183 days includes weekends, public holidays, etc.

Travelling overseas for work purpose is still considered working. Hence you count the days (including the overseas travelling) and its more than 183 days, you still get taxed as resident.

From an employer perspective, unless yr MBA is from the TOP unis (i.e. Harvard, INSEAD, etc) the rest are just not worth getting (even the local SG ones) You can never hope to get back yr investments if its not from the TOP unis. Might as well spend time working to get more experience and hopefully get more money instead of wasting it.

Really????
I tot porn is illegal here as it is in M'sia or as least legally speaking...

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Added on July 14, 2011, 2:01 pm"HUMONGOUS MNC" - That's yr assumption. I never said i was. "If you are not and made such a statement, why would you want to trap a Harvard in your tiny company?" - I dun know what yr trying to say?????

I'm only giving my view for those who wants to listen, otherwise you can chose to ignore. If you want to, go ahead, who's stopping you? It not my problem....

This post has been edited by mercury8400: Jul 14 2011, 02:01 PM

But i heard form collegue while prostitution is legal (in certain designated parts of the city) Porn is still illegal wor....Anyway dosen't make sense to me either way. SG gov never think before implementing laws. or izzit they encourage you to do instead of see??

Eh, Hello. You are a foreigner here leh. You are no different that the other China, India, Pakistan or Bangla people all also trying to find work in SG. Just becasue you applied so many times you think they will "consider" you ar?WHat makes you so different from the other foreigners? All the other people also applied many times wat..... Like dat also wanna complain then better go back M'sia lar....

3. no mutual respect, top treat u like shiet, promotion based on merit and bootlicking at times, profit, generally helpful, avg 10 hours a day



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haha. even u yrself admit they treat u like rubbish...
I'm a little bit better than u....i dun work 10 hours a day (at least not everyday) ..... generally helpful? to who? to leng lui yes lar...to batangs like u and me....no way, jose.....

umm SGD4k is not a lot...actually it depends on how you spend... some people earn SGD10k also not enough

but i dun like the malls here...all of them very small and sempit... even for vivocity the supposely biggest mall in SG when compare to midvalley or 1u i think no comparison....

where got 3x? 2.445x only based on today's rates... dun forget to factor in the expensive rental and clubbing and boozing

I tot everone is doing that wat. Even SG are doing that....

Got, I saw SGD1k note before. Go casino... sure can see...

what's yr point?
u can't compare like dat.
U must also take into account the cost of living.
In china (esp Beijing & Shanghai) and Aus not all that rosy despite the conversion.

Aus- hard to get a job if yr not white, taxes could amount to 30% of pay, medicare is complusory - whether u want or not, gov hospital is slow and private one is expensive (just like in M'sia), Aussies are getting more hostile to asians over the years because they percieve us as threat to their ricebowl.

China - COst of living in cities are super expensive, housing is crazy (more crazy than SG), people are rude and no manners, safety is a concern, food sux, weather sux

Walau, where did this come from?
I am NOT rich, repeat NOT rich....
If I am I'll probably be in M'sia, no need come to work in SG.
If yr rich, M'sia is heaven...kill people also no wrong (refer to Altantuya & Teoh Beng Hock)...hahahaha

Allow me to indulge in some bashing

1) You speak as though you have the explicit right to work in Singapore and all others, such as your hiring manager/HR/MOM should "assist" you to get the relevant pass here.... Hello....you're a foreigner....no different from all the China and Indian people (well educated with degree and willing to work for peanuts btw) who came by the dozens to SG for a better future. Some (i was told) were willing to even absorb the EP/Work permit charges. So the question is what makes you so "special?"

2) You mentioned that you were an "intern" to be converted to permanant and that the company should benefit by hiring you...SAYS WHO??? Like I said there are thousands upon thousands of new entry i.e. people from China/India/even Europeans all with experience or fresh from University willing to work for less than your current pay and harder than you...

3) He explicitly told you to try applying EP/WP for yourself. So you can either 1) Apply yourself 2) Forget about it and move on. It has been made as clear as crystal.

4) no need for your HR to tipu-tipu. Yr a fresh grad with 4 months intern experience. Yr a dime a dozen.... (see reason 1)

Bottom line is this ain't your country. Your a foreigner. They do NOT care about you at all...either you accept that fact and work around it or you balik negara sendiri.....No loss for them at all....

That's the spirit

See my reply in red above

Election over already lar...

Presidential election, we got holiday meh?

Really?! Then i got +1 day annual leave Let's hope somebody is contesting for the presidential post.

This year not bad...got general election +1 day AL, presidential election +1 day AL for me....

Fresh grad in SG expect more than SGD3,500 per month for starting salary???? Unless they are first class grads, the rest can forget about it..... stop dreaming...