For election, yes! We will be back.

No, you need only a few people up there to make many Malaysian work/study/live out of Malaysia like me.

If your are walking to the check point or air port. They will ask you to take out your labtop before X-ray. Been carrying labtop in and out, no question asked.

If you are willing to spend some money, take a cab from Larkin directly to your new place in sg. Save the trouble to hand carry your desktop(monitor?) and luggage. I forget the rate, should be less than 50rm iirc.

You should not be taxed for your own desktop but if you happen to piss them off, they can ask you to power on your desktop and check if you have illegal content in your PC.

UIUC? They have a R&D centre in fusionopolis. If you are in CS or ComE and you are good, give it a try.

So, the new US degree have the UK rating "First class" printed on it?

In some extend, most local Gov body and private company only know a few top names in US, the rest are "NO CLASS" degree according to their perception.

There are good Uni, good unique program from US. If you really have the confident with your skill, find a jobs for US MNC first before you branch out. UK trained boss will always think their education is better, you may not have a fair review in the beginning.

usually not. I know there was a case where the officer found some pirated VCDs from a guy. ICA gave that man a free ride to his unit compliment with a room service. Charged and deported. That's was the time when Singapore trying to project an image of a country that value IP rights to attract some MNC to set up a base here.


For donkey years ICA had inspected and X ray scanned my computer equipment at check points, air port and sea port. Used Personal computer is not taxable. Of course you can always choose to walk the "red carpet" for acting as a KS visitor.

That's the answer most local boss heard over the years. So no "xxx Class" on your degree equal NO CLASS degree, basic pay offered.

oh man, do you know the current US unemployment rate and Obama is trying so hard to make sure america have a jobs before (and ... after) the US election?

Not easy to get a Working Visa for non-american.

Sure, anyone one can live a luxurious life by leaching their parents, you don’t have to grow up to be an independent man and you actually don’t need to work so that you have more time to play, eat, sleep!

Then make sure you get the major share of the will so that you can continue to live a luxurious life from parent's money for years to come. What a good life.

Starting pay is not the end, it is just the begining. One can build their career faster in SG with all else being equal. S$500 annual increment vs RM$500 increment, 4 months bonus in SGD vs RM? Those short sighted people seriously need to reconsider.

One happycall pen, one thermal pot and a rice cooker is basically what you need. Dump the ingredient in the thermal pot, boil it and leave it there until you come back from work for your hot soup.

It is relatively convinient to buy ingredient in SG round the clock. You have those 24 hour supermarket. the meat are cleaner than those sold in Malaysia pasar and you can buy any portion you want unllike other planet guy who only buy whole chicken. If you lazy to cook, just ta pao siew yok, 1/2 duck or chiken on your way home then cook your own rice(better quality).

If you have a family, you get more quality dinner time at home. Better if you have a few bottles at home.

On rainny day, I used to ta pao fish head curry from nearby stall. Feed the whole family happily.


This post has been edited by r1v3r: Nov 15 2012, 10:11 AM

That should make your feel a lot better but it does not reduce the load and suffering on your parents.

From your own personal perspective, you are rightly advantageous( less expenses... from your own pocket).

You are young and you have time to make mistake then turn around. You have to make changes if needed. If you can't live off your parent's money as working adult, do you expect your future child to depend on their grandparent too?

haha, so what make you think the other way round?

I dont have to say why SG as this has been discuss many times. You are right too, one fine day I might work in MY for more layback pace and demand.

When I was a fresh grad, I work free OT daily and take up all the training facilities provided by company. Pay is never my major concern but the exposure nad training are important to me. In general, SG have good human resource development vs the DIY style in Malaysia. Young people can progress faster.

We face competition but we have our experience/skill to keep us ahead. The annual increment is a kind of reward for your added value. If there is less competition, the increment will be low too?

you might say company can replace you with cheaper fresh grad... that's true for company that stop growing. They produce the same quality of stuff every years. You see many such company in other country (malaysia?) but these company cant survive long in SG. The demand is higher in SG so as the progress, your role increase so as your pay. It is hard life but pay better.

In MY, if my family operate the TOLL then my life is easy with better pay than SG but that's not the case for most worker in Malaysia.

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Added on November 16, 2012, 4:48 pmHow old is your child? Boy?

infant care/child care stage:
- market rate for child care ~$1k for child care centre or $500 for HDB nanny.

Primary/sec school stage:
- compulsary expenses are much lower compare to child care but you have to get a place for your child.
- may need to take entance exam.

can ask your wife to apply dependant pass for you first. Hold on to PR application until you are really sure.

Working with Dependant Pass *the limit for S-pass salary had increase to 4k to apply dependant pass iirc.

You can help to settle the living/school/logistic problem first while your wife fit in to new workspace. Take turn to introduce new element to your family if you are ordinary people.


This post has been edited by r1v3r: Nov 16 2012, 04:48 PM

Yeah right, cheap FT able to replace my role then I have to move back to Malaysia to offer better service at local rate, then what happen if cheap labour replace your jobs in malaysia? Where else can you go?

If you know your jobs type is not those cheaper better type, FT influx is not a problem to you.


Guess that's different family concept. I move out since sec school. Many of my relative work/study/setup their family out side Malaysia. I will ask my child to stand on their feet and to go out to the world. Come back for reunion or retirement is fine, Never be a big fish in small pond. I have my own plan for my retirement.

Dude, the guy is telling you to work near your mommy home instead of sg. Work permit holder in sg is like trash and you have no life in sg with 2.5k.

Which part is not related to working in SG?

As prison guard, you can rent and stay in the prison hostel. You are allowed to rent out your entire hdb while you stay in prison hostel. That's extra income for those warden with their own hdb.

only Singaporean and PR can buy HDB.

I visited one of the hostel, it seem to me those who stay there also have standby role in case of emergency.

Yes but you still need HDB approval every year.

http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10296p.nsf/Pr...82?OpenDocument

Big question: Do you earn more than 2k per month? (there is neg. to increase the limit but not confirm yet)

Sencond question: Did you read this http://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practices...es/default.aspx ?

Accountant more than 2k is not covered. Count yourself lucky as some accountant need to work till 10pm.

This is Sg, most info are there on the gov official site. There is a MOM number on the web for you to make complain. The last things you need is any advice from a person not working in SG on local legal issue. You better don't reply here if you are work permit holder who earn less than 2k. Another guy will call you a rubbish and advise you to work in Malaysia stay in your parent's house.

Some parties try to lift the limit to around 4k next year. Hope for some year end bonus and move on after CNY.

maybe work in SG big4 for 2 years also can get 5k.. in SGD?

That bad? can change to security officer uniform instead of pyjamas? Maybe that's another side income.

This post has been edited by r1v3r: Nov 30 2012, 12:21 PM