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Added on February 7, 2012, 6:27 pmbetter apply now, some rumours brewing in expat forum might be new policy coming in June

Just curious. I am looking for a position in Singapore. My expected salary is SGD4500. But my friends told me that most of her friends request between SGD 3 - 4k. I am in the IT line and I am a J2EE developer. Do you think I am asking for too much?

Hi all, since I think all here been working in SG for some time (long or short), may I know where do you invest your money? MY or SG? And which area do you invest in?

Thanks.

i don't think mobility are limited. in fact its better here. atmosphere wise, i like it here 

Thanks for the input. I'm trying to gather more information with regards to the recruitment firms/headhunters in SG as I have an interview with them for Search Consultant position.

Any more inputs?

L7Awesome, mind to share your experience with them? How did they found you? Did they headhunted you from Msia?

Pardon me.. But what is a HH? Do you think they are loathsome or annoying? Like all those uninvited calls.

Because my frens say there investment bank seldom recruit malaysian..got any job hunting website can recommend?

are u the opportunist ? 

What means by putting female tags??

So hard for Malaysian fresh students?

well, about my interview earlier this week, i pretty much spent  about 30minutes getting killed and owned by the GM, where he boldly mentioned that I am not adaptable, not flexible, and technical minded ( he is is looking for someone with more commercial minded). Sent a thank you letter the day after the interview, and the HR said will revert to me by Friday(today). But today the HR said still cannot conclude their selection yet. My guess is that, I did bad, but the others did worse. lol

ya i still ard....close to 14k(inclusive of allowances+bonus, which is taxable rite?)
so i still have to pay 1st then only get the rebate?

still a bit 

ya that is resident tax rite? but i stayed less than 183 days for last year... so categorized under non-resident which is entitled to be taxed 15% or progressive tax structure(for resident tax) whichever higher? that what the iras website said... that y i confused

Yea, GIRO = IRAS, the income tax building at Novena

After your train ride in Mumbai, you will say MTR in SG, HK and Japan very good. KTM/LRT in KL not bad also.

Actually you can advoid the crowd if you leave home a bit early.

1.How would Sg salary payslip/notice of tax assessment be assessed by the banks in Malaysia for property?

I guess it depends on ur company name. if it's ABC Pte Ltd, they may want to call up ur company to verify and verify the company's existence as well.
Banks has a lot of ways to verify, depends on the offier's intelligence, they can access ACRA and find ways to verify. In terms of information resourcefullness they are better than their govt. The govt might be stuck if u give them SG payslip, dunno wat to do.

2.To what extend does the currency exposure taken into account for leveraging purposes?

I dun think this is an issue, unless ur salary is border line. For e.g. ur pay SGD2k, but ur house instalment RM4k. If ur installment is RM1k like tat shoould be no problem.  In fact ur installment is secondary, house value is primary. Unless ur not talking about residential prop. Commercial property would be a diff valuation / credit assessment.

3.Any additional collateral required for the loan or does the purchase has to be confined to specific towns (i.e. JB)?
Other than ur house and ur indemnity (i.e. personal guarantee), i dun think so. I dun think so confied to JB. Klang valley would be much much better.

4. In the event one has purchased a property (commercial/residential) in Msia (with or without the name signed on the dotted lines), how does this 'existing' property affects future purchases of Sg. public housing?

Not signed dotted line? SO technically one hat NOT purchase rite? Anyway, if I'm not mistaken, if u officially have a property (anywer) u cannot buy HDB, i think there's few months for u to dispose or transfer ur property out. After u buy HDB, i think u cannot buy properytu (anywer) for next 5 years.

5. Under specific clauses, is HDB authorized to expropriate the public housing if found statutory declaration was intentionally/unitentionally misrepresented by the owner?

I 'heard' yes, (or rather 'read' yes from forum)

Anyone has specific experience to share?
Not me. No $$$

should be ok. my friend holds sleeping directorship in his family business for uh ... tax purposes (lol). when he started work in a bank in SG, they were OK with it as long as he signed some declaration forms & his manager & compliance approved. EP process not affected.

Non-SPR, he relocated to SG for the RIM job then kena retrenched after 3 months
Are you sure it's not actually "pretty chick kena sandwich by you?"
I dunno why he having so much trouble finding job. Possibly cos his qualifications don't balance with his (relatively) limited job experience so companies don't wanna even consider him for junior positions? *shrug*
yalor he camping out with his family in kluang while applying.

owh i didnt know that we can do this. ho much do they charge per withdrawal?
can we withdraw money from Maybank MY using Maybank atm in SG too?

wait JB king sees this.....he will sure 

my hr called up mom and they mentioned as long as i dont attend meetings or sign documents... if dont attend meetings or sign bod resolution how to make approve decisions?

the thing about hospitalization plan is, now you don't need it but once you are old and retired, the insurance company will not insure u anymore.

Hi,

Question for the experts around here.

I've recently gotten an offer that comes with I think OK salary plus a small housing allowance of SGD870 per month. It's an engineering position, office is somewhere in Jurong. Salary still negotiable but I'm wondering if it would be worth it.
Reason being, I'm not at all keen to share a place with other people, unlike where I am now where I can stay comfortably and cheaply.
The cheapest place in Singapore I can find online to rent a whole unit of HDB is like SGD2000 to SGD2500, whereas a private apartment is something like SGD3500. Are my numbers correct? Would appreciate if you guys can let me know if otherwise.

Also, I'm wondering if there are any legal rules that prohibit the renting of whole HDB flats to foreigner (i.e. PR, non-PR), and thus I must rent a private apartment/condo only which will be much higher than my current estimate? Assuming I'm staying alone, without a partner, parents or otherwise. I'm wondering because HDB flats are after all provided for the purpose as public housing...
Thanks!