yeah till 10apr but travel back jb on a daily basis....
but still lookin for job ...

I think is better that you dont take any roommate as you don't know each other, quite risky. take single room is better, find room which is away from MRT but in near your work place would be cheaper.

yup, you are right, i think even take private car or cab also hardly to reach senai as the time planned.

Yalo, I thought so too... aarrr, tau tia ><

Ya have to come out good result first before negotiating with boss again. Actually most part of my job no need to be in office, or even in SG. I tried working from home second week of CNY, but found that I "really" have to work during the office hour, instead of surfing around, so that end of day I got something to report.

You using which roaming when back in Malaysia? My incoming call is 60 cent per min. Boss face very black when I show him the roaming bill...


Seems like my plan to leave at 6 can't make it. Have to nego with boss for leaving at 3 or 4 already. Thanks all for your feedback.

I stay in bukit merah area. What is your budget anyway? My room cost sgd 500 without agent. With air conditioning plus Internet access and washing machine.

My budget is less than 700 preferably... really want to find a neat and tidy house with clean toilet (phobia with dirty toilet T^T)...
500? u staying alone of with roommate? Tats quite cheap o

It's a single room and it's quite small. I think sgd 600 can get a decent single room in telok blangah.

I use SingTel. Expensive roaming calls are standard lah. If you need to use your Sg phone overseas, no choice.

Not sure if this is the right thread to post here as I am not sure where to post. Could anybody help to shed light on this as I have been googling online but no definite answer I have found yet.

Now the question is :

For PRs (Permanent Residents), do they need to be physically present in Singapore for 183 days or more in a calendar year prior to renewing their re-entry permits every 5 years? I read somewhere last year on a similar thing but cannot reconfirm or re-verify this as I am now unable to find that particular link. I also read somewhere that a person got his renewal for re-entry permit rejected because he/she was not physically present in singapore 75% of the time, hence the rejection.

This post has been edited by S'aimer: Mar 13 2013, 09:14 PM

I've never heard of this one.

I understand though that if you have been jobless for a while, your REP renewal may have less chance of success.

But if you have a job in Singapore, but remain outside Singapore the entire year (or multiple years)... for eg. due to the Singapore company posting you overseas, or you travel overseas frequently (business or leisure, leisure assuming your company doesn't mind you being so leisurely) - you should have no problems renewing your REP.

But if you are jobless, and you don't even reside in Singapore, why would they renew your REP?

Hmm same telco. Ya sometime no choice. Thanks .

This is where i found the link for being physically present 75% of the time - http://www.expatsingapore.com/forum/index....c,40549.45.html

That is why im not sure whether need to be physically present for 183 days or more in a calendar year prior to renewing re-entry permit.

All the people in that website were talking about leaving Singapore, working in some other country (as opposed to a Singapore company posting them overseas), and then make a short trip back to Singapore just to renew their REP.

The 183 days thing... that's the definition of being a Tax Resident. Not a Permanent Resident.

Know someone who went back to Malaysia for 2-3 years, when try to renew his REP online last year, rejected, then came to SG to apply, they gave him 1 year REP, asked him to work here or run his company for renewal next year.

Never heard of the 183 days criteria, don't make sense for those fly here there people.

Johnjon82: Yes, it doesn't make sense for the 183 days but thought it would be better to clarify some doubts since there could be certain requirements we might not be aware of?
Seantang: I am aware of the tax resident requirement but like i mention before, i did see something similar regarding such criteria, not for tax resident though. Unfortunately, I can't find that link anymore to clarify this after googling for so long. That's why I ask regarding this for the benefit of the doubt.

This post has been edited by S'aimer: Mar 13 2013, 11:10 PM

this doesn't seem valid. I stay in JB and i think i only presentin Singapore 30% of the time. But I still get my PR approve. If they can approve PR for someone staying outside SG.
I dont see a reason why they would reject your REP renewal. I think the main concern is whether you are a tax resident or not. If you are not paying tax and CPF.
Then the gov is not getting any $$ from you hence you are no longer useful to them and they say bye bye to you.

Singaporeans' public transport satisfaction dipped 1.5%

only 1.5%?

Could rising ridership be the culprit?

About 9 in 10 or 88.8% of respondents surveyed were satisfied with Singapore’s overall public transport services based on the Public Transport Customer Satisfaction Survey (PTCSS) 2012, conducted in October last year by SIM University (UniSIM).

This is a dip of 1.5 percentage points from 90.3% in 2011. On a 10-point rating scale1, overall satisfaction level stood at 7.0, 0.1 point down from 7.1 recorded in 2011.

Of the eight service attributes surveyed2, respondents ranked ‘travel time’ as the most important service attribute, followed by ‘safety and security’, and ‘waiting time’. 82.8% of those surveyed were satisfied with the ‘travel time’ on our public transport system, 86.5% were satisfied with ‘safety and security’, and 64.1% were satisfied with ‘waiting time’.

The percentage of commuters satisfied with ‘travel time’ improved in 2012 compared to 2011. On the other hand, ‘safety and security’ and ‘waiting time’ received lower ratings and percentages of satisfied commuters in 2012.

The dips in satisfaction levels may be a reflection of increased ridership, with average daily ridership increasing by about 5.9% to 6.13 million in 2012.

Overall, although satisfaction levels and ratings generally fell compared to last year, a majority (63.6%) of respondents felt that public transport had improved from last year. This could possibly be attributed to recognition by commuters of the various efforts put in to improve public transport services.

http://sbr.com.sg/transport-logistics/news...ction-dipped-15

Singapore government, under normal circumstances does not grant PR to non-residence. Perhaps you made a 'false declaration' of your residential address ?

all my SG things are under my aunties house address la, but i do know someone from JBtalks forum that get PR and on his IC, its a JB address.

also i heard people telling that doing charity works help as well. I do help SG gov do some charity works some time and i donate blood to their blood bank 3-4 times a year.

This post has been edited by Lester1987: Mar 14 2013, 01:22 AM