Police jobs are open to Singaporeans and PRs. Other non-sensitive govt depts will employ foreigners. So, no... it is fair to compare as civil servant starting salaries are a good indication of the median in the market.


The fresh auditors who audit my company usually start at $2800 - 3300+.

Is your girlfriend a graduate (I mean a proper graduate from university)? Additionally, is she fully professionally qualified (ie. has 3 years experience and received ACCA status rather than just finished the exams)?


If you agree to be employed by a Chinaman company, you really shouldn't complain about low salaries, not caring about your degree(s) or working long hours. You should already know that it's a given.


Good attitude. From the little that you've written here, you actually write and express yourself quite well. Why are you not applying to all the many, many MNCs, blue chip SGX listed companies in Singapore rather than some unknown Chinaman company?

errrr, if you read the link, $2650 is without NS. Those with NS start at $3082.

Don't be too concerned about the job title. What matters is money, money, money. If they pay you well, why should you be bothered what they call you?

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On an earlier matter I asked here, we finally hosted our vvips for the city tour last Sunday. Lunch at MBS Skypark, then ArtScience Museum, then drinks at Fullerton Bay Hotel and lastly a drive through Chinatown, Arab St, Little India, CBD and Orchard Road. Dinner was at Clarke Quay. Thanks for all the suggestions though.

This post has been edited by seantang: Mar 22 2011, 10:28 PM

How many passengers? 3 or 4?

It only takes S$60 per month to survive in Singapore. With $2500, no problem lah.

It only costs $2 for a big packet of curry rice. That should allow you to survive for a day or two. $60 will buy a packet a day, more than enough to survive. And Singapore's weather is great, mild enough to survive sleeping in HDB void decks at night. With food and a place to sleep, that's all you need to survive.

A lot of folks ask " is $xxxx enough to survive?" without bothering to explain what 'survival' means to them. To me, to survive means not to die. With $60 a month, you will not die.

Those guys eat more than 1 meal a day. A packet of curry water rice a day is more than enough to survive. As long as you don't die, you survived.

We are talking survival.

What are your other options available to you? If you have better options, then you are underpaid and should choose the better option. If your other options are worse or you have no other options - then there's no question about being underpaid.

Why do you want to check?

I asked 'why', not 'what'.

Damn... I second Crappo. You are creepy.

Guys, I've got a USD cheque from a US bank (BNY) which I need to bank in or encash. Have any of you done a survey of the best ways or best banks to bank that cheque in? Thanks.

I think you can appeal when you file your tax return for the 2nd year and they will adjust your 2nd year tax payable accordingly to account for a lower tax payable for your 1st year based the fact that your tax residency actually started in your 1st year. Give IRAS a call or go through their website.

Yeah, seems like a flat S$10 if banked into a S$ account with them. Other banks charge the 0.125% commission and other fees no matter what. Thanks giorgene. Lucky the Knightsbridge branch is very near my office. I'll drop by tomorrow to enquire.

Foreign Currency Cheques Collection Cleared Locally

1 USD cheques drawn on local clearing participating banks
Free

2 Other currency cheques and USD cheques drawn on non-participating banks
$10 per cheque if credited to Payee's SGD Account.
1/8% commission (min $10, max $200) per cheque if credited to Payee's Foreign Currency Account (including Brunei Dollar) + agent fee (if applicable)

3 Ringgit Cheques Drawn In Bank of Malaysia
$10 per cheque

15% is the non-resident withholding tax rate. It's a flat rate.

I won't comment on which option is better if you want to end up in an investment bank. You'll have to do your own research there.

On the question of whether you should be in SG or MY,... there are a helluva lot more investment banks in SG with much more banker jobs available.

From the same website:

If you have acceptable professional or tertiary qualifications and are interested in relocating to Singapore but are not yet working in Singapore, you can apply for LPR under this scheme. Successful applicants have ONE (1) year to find a job or relocate their families to Singapore, upon which permanent residence will be granted.

99.99% of the PRs in this thread were already working in Singapore before they applied for their PRs.

That really depends.

If it's a very technical field, where the masters' coursework or research is directly relevant to the job, then yes... a full time course is better regarded than part time or distance learning. Same for investment banks who want to hire MBA associates. They usually won't go for part timers or distance learners.

For MNCs however, they are really not that concerned about how you obtained that masters. In fact, delaying your entry into the working world or leaving your current job for a couple years to do a full time course - might indicate escapism from work pressure/environment or give the impression that you took a full time course because you were not very successful in your job before that.

And let's say... if a hiring manager compares 2 people who have completed their bachelors' degree for 10 years, where:

(a) has 10 years full time work experience, got promoted 5 times (every 2 years) during that period to Level 5 (managing a $1B business) and has a distance learning MBA that took 4 years,

/vs.

(b) has 8 years full time work experience, got promoted 4 times (every 2 years) during that period to Level 4 (managing a $0.5B business) and has a full time MBA that took 2 years,

If you are the hiring manager who needs to hire someone for a Level 6 job to manage a new $2B business, who would you pick?

I'd immediately pick the guy who has experience managing the larger business, and can handle loads of pressure in a complex situation ie.multi-task (work & study at the same time) and deliver ie. be successful at both.

This post has been edited by seantang: Apr 2 2011, 09:59 AM