Contract staff loses a lot of benefits.

1 thing you can think about is.
is the 9days AL deduction worth the 20% increment?
and is there any benefits difference other than AL.

Certainly, thanks. Can you pls contact your agent? Requirement:
-Looking for Single Room (Male)
-Within walking distance of Boon Lay MRT
-Prefer utilities fee and wifi included – around $500
-Washing Machine needed
-Move in 15 July

This post has been edited by LeslieKenny: May 11 2016, 01:22 PM

Think he's asking if you want his agent's details so you can contact the agent

Hahahaha exactly
Pmed.
I asked the budget just to see if it's reasonable - if you want a $400 single room with a/c cook then i see why people are not coming back

because it may sounds reasonable, but actually not quite the truth.



No one with sane mind would ever think a concrete jungle like Singapore is a good place for retirement, for what?
- You can't own a vintage car that you like and drive around happily because you will need to return the car after 10 years.
- You have very limited proper natural park that you can go walk to get real fresh air
- You can hardly own a landed house of your own because of the high price, losing out the privileges of having "space".

The cons i can think of retirement in Malaysia, is only the security.

Even Medical wasn't that bad in malaysia, there are professionals in government hospitals. It is the perception of "the government is bad, so naturally anything related to the government is bad too" that led people to think that medical services in Malaysia is bad.

Tell me, how many of the people here know that you can extract your wisdom tooth for RM1? That's the benefit you get if you are Malaysia Citizen, but not much people know because they would never go to a government clinic assuming it is bad already.


The most I will do, is to get Singapore PR, The only cons of getting SG citizen and losing out malaysia citizen is for the medical. but why? next point.


Based on my experience with Singapore colleagues, I don't see the huge difference of benefits given to Citizen of Singapore, compared to other countries.
Medical - Yes you may be eligible for medical benefits as Singapore Citizen, but to call it BETTER? I beg to differ, the only difference i can see for medical benefits for SG vs MY is, you get better services in SG. Not better medical services BUT better wardroom services, better food better bed and better ward.

Government protected pension / redistribution scheme - I don't need to stress how much limitation this scheme has for Singaporeans, it may not be in the mainstream media because everything is filtered. But this scheme basically makes you work for the government, live for the government and die for the government, and still don't have anything left for your kids.

My opinion, can correct me if i am wrong.

didnt read finished , but when i saw u mention about owning a car i aldy feel that ......... i would say it depends to individual's opinion and how their lifestyle ...... pro and cons for every country

Singapore is a decent place to retire if you have the $.
Then again, having said that, EVERYWHERE is a good place to retire if you're loaded and can live like an elite lol.

and methinks vintage cars can own lah, but needs special license.

This post has been edited by madmoz: May 11 2016, 04:14 PM

T_T. Today I learned that I was insane haha

His post was his view based on the people he's spoken to
All your points above are also based on your own POV, none are "facts" so it depends who you talk to
Because some or a lot of people have different views doesnt mean they are being sarcastic

I tend to agree with huaweie, if you take the materialistic items out of the equation you will see why
There are things in Singapore which no amount of money can buy you in Malaysia, and vice versa
Some ppl like the security in SG, while others like the freedom in MY

Mind if I ask, how long have you been based in SG?

I completed my acca, is it good to register for the CA ? Any extra benefits?

This post has been edited by Tally33: May 11 2016, 08:23 PM

After 30-40 years slugging away here, would you still have friends and family in Malaysia to go back to, for you to retire happily?

Or by then, all that's left of your friends, are those that you've acquired while working in Singapore, as you've since lost touch with many of those back in Malaysia?

Just pay COE and do yearly checkup can maintain the car.

Go to bukit timah reserve for greenery.

Work harder. Its possible.

Sorry for my misinterpretation of info. Thanks for your pm, I had received it. Btw, how much is your rental ? Have you paid for the agent fees ? Tq

Anyone here can recommend me a reliable shipping company to send my furnitures back to Malaysia? Hoping to find the best rates

$500 include utilities. No ac light cooking and it's malay family- so no pork. No agent fee btw.

why cant own vintage car ? just keep renew the COE loh

I have seen old civics, mercs on the road as well.

limited proper natural park? wow this is one thing i find that sg has more than kl or penang

This post has been edited by someone_stupid: May 12 2016, 12:00 PM

True that, different people have different opinion about living life in Malaysia / SG.

But to suggest people to convert, would be way too much of a suggestion, afterall you are asking people to lose their Malaysia Citizenship, and irrecoverable.

I worked in Malaysia for 5 years before moving to SG, it's been almost 4 years now, and all the complaints were actually made by locals, not exactly from malaysian turned SGrian (they're pretty happy somehow).

yeah, keep renewing the car sounds like a good option, but feasible to pay that amount of car on top of the maintenance needed for old car? It's not trying harder, it just sounds like trying to build an igloo in Malaysia.

SG has more natural than KL / Penang? First, I don't how does that comparison equates because its comparing Country to States. Then again, if you compare the cleanliness and effort done to preserve the park, hands down to Singapore. But to defy my claims that Malaysia has so much more natural park than SG? That's absurd.

Last thing would be friends, because i go back to Malaysia pretty often, i find myself opening up my friend zone to both countries, rather than stuck to one only. Not sure about others.

Based on my observations, a lot of Malaysian who came to Singapore, loved Singapore so much that they even start to criticize life in Malaysia. True enough, Dollar is strong, giving lots of flexibility in life. But everything has a pros and cons. The biggest con i find in SG that affects me heavily, is the country turns people to be very impatient and unfriendly.

I reckon when Malaysia socio-economy is doing better than Singapore in the future (hopefully), the love/hate discussion in this thread will be reversed