Apply for OR? PR issit? Supposedly the rejection letter should tell you how soon before you can re-apply, no?

Is that a dollar to dollar reduction? Meaning for example, RM5000 (now)  -> SGD4200 ?

myr 2000 - sgd 1200 is a huge downgrade, i wouldn't take
myr 10000 - sgd 9200 is probably an upgrade, i would come in an instant

so what are your actual figures? 

So its MYR3.7 vs MYR7.25 (converted at 2.5x). That's almost 2x (approx. 95% upside) on your current salary after conversion.  I think it's acceptable esp. if your role has the potential to grow in the future.

In a related news, a bank recently offered someone SGD4.3k for a role. That same person currently earns MYR8k++ here. Talk about low-balling.

Similarly, some idiot recruiter told me that my "realistic" salary in SGD is XXX which is equal to 15% upside of my MYR pay ....after conversion to SGD. So if I earned MYR10k, he was thinking that SGD4.6k (MYR10k/2.5 + 15%) is a fair price for my labour. I promptly told him off.

After the above 2 real-life scenarios, I'm seriously wondering about the ethical and mental (short) comings of our southern recruiters. I guess they are looking to recruit monkeys with their peanut level pay.

Since you do not want to simply change job in Sg (it's troublesome for non PR), you should look into job scope and its contribution to your career development as well. IMO without taking any other thing into consideration, I won't take 3.7 to 2.9 offer.

My gf got offered 2.5k sgd as freshgrad (she just graduated this June). She rejected it because of the job scope.

yeaps, you made the right choice... how many years of working exp?
dude, i was 2 years unemployed...

So its MYR3.7 vs MYR7.25 (converted at 2.5x). That's almost 2x (approx. 95% upside) on your current salary after conversion.  I think it's acceptable esp. if your role has the potential to grow in the future.

In a related news, a bank recently offered someone SGD4.3k for a role. That same person currently earns MYR8k++ here. Talk about low-balling.

Similarly, some idiot recruiter told me that my "realistic" salary in SGD is XXX which is equal to 15% upside of my MYR pay ....after conversion to SGD. So if I earned MYR10k, he was thinking that SGD4.6k (MYR10k/2.5 + 15%) is a fair price for my labour. I promptly told him off.

After the above 2 real-life scenarios, I'm seriously wondering about the ethical and mental (short) comings of our southern recruiters. I guess they are looking to recruit monkeys with their peanut level pay.

Since you do not want to simply change job in Sg (it's troublesome for non PR), you should look into job scope and its contribution to your career development as well. IMO without taking any other thing into consideration, I won't take 3.7 to 2.9 offer.

My gf got offered 2.5k sgd as freshgrad (she just graduated this June). She rejected it because of the job scope.

yeaps, you made the right choice... how many years of working exp?
dude, i was 2 years unemployed...

Agree with you, especially your recruiter part.
I will say that it shall be your current MYR x 0.8 - 0.9 = SGD you shall get.
if 0.9, most likely no need hesitate, just go if else are ok, if 0.8, got to think twice, if 0.7 think 3x, if less than that, forget it.
Note: Only my own opinion. No offense. Peace!

Definitely you can save more with SGD 3.2k compare to RM 3.7k. The question is does it worth for you to leave your families and friends by start working in a new environment?