanently, there is tax reduction, but not exemption due to the age of the car. Even then, our 1Malaysia concept will definitely ensure that a 'case-by-case' assessment is applied by the local customs and JPJ officials you are dealing with.

The only 100% exemption so far, are those under MM2H.

This post has been edited by seantang: Sep 27 2009, 11:44 AM

Congratulations. Are you working for Apple Inc or an Apple distributor in Sg?

Anyway, "anything to prepare" depends on whether & what relocation benefits Apple is providing you. The more they provide, the less you need to prepare.

This post has been edited by seantang: Sep 28 2009, 03:58 PM

There is no law in Singapore or Malaysia or any other country that I can recall, that says you cannot work for two, three or four etc employers at the same time.

It depends solely on your employment contract,.. whether it says you cannot be employed by someone else while you are under the current company's employment. And even if it does, HR has already released you from such a clause.

My company provides a car allowance (enough to buy a S$70,000 car on 5 year loan) and 100% car interest subsidy to first level managers. The allowance goes up as your job level goes higher. According to our HR consultants, our benchmarked competitors do the same thing. Few companies actually buy a car as a company asset and let employees use it.

Personally, I reckon cash allowances are much better. I can choose whatever car I want, and if I don't want a car, I can use the cash for something else. It becomes like additional salary.

You are either taxed as a tax resident or tax non-resident., depending on the length of time you are in Singapore. Your immigration status doesn't matter.

If what our HR consultant tells us is true, then most Fortune 500 MNCs in Singapore offer some sort of car allowance to managers and above. So, it's not an extraordinary benefit.

In my company, the car allowance is given to any employee (ie. any function or dept) who is at the required job level. This is a benefit car allowance. Sales people are given a tool of trade car allowance which is available to all sales people regardless of job level.

It also doesn't matter what nationality or immigration status you are (citizen, PR, employment pass). As long as you're eligible, you get it. One of the reasons why I prefer MNCs compared to SMEs and small companies.

This post has been edited by seantang: Sep 30 2009, 07:36 PM

Not that hard lah. MNCs after all hire thousands of people. But of course, coming from a well known university and having experience at another global MNC or well known company helps a lot. Your interviewers could very well be foreigners (esp. in Sg) and having to explain why TAR Kolej is not spelt College and is not a university but can issue degrees... can be quite stressful.

Driving on business, of course company pays. Driving for personal reasons, of course the company won't pay lah. No company in the world allows you to claim personal expenses. That's what your salary is for.

This post has been edited by seantang: Sep 30 2009, 08:29 PM

No idea. Seriously, they have no idea what's UTAR.

Fai wah. Of course good English is better than lousy English. But whether it'll be more desirable than coming from a well known uni... why would someone coming from a good uni speak worse English than someone from a so-so uni? Where got so clear cut +1, -1 kind of comparison in real life?

Yes and yes.

Actually I don't have a car in Sg. But with the VW Scirocco and Kia Koup launched/launching this year...

Didn't feel a dang thing. And my office is on a pretty high floor some more.

In my book, only interviewers and psychiatrists are entitled to expect detailed answers from closed (...Y/N) or impossibly open ended questions (can I survive in Sg?).

Ya, I'm at The Heeren on Orchard. Maybe it's because the West is closest to the point of origin in Sumatera. Or maybe buildings there sit on former landfills or reclaimed land.

If cheap-cheap means less than market rate... why would any landlord want to rent out cheap-cheap? It's impossible, unless you want the agent to lie to the landlord about the market rate. In that case, the question becomes why will the agent lie for you? What can you offer him in return?