Assuming a person is earning RM4500 a month now in Penanng Malaysia. How much offer do you guys think a Singapore employer must give before it is worth it to start a career in singapore taking into account the higher room rent, food cost and car purchase cost. I heard that room rental in Singapore has escalated up to 80%? True?

This post has been edited by Drian: Nov 28 2007, 11:34 AM

So the person should expect at least 5K sing to actually have a standard of living better than before?

Ok lets assume that the guy is going to stay there for long term and he currently has a 1100sf apartment, a car etc.
Can he have the EXACT standard of living in Singapore? Does he have to "downgrade" the living standard just to survive in Singapore?

From what I can see, a 1100sf cost around 500k SING which means that it will cost around 2.5K repayment alone to get an apartment this size.

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Added on November 29, 2007, 1:19 pmBecause you're thinking from a fresh graduate point of view.
You're thinking from currency exchange point of view and not long term standard of living.

Assuming that you're NOT going to come back to Malaysia (except for CNY, holiday etc) and settling down there and that you're standard of living requires a 1100sf apartment, a small sized car(honda city), as well as some entertainment and enough savings. RM4500 can achieve all these I think in Malaysia but can 4500 sing dollars achieve all these? That's my question.

This post has been edited by Drian: Nov 29 2007, 02:06 PM

But a 1100sf apartment will cost 500K sing dollars, can 4500 sing afford to pay for the apartment ?

yes but if you're already have a set standard of living in Malaysia, you would expect it to be BETTER overseas. And 1100sf isn't really spacious for a family. In fact it's pretty cramped.

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Added on November 30, 2007, 7:26 pmAssuming got family and not wanting to rent out? You're talking from say a single person without any commitment point of view.


This post has been edited by Drian: Nov 30 2007, 07:28 PM