Are they separate jobs? If yes then yup. Only taxed on ur respective country's income. But u may have a tax residency issue with ur sg income tht may mean the max tax rate of 20/22pc instead of the scaled rate.

Nope. tax residency is separate from your citizenship/PR. A tax resident is generally someone who resides >183 days in a country (at least in the laws of Msia and Singapore (iinm))

Generally, the resident status of an individual is determined by the number of days he is physically present or exercises employment in Singapore. The individual will be regarded as a tax resident if he is in Singapore for 183 days or more in a calendar year. The calendar year refers to the period from 1st Jan to 31st Dec of the preceding year.

IIRC non tax resident is flat 15% tax rate or the progressive tax rate (whichever is higher)

Wow you mean dollar for dollar your offer in SG is twice the MY pay?
I doubt that is based on local market normalization alone, what kind of job will be in such low supply in SG but highly supplied in MY?

U r letting go ur SGD10k job for a 7k job in Malaysia?

I see, i guess that explains it
Where is your hometown though?

U said it yourself, SGD10k. Not me leh....
I'm back in Malaysia...family ma. Later my kiddo calls me Unker how?

Everyone has different priorities....
I took similiar action in 2013, taking a huge paycut and return to Malaysia.
Although the figure is not as huge as what JohnJon82 is making, but still a significant cut.
Priorities will change as u grow older.
When i first came to SG, my kid wasn't out yet. So it's ok...
Things changed when my kiddo was born. I don't think i regret my action. Life is more fulfilling with loved ones around.

I was in the same shoe last time, i'm an Industrial Engineering student. But i don't know what i want, so i just do whatever that was assigned to me.
Lucky for me, now i know so i'm on track, but it's far from Industrial Engineering that i've studied for.

EE is a very broad field, look at people you aspire to be in the future and follow their footsteps. You gotta have a goalpost, then only u know where you need to shoot.

That's a very good insight and advice coming from a 1st hand experienced person, much appreciated:)...yeah, i'm trying to be flexible here to explore all the possible opportunities esp in this economic situation, i believe in never try, never know. Hope i can get some luck at least to get an opportunity to fiddle around with while i'm young, don't want to regret in my older ages:P Thanks.

Hi JohnJon,
    Yeah i saw many opportunities in electrical, was thinking going into that field instead of the semiconductor field which are mostly manufacturing, small portions of design and research. Do they take entry level electrical engineer though?

Thx for the tips.  Basically, my thought is to find a place that is, well a bit peaceful maybe.  Anyhow, I have not been to Tampines for quite a while, so dont know how bad it is.  But have to agree that the crowd in MRT, especially peak hour, is crazy.  Guess that is the welcome sign to Singapore working life, 

Thanks for you answer
i dont really understand the real situation. need to compare the expected salary in sg and malaysia. for example 3k salary start in may
1. i will get 3k net every month from may to dec 15?
2. when i need to pay the tax if work more than 183 days? ( pay annually or monthly?)

Hi all, I am going to cancel my Singtel mobile broadband plan end of the month. Its a 7.2mbps 50gb for 40 sgd per month which is no more in the market now. Current quota should be around 10gb for 40 sgd. I think we can do a account transfer to those who are interested.

Meet at Singtelshop at agreed time, you pay all the transfer cost, and the line is yours. PM me before end of the month if interested.

thank you for your help

EDIT: i was also looking at rooms at kallang and lavender, as there are a few places between 600-700 per month too there. I presume even these two places have 3-6 sgd meals? Thank you so much for your answer, again

one question :

Will you guys go back to Malaysia after a few years ? or settledown at singapore?

am going to submit PR application, wondering where could I do certified document translation services in JB..Thanks.

Let me tell you a workaround. First, make an appointment for the earliest possible date. Next, on Friday or Monday morning between 7 to 8 am, try amending your appointment, you can find some earlier date because I think the e-appointment server is being refreshed at that time,so it flushes the data so fresh slots are available. Try logging in few times if you don't succeed. I discovered this when I put up in 2012 and it was still the same last year when my friends tried it. Good luck