Yes, few years ago, my friend in one of the big4 got the CPF paid in cash by the company as he just an EP holder, but after he got his PR, he as a big chunk of his salary has been deducted to be paid into CPF. Whatever cash he recieved prior to getting the PR, he has to put in back into the CPF. He is about 2 months without salary...

Oh...so it means if one works for 2 years before getting PR and got the employer contribution for CPF encashed.
When one becomes a PR, the amount from the 2 years needs to be "deposit"ed into CPF?

That wasn't my case leh. I started contributing to CPF after getting PR. Anything and everything I received before becoming PR was not in scope for CPF.

This post has been edited by seantang: Dec 28 2011, 11:12 AM

I suggest u contact other agent and check it out. I rented 1 yr in Oct 2010 for half month commission only. Then in Oct 2011 I rented 2 year for one month commission.
But if u signa dn pay already, too bad lor.
If havent u can just try check around for other places, and fake fake ask them about commission policy lor

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Added on December 28, 2011, 1:45 pmCorrect, tell us which agent, which company??
Maybe the agent is not license one.

This post has been edited by Aloong: Dec 28 2011, 01:45 PM

I thought now hdb standardize ruling is 1 year lease for all contracts... Standard agent fee is 1 month..

It can be also a 3 mths rent, 6 mths etc etc.. not die die must 1 year.

contract is dead one, human is alive one...

hi, anyone knows where can i check my EP application status? the usual web site that i went to last time seems inaccessible... thanks.

lurk around here, u can benchmark
http://forums.salary.sg/income-jobs/
http://forums.salary.sg/income-jobs/831-ho...-per-annum.html

Have you read Millionaires book by thomas stanley?? If you have read it you know what I mean

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Added on December 28, 2011, 9:01 pm@alaskanbunny

you told me you are pursuing PMP.

may I ask you:

From an accountant to Project manager/Business Development manager.

From a big company to a France start up company with a 20% pay rise.

is it good or not for the future?

It seems interesting since the job scope will different and of course the new challenge

This post has been edited by Materazzi: Dec 28 2011, 09:03 PM

France start up company???
You do know that Frace is having economic problems right???
And a start-up???? Statistically most start-ups fail in the first 5 years....let alone with the looming economic crisis and all

No, I have not read the book and don't know what you mean.

If it's anything like your eat chap fan for 365 days a year philosophy, I certainly won't bother to read it.

Neither will BMW owners.

for me i would go for it... a good challenge

in singapore?
nah... my friend started Total's office in msia or was in indo last year and he's being paid fat fat pay... transfered to UK last month

not all industries suffer...

I realize the 3 highest country with the longest average age to live:

1.Japan
2.Singapore
3.Hongkong

2 of them have small population and land. If wanna live better working in stress life country such as Japan,Singapore, and Hongkong. More stress= long age!

No, wrong conclusion.

The stronger the currency against USD = long age!

All the cut & paste comments that I posted represent the view of every employers whether MNCs, listed co, Big 4 and other big/small co. I can cut & paste more comments from others if you want to read more.
CPA (aus) is only recognised in Msia, Spore, China & HK.
In Spore and HK, employers will die laughing looking at your CPA Aus cert. For them hiring a CPA Aus makes no difference hiring a clown. In China, companies have started to disregard cpa aus and focus more on hiring accountants from other more superior bodies. In Msia, the Big 4 have started to revise their policy requiring Aust acc grad to sit for ICAA or MICPA (both ICAA and MICPA have signed MOU). Then what's the point of it being recognised in these 4 countries, it's treated like rubbish. Every employer knows that CPA Aus exam is inferior, kacang putih & low standard. No need to sit for exam, also can pass to become member.

Other forumers, my apologies...it's a bit sidetracked.

Then comes to your challenge requesting me to trade Linkedin with you. You deliberately deleted your request on trading Linkedin & I am very surprised that you made a U turn,...you scared ah? First you suggested we trade Linkedin & I accepted your invitation and now you chickened out....aiyaa! why? You portray yourself as a high flyer in a high profile job in a MNC, giving the so called 'expert' advise to other forumers but when comes to real action, you got frightened and withdrew. What does it prove? is it that all your so called high profile image in this forum are all tipu?
Like what I said, we're both laughing stock (blame it on the cpa aus qualification that we have). Come on my partner in crime, lets's trade Linkedin and we can have a good laugh till this year end.

currency is manipulated by the central bank, and HKD is pegged to USD. Japan Central Bank keep selling Yen to depreciate the currency.
oh wait.. where is the long age thing come into picture.

This post has been edited by jasonkwk: Dec 29 2011, 12:43 AM

I am in SG SuZhou industry area for a short stay. Many things here look like SG except the air quality. Other than cheap local fashion item, many things here cost the same if not higher than SG dollar to dollar.

IMO, one have to ask for >4x salary to maintain same purchasing power when move from SG to SuZhou but you have to bear with the air quality here.

local simple meal 6~10 RMB, 500ml beer 5RMB.
Bus ride 2~3 RMB per ride
Taxi start from 10 RMB
KFC meal ~30RMB

Dollar to dollar, cost of living in SG is way lower than SuZhou unless you willing to use many fake item.

I have to hunt a couple of shops to buy ORIGINAL tonner box that contain ORIGINAL tonner at 5x the usual price for the fake version, not to mention the risk of buying fake tonner at the original price.

This post has been edited by r1v3r: Dec 29 2011, 12:50 AM

How about Binjiang?

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Added on December 29, 2011, 1:01 amKuwait is the strongest but their average living just 60 yrs old.

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Added on December 29, 2011, 1:04 amthen next move, is it better to go with PMP or MBA? I'm currently doing my CIMA.

This post has been edited by Materazzi: Dec 29 2011, 01:04 AM

PMP cert you need 2 years of project management experience.

[edit] it's not exactly 2 years, it's like 4000 hours or something that I can't remember and can't be bothered to look up, lol.

This post has been edited by deodorant: Dec 29 2011, 01:11 AM

whichever your company will sponsor