Yes and no.
For me personally I can earn more in SG than Malaysia becuase I work within the financial services sector.
As we all know Malaysia's financial sector isn't at Singapore's level yet.
And I am not a fresh grad which means I don't live pay check to pay check (but that's not to say i am earning shitloads of money either - the financial sector isn't doing that well in recent times)

All I'm saying is, if you're a fresh grad living with your parents in the klang valley, it might be a good idea to work in Malaysia for a few years first before comming over.
2 main benefits is 1) it'sll be easier for you to leverage on your exp to get a job in SG with a few years exp 2) you can demand for more than the S$2.5k a month pay fresh grad pay (less if you're a foreigner working in a SME) which really is just scraping through everyday.

Bear in mind that competition for entry level position is INTENSE as there are many other foreigners and Singaporeans vying for the same job and unless you come from some top ivy league unis its really difficult to justify why an employer should hire you (unless its for less money than the average fresh grad - and that you also face competition from the hungry Indians and Pinoys) bearing in mind that the employers in SG will view you as a foreigner no different than the Pinoys or Indians or China Chinese.

I perfer to stick to the tried and tested formula of justifying how i can add value to their organisation and that can only happen if i have the relevant experience.
In order to get that experience, it is better for fresh grad to get the exp in Malaysia with an MNC becuase it's easier to get in if you have a degree and presumably you can reduce your cost if you stay with your parents for the first couple of years. Then leverage on those experience to get a job in SG with a higher pay than the S$2.5k.

So I take it that it's illegal for my boss to make me work for more than 44 hours in a week for accts job? I would be happy if u are sure about it.

Because there are exceptions to the employment act which is very hard to inteprete.

Thanks for your help. Anyway my company may not sustain for long. Next time I won't sign such an employment contract.

If I had pr status it would be easy for me to find job. But as S Pass its much more difficult for me to find job. That's why I am still hesitating.

Thanks for your advise.

i even bought saturday newspaper and went thru recruitment agency...
yea, it's kinda fed up when most of the jobs required "strictly for local and PR" cry:

For most of them, earning a comfortable living in singapore is either 2nd of third in their reason for working in singapore. More of often then not, its not about making money and living in singapore but rather to earn as much as possible so that they can repay the loans they took from agents who got them a job in singapore and then save up enough to either set up a business in their home country or if their the sole breadwinner of their extended family and remit money back to their "kampung".

I've met numerous of those exploited workers and the inhumane accomodations isnt as bad as not being paid their contracted salary for months on end. The smack on the face is when the boss announces to his staff that the company does not have any money to pay them their full wages but is then seen going out with his new mistress.

You should try talking to the common WP workers in singapore, makes for interesting stories.

Loyang has an area where it houses mainly offshore servicing companies that services OnG off-shore facilities also.

because most of time i see Malaysian go Spore for a desk job, wondering is there a sales job? and how's it like?