where u guyz staying????I haven't start playing with them yet but soon will be...they're playing nearby Clementi station and it's football game.

heyz, i'm interested too.. but since football means need to buy boots, hahaha..
how about futsal? anyone?

Count me in, please let me know the time and venue. How much people do we need?

I'll start a name list :

1. Giorgene
2. Uchiha Itachi

Those who are interested please copy the list above and add in your name, thanks.

How about SIngapore to Subang? KLIA is soo freaking far despite I stay in Kajang. Just so inconvenient at times.

what's the best way to travel to KL then?

Normally I just take KTM from Tanjong Pagar... get a bed and sleep the whole journey. The next morning the officer will wake everyone up.

Moreover it is cheap... only less than RM50

chess_gal has got a point. The Jobs Credit Scheme makes local employees (citizens and PRs) around S$300 per month cheaper in cash terms vs previously. After tax, it's around S$375 since the cash payment from the govt are tax free and I have not heard that the tax deduction claimed on employee salaries is reduced by this amount.

So if the job pays 3K, a Singaporean or PR will actually be 10+% cheaper than before. This scheme compensates the employer for the 14% employers CPF contribution that they have to pay for locals but not foreigners. It basically narrows the cost advantage of employing foreigners over locals.

Right.

Like I said initially, the employers won't get job credits for foreigners.

For a company, there is a quota on how many Foreigner they can employ base on how many Local Citizen / PR they have.
For example: maybe for every Sg citizen, they can employ 5 foreigner. And in these 5 foreigner, only 2 can be holder of WP, 2 can be  S-pass and the other 2 must be holder of Q-pass or higher. If there is no such quota, all the company will employ many Foreign worker, and there will be no job for the local.. Since local always ask for more. There is a levy for WP holder and EP holder at different rate.

hi guys, i got an important update for PR application.

applicant need to have appointment for the full submission!!!!!

this morning, i went to lavender ICA building at 7am. the officer told me that i need to have appointment before i can do the full submission. i can go through e appointment or submit the Form 4A (the application form) WITHOUT the supporting documents into the drop off box at the ICA building (which is what i did). 3-5 working days later ICA will send me a appointment letter and assign me a time to do the full submission (need to bring the supporting documents + photocopy).

they just changed it not long ago so... 

reference link: http://www.ica.gov.sg/page.aspx?pageid=151&secid=150

any futsal kaki at east side? desperately looking for people to play. If can weeknights will be the best. I would be happy to pick you guys up and send you guys back Sigh im desperate!

Contrast the Sg tax rates to Malaysia's. By the time your income reaches RM250K, you're already paying 55K in taxes. It's takes nearly S$400K to pay that much tax in Singapore.

LHDN

Kadar Cukai Pendapatan Bagi Individu Bermastautin Mulai Tahun Taksiran 2002
Pendapatan Tercukai  / RM / Kadar / Cukai (RM)
Atas yang pertama  2,500  0%  0
Atas yang berikut  2,500  1%  25
Atas yang pertama  5,000  -  25
Atas yang berikut  15,000  3%  450
Atas yang pertama  20,000  -  475
Atas yang berikut  15,000  7%  1,050
Atas yang pertama  35,000  -  1,525
Atas yang berikut  15,000  13%  1,950
Atas yang pertama  50,000  -  3,475
Atas yang berikut  20,000  19%  3,800
Atas yang pertama  70,000  -  7,275
Atas yang berikut  30,000  24%  7,200
Atas yang pertama  100,000  -  14,475
Atas yang berikut  50,000  27%  13,500
Atas yang pertama  150,000  -  27,975
Atas yang berikut  100,000  27%  27,000
Atas yang pertama  250,000  -  54,975
Melebihi  250,000  28%  -

Project Manager for M&E company.
The boss told me need to attend a lot of site meeting.

Up to you if you don't mind crossing the causeway or 2nd Link frequently.

In my opinion, the only thing you save is rental. Food & groceries... how much can one person eat? For whatever rental you save, you pay for it in wasted time going through immigration. You've got to decide for yourself.

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Added on June 26, 2009, 2:54 pmChemicals MNC.

How many years of experience... it depends.

Best case scenario (if you're identified very early as a future leader), it'll take you 6-9 years to be a manager after joining as a fresh grad. Probably 1 in 300 junior employees type of calibre and closer to 1 in 1000 if you're not based in US or Europe. These people are groomed to be future senior directors and VPs - from which the global management teams are selected.

If you're identified as high potential, it'll be slightly longer... around 10-15 years.

If you're well above average (but somehow management did not monitor your career from early on... for eg. late bloomers), you'll probably be around 40-45 when they decide they've tested you sufficiently, and you're capable enough to be made a manager.

If you're average... you will probably retire without ever becoming a manager especially if you are working at a small location where the bigger jobs are few and far between.

--- Having said that, lots of the people supervisors (especially those supervising fairly junior people) and heads of the smaller departments are not managers.