Well I am not paid by China company but Malaysia company .... I am quite under pay and oversea allowance can't help me forever ...

I am not planning to stay in China for long term too ... According to my experience ... I don't like here ... Food, activity, people etc ... With my pay ... I can't even afford one toilet bowl here ... Houses ? U are looking at around 1.5 mil and above ... One master room ... One walkway which only can fit one person ... One toilet ... Condor ... Whole house is like 2 normal room size in Malaysia ... Btw I am in Shanghai ...

lol mrt down again

anyone affected this morning

luckily i walk to office

Like I said, GST in Malaysia has evened the playing field a LOT. Have you compared lately? Example:

http://www.lelong.com.my/asus-strix-gtx980...6-10-Sale-P.htm rm3,599

Selling in Singapore (bizgram asia) at sgd1,199 i.e. rm3,621

Cheaper in Malaysia? Yes, by 0.6%. Last time before GST it always is significantly cheaper to buy everything in LYP or whatever, but now after GST it's not.

100% nvr thought of owning a car in sg

I always take public transport till the new job interview 

Really need to do some survey first before buying a car in sg

Pros and cons

How much % ur company pay for ur car?

Now even the dp is problem to me, as max loan is 50% oni

what do u work as.

Is actually depends to individual

I value my life than working

So i aim for efficiency and go home when after office hours

While lots of my colleague stay back OT even they have little or nothing to do

Keep it to urself u r working in sg

Next year ur income become 0 can apply for br1m

All I can say is you are lucky the bangla hasn't replaced you yet. No offense to them.. they are just making an honest living.

But if they were capable enough to do your job, for a quarter of your salary.. well, capitalism and free market economy takes over.

So if I interpret it correctly, you were high flyer six figure per annum salary in Malaysia with Rolex & luxury car, then came over to SG against your will and now can't compete with the s$40-s$50k pa S Pass FTs?

it will be nightmare for me

what do you know of my accomplishments, experience, qualifications and skill to make such a judgement call?

Has it ever occurred to you that out of 20 people in kl operations, why was I the only one to not be let go and furthermore, brought into sg under all costs?

You know nothing about me to make a suggestion..

Heck, what do you know of my field or industry to be able to even suggest anything?

For someone who supposedly is earning a lot of money, haven't youve learnt to keep your opinions to yourself?

I know what is best for myself. If I say pr is the next route for me if I want to progress here in sg, then that is what I will do..

I'm more than curious of one point, if you are doing well in KL, why would you opt to move to SG and fight with those S Pass holders?
You have a choice right?

If today I were to move to SG but not going to have those luxurious lifestyle like back in KL, for sure I don't want. I don't want to be a slave there.

I've heard a lot about this, but been working and living here for the past 7+years (PR for 6+ years), and i've yet to experience this...
married (wife MY Citizen, SG PR)  with 2 kids born here in SG (also MY Citizen, SG PR) and own a HDB here, renewed my REP (including my kid ones, since kids REP are tied to parents) online without much drama.
So i'm not sure if SG Gov is still pressuring PRs to convert.

KL no more other companies meh?
Can take package and look for a new job.
If I were to move to a new role, company, country, it must be a better off offer than what I'm having now.

Need to ask those who are familiar with SG, what are the common/popular residential areas along the East West line?
TQ.

To All Bro and Sis here , after reading the border crossing difficulties face by fellow Malaysian (some probably are Singaporeans). I sincerely advice rent a place in SG rather to face the miserable daily crossing.

I have been all the while supporting the idea to stay in SG instead of traveling , especially if you are working in SG pay 1,500 above please stay in SG.

Let me compute :
Daily borders crossing about SGD 3 * 20 = 60 SGD
Your per hour pay min 8 SGD * 20 * 4 (hours travelling) = 640 SGD

That's easily 700 SGD value , infact we shouldn't place monetary value on lost hours it is actually way way much higher , time wasted can't be earn.

With 500 - 600 SGD can have a common room around outskirt , probably closer to your work place.

With budget 200-300 SGD can have a shared common room , definitely choose closer to work place.

Not only save on traveling time , able to be more relax and spend more quality time for yourself , further more can earn more by during OT or Odd jobs !

If concern about daily cost usage bring in food from Malaysia : Tuna , Milo , Bread, Biscuits , Fruits ; either way can refresh every week while going back for groceries shopping , actually if wanna save the hassle eating at the food court around outskirt area still have 2.5 SGD noodle and rice , 4 SGD Zhi Cha comparable what it is in JB (because I know you guys will go have it at Wong Kok , Ajishen , Daore , old town ... etc etc.. )

It would be a different case for those who drive in and out daily. Above suggestion are those travelling via Bikes and Bus / walk....

Only thing to hinder this idea , is when you have a family , it would be more sensible if both are working and combine income > 8k , then is easier to have whole family in SG.

Please do not waste your time to save the few hundred dollars , isn't worth your health .

When i first came here a 2-3 years ago the traffic at tuas wasn't that bad. Most of the time we would reach on time. This year that went away, so I end up getting stuck for at least 1 hour before I even get into SG immigration (leaving SG for KL), so I end up arriving really late, which is not very nice for the parents picking us up.

So I decided to fly instead. More predictable.

I'm banking on the high speed rail.
Can't understand why the opposition is dead set against it. It'll open up the labour market in KL, forcing many companies to start paying competitive rates as the ada oomph workers can easily travel down south for work...
Oh, mebbe that's why...

Guys, thanks for the comments on the estimated cost of living I will need to allocate.

I wish I can stay in a bigger room too but I'm coming from KL and all my advances are all to be paid with my savings here before getting any salary in SGD?

Assuming if a room is $1k, usually market is 2 or 3 months advanced right? That's a RM 6k-9k.

After a month staying here, I'm somehow feel lonely. Because I don't have friends here and most of my colleagues stays at JB.

Other than that, its okay...

Yes, me too I guess. I will stream TVB and China reality shows on YouTube.

hey guys, newbie here planning to work at singapore soon.

about the working passes, i noticed you all talked about the S-pass vs EP pass

i thought it's just a threshold? why so important ?

sorry for noob question

=_=" thats quite low,i started with 2.6