One week? after you done the medical checkup ?

Erm, after the EP online approved, he wil get the IPA then together with the medical checkup report,submit to EPSC, is that correct? i remember last time when my company applied for me, if not mistaken shud be very fast you will know the status of the online application, then the company will arrange you to go for medical checkup and proceed to submit to EPSC, then one week later will get the EP..hope i remember it correctly.

chinatown, near the people's park
small lot at the corner beside The Majestic.

highest rate i saw when i walk pass raffles place just now is 2.477
maybe u can get higher at here though: http://www.raffles1.net/currency.asp
try to call them.

I called them this morning, transfer rate is 2.48 with S$10 processing fee (can be waived if you transfer more than 10K back to malaysia)

anyway, transfer rate is slightly higher than exchange rate based on what my friend told me, try call them for the best rate

you are not an employee until the offer letter is signed by both parties.
the rest of the question is redundant 

yeah...that's the down side of being a contract staff....no job security