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Employments:
Job opportunities are always available for those with higher education level & in-demand work experience. The following are the list of available online job sites:
1. Jobstreet
2. Contact Singapore
3. Jobs Central
4. JobsDB
5. eFinancialCareers.sg

The most effective but expensive method is to do it the old fashion way. Come over to Singapore, flip through the recruitment newspaper and apply for your job through the company itself. This way, you're almost guaranteed to be in front of the queue from those who applied through Jobstreet. You can also attend their interviews without any delays while you're here in SG. Do note that you can only stay 30 days at a time, and a total of only 60 days out of every 90.

Various employment passes are available to enable you to work in Singapore depending on your skills and pay. Employers will help you in the application of passes. Your job is however pending on the approval of the pass. Information of types of passes are available through MOM's website. Do not worry of what passes you get. Eventually all will allow you to work in SG. Some do fuss about it due to "status" and extra benefits (i.e: credit card and contract phone applications). Just be hardworking and move up the passes or apply directly for PR few years down the road.

All you need to know about PR application and requirements are available here: http://www.ica.gov.sg/page.aspx?pageid=151&secid=150

Please take note that ex Singaporean PRs who renounced their status without serving the National Service will have their job and employment pass applications greatly degraded.

CPF and Taxes:
Malaysians working under employment/work passes are exempted from paying CPF. Singapore PRs have to contribute to CPF according to the rates found here: http://mycpf.cpf.gov.sg/Employers/Gen-Info...ri/ContriRa.htm

As for the complicated tax returns, i'll just provide the website so everyone can search under their own categories. http://www.iras.gov.sg/irasHome/page01.aspx?id=88

Accomodations:
HDBs everywhere! Prime and new areas should cost around SGD600 and above per room (with or without utilities). You can still find small & cramped sub-SGD400 per room in remote or rundown areas. If you can afford the luxury, apartments and condos are the way to go. SGD1000 onwards per room is the current market price. Normally comes with swimming pool and gym facilities.

Below are some useful sites:
http://www.flatsdb.com/
http://www.hdbflat.blogspot.com/
http://singapore.roomsdb.net/
http://easyroommate.com.sg/
http://www.sg-house.com/
http://www.propertyguru.com.sg/

Transportation:
No need to describe any further. Been compared and discussed too many times between SG and MY. In SG, you can be anywhere in the island just by using public transport. The all too convenient EZ link card can be used in both MRT and bus (even McD yeah!). For places out of reach, taxi is the answer. Don't worry, you won't get touted with expensive fares. They are a bunch of professionals with accurate meters. First entry onto cab is SGD2.80 or SGD3.00. The rest runs on meter plus any surcharges from tolls, airport surcharge or stopping period. If you are travelling in group of 4, taxi is the cheaper option on certain routes compared to others.

Coach: http://www.journeymalaysia.com/ptasingapore.htm
SBS bus maps: http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/iris3/nextbus.aspx
MRT maps: http://www.smrt.com.sg/trains/images/tn_networkmap_big.jpg
Directions: http://gothere.sg/maps or http://maps.google.com.sg/

Malaysians can drive in cars/bikes to work in SG. For SG PRs, you have to drive singapore registered vehicles. More info here: http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/lta/en/motor...fsingapore.html

Expenses:
This is very subjective depending on the spending power of different individuals. But here are the basic breakdowns on rough estimates:
1. Accoms SGD600 (varies)
2. Food SGD500 (varies)
3. Transport SGD60
4. Entertainment SGD300 (strip it off if wanna save)
5. Shopping $$$

TO CHECK FOR YOUR PR APPLICATION STATUS, KINDLY VISIT THIS LINK
https://ienquiry.ica.gov.sg/index.do

TO CHECK EP APPLICATION STATUS, VISIT THIS LINK
https://eponline.mom.gov.sg/epol/PEPOLENQM0...isplayAction.do

This post has been edited by deodorant: Feb 20 2013, 10:22 AM

Further Information about Converting your MY license to SG license:



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This post has been edited by deodorant: Sep 12 2012, 07:32 PM

http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/ro...-singapore.html

Considering that fresh grads get 2k+, I fail to see how 3k+ with FIVE years working experience can be described as "good salary."


For fresh grad, considered high. For 20 years working exp, considered low.

The level of spoon feeding you expect us to do for you is amazing. Isn't it crystal clear in the link r1v3r gave how much the spouse relief is?

Oh wow, just wow.


Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

You DO know that it'll cost you $400/month in daily VEP charges to drive your M'sia car in, right? That's not including petrol, ERP, parking, car price/installment, maintenance, etc. Seems that a decent chunk of that $3300 will also go to the car upkeep.

http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/pas...es/default.aspx

It is not so much a story of worth it or not worth it. If you check back a page or two for the link that mackiddo gave, actually by law you are not allowed to drive in SG on a foreign license after 1 year.

30 days.

[edit] Source: MOM website, which I found on the very first link of a google search for "cancellation of EP."

This post has been edited by deodorant: Oct 7 2012, 11:53 PM

60 days out of 90 days, but only maximum of 30 days in one stretch (as would be stamped on the white card). You can exit on day 30, and come back in, and be given another (up to) 30 days white card. Once that one is expired, you gotta wait 30 days outside of singapore before coming back in. exact numbers might be off a bit but you get the picture.

I haven't been to any of the top restaurants here in SG cos of the frankly prohibitive prices. Petrus, in contrast, I paid just £33.75 for set lunch (starter, main, dessert + complimentary amuse bouche, 2 side dishes, pre-dessert and petit fours). amazing value even after conversion to sgd considering any of the top places here would be at least 3digit.

Food was good, service exemplary.

I don't see how you can conclude that you should work in malaysia because of this. work in my, earn rm2.5k, eat pork noodle rm4, eat ramen rm25. work in sg, earn sgd2.5k, eat pork noodle sgd3, eat ramen sgd15. it seems to me that if you like spending, you actually can get more bang for your buck in sg rather than my.

Well, the networks I built in KL were the reason why I was able to come to SG in the first place

Eh, debatable. Personally I would never stay in JB/work in SG, all that extra time taken travelling isn't worth it to me. Plus JB more dangerous than SG.

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Added on October 11, 2012, 3:31 pm
Haha I passed my BTT on tuesday. But I haven't got my license extract yet, lazy to take leave to go in JB just to get extract. Probably will do the extract in KL in November when I fly back for friend's wedding.

This post has been edited by deodorant: Oct 11 2012, 03:31 PM

Officially, you are not allowed to. Unofficially, as long as your lease is still valid, you don't tell, the landlord/agent won't know. But like what crazykid said, if you can't find job within 2 months, your 3rd month you'll pay rent for an empty room, and some more you'd then need to arrange 1 month accomodation in JB (or stay with parents).

There are two limitations. Firstly, you can only stay up to maximum of 30 days at a time. Secondly, in a 90 days period, you can only stay in Singapore for a total of 60 days and must remain outside of Singapore for the remaining 30 days.

yes. when you enter singapore you show passport + WP/SP/EP card to immigration officer.

if you did fingerprinting process during WP formalities i think you can also use the autogate directly. I know EP can, dunno whether SP/WP can or not.

income earned in SG, pay SG income tax. income earned in MY, pay MY income tax.

No it's not. If MOM finds out, they can/will/could cancel your permit.