AH! We are so wrong and dumb opening threads for Working in SG, better open "Doing Business in SG". Quit your job first thing tomorrow, go open shop sell phone with 1k warranty at Sim Lim Square to foreigners, police also cannot catch you.

What's the gahmen doing, waste so much tax promote here promote there, got sai at home don't want clean. To the guy who want come here live one, these are the sai locals facing.

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Chip in some for the poor couple if you can.

MNCs are not multi national charities. They setup companies in other countries with their profit in mind, countries where cheap resources are available. 4k SGD and 10k RM seems equivalent. Why pay a SG worker 6k SGD for the same thing when they can get one in for 3+k SGD in MY? Switch the operation to MY better. Only charities would consider the higher living cost and make you happy by paying better.

Take a look at MOM's salary statistic for a happier life so you don't feel that you are underpaid.

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Best investment in Singapore would be Hong Bao Toto. Invest 50 cents, possible return of 10 million.

That one expat... he get a job, company charter a personal jet to fly him and stuff here no need worry, 100k sgd cash for relocation allowance to shop around. For us lower class worker, have to factor in . Later got job but no money to move in also meaningless.

Some suggestions. I came here as a student so I did all these to survive on my 3600 per year scholarship allowance. That is 450 per month minus away the 4 months holiday in Malaysia.

1) Could get a free rental by sharing the same bed if you know what I mean . Otherwise, survey harder for cheaper rent.

2) Depends on your location, if you find your accommodation within walking distance from your office then . Most area are self-sufficient within walking distance now. You can survive by walking to the surrounding shops for all your daily needs.

3) The key thing is to cook it yourself. Pack a personal rice cooker from home. 150-200 bucks can last you 1 month, I still use my personal cooker for lunch and dinner if my hubby go overseas visiting small 3. Fresh meat, fresh vegetable and occasionally small fish, steam it together with the rice. Stock up dry food if your landlord don't allow cooking hence no fridge for meat and vegetable, and cook your meal inside your room with the small cooker. Bread with butter and some ham, home made coffee for breakfast. Adjust accordingly with your budget, I knew people doing 100 per month for food but they cook in bulk among friends and share the cost.

4) Open your account in the beginning, withdraw all off it the next minute and use it to pay for your food/deposit/rent. Pay 2 dollar for admin fee is ok la. Bank people work very hard to maintain your account one leh.

Hehe its ok. You have to start somewhere right. Not everyone is so lucky to start with 3 restaurant food per day. Dining in atas place don't guarantee gutter-oil-free food too. Just take care your health eating those fast food if you don't want to sponsor the doctor's mercs when you are old. Get some fruits or something.

My parents and siblings have been "relocated" back to Malaysia for more than 10 years now. REP renewal no problem. They maintain a SG income and pay taxes to support the country.

I always think the rich here stay in high rise condo with gym and pools, the poor stay in small house in some secluded place you can hardly see people around when I came here. So envy people in condo that time haha. We were poor and brought up thinking we are still poor, if not become ah tiong rich 2nd gen butt hole liao. Sometime I see bangala and lower class got looked down, I always feel the dejavu during early childhood.

Privilege of contributing your 1k to cpf every month, can see cannot use until you near 70? Selling all your properties to buy one hdb?

You don't know how poor you are until you need something.

SG won't let you leave... it always pull you back.

Can't paham the logic behind. Keep in SG bank account la if cash... feel safer with real notes under pillow instead of numbers in website? Must be a bad son, family don't trust you hehe.

People here are rich, and most of all, kiasi.

Only foreigners have that allowance from the ministry. My sis work as registrar with PR, get nothing. Training is world class according to her, but pay little, end up go back home serve Jabatan Kesihatan after got the degree.

The big 4 professionals that make money in SG, doctor, dentist, lawyer and "fill in the blank".

She went back to Malaysia, don't know what post now but got a room in gahmen's hospital, patients' appreciating face better than money in bank. Can negotiate for more if they want. MOH very rich. Ask them go to UK, much bigger island.

Banking and finance are not professionals, we get away so easy if we make mistakes. Millions lose their jobs, parents can't afford food for their kids, but for us, gahmen still come bail us out with truck lots of public money. Doctors do that once to patients, SMC come in, hang license and go Changi prison already. I still think most doctors are not in for the money, those corporate running the hospitals are. When my sis was a registrar, she earn much less, and work much more, but happier than me.

Work for client best. Meeting at 9 u come 11 no ppl say a word. Walk on site like chow yun fatt slow mo got wind blow ur shirt one.

2 cents question. You just have to finish your tasks at your working hours. No more, no less. My contract is 35 hours per week, including 2 hours lunch break per day , I go home on time at 5. If I flying home on Friday morning, I stay back until 6 the other days in that week to offset my unofficial leave and get things done before I leave. My family time and personal time after working hours are very expensive, my boss can't afford to pay me so no OT for me.

MOM will tell you the reason of their rejection? I thought always the "we are not even sorry for a bit, after flipping through your application for 1 sec, we decided to reject you for undisclosed reason"?

Before that 2 questions, you need to ask you are employed under which company? The Singapore company may register a Malaysia company and you are paid under the MY one. Then answers to your 2 question are "no", and vice versa. Since you are paid in RM... should be under their MY's payroll.

MOM tell you in letter or conversation because rejection because of no degree? Or you just guess and blame father blame mother because they don't approve?

SG50. Long live bapa Singapore

You want to pay double tax? No people stopping you, go ahead. Hidup kronies .

Never heard of Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreements ? Might as well go register with IRS around the whole world, you never know where you end up buying properties at. I too poor to take a loan back in Malaysia to buy a car sigh...

Letter of Intent not commonly used in room or unit renting. That is for larger scale rental say the whole floor in an office block or properties purchases. For unit or room rental, put down deposit then done deal already.

First deposit mostly by cash, or cheque if the properties are rented by companies for their staff. Your agent will give you a receipt, that should be sufficient. Future rental some prefer internet banking for records and minimum effort for rental income.

The person who want the agreement to be stamped pay the money. Normally agreement is not stamped even with agents, no?