True. There's no gov subsidy for property when it comes to resale HDB.

Yes to your question.

3 options:

1. Travel back to be with family every weekend - doable for mid to high income
2. Relocate to JB and travel to work everyday - doable for low to high income
3. Relocate whole family to S'pore - doable for mid to high income

What way?

If you join a company from Middle East or Brunei, they may declare it as holiday - along with all other designated occasions in Islam calendars...

Singapore has no strong cultural, race, symbolical and religious identity hence less holidays

That's why S'pore is productive when it comes to work cos not many holidays

Taking unpaid leave will affect your performance bonus

Welcome to Singapore, you have to prepare for change of work culture here, don't bring Msian laid back work attitude

Anyone can buy S'pore registered car. What car are you getting?

I heard of people leaving their cars at friend's house/condo in JB, quite far from checkpoint and inconvenient to get to. Those nearby checkpoint are mostly short term parking. Like RM12-2x per day

You need to travel to Bintan, Batam, Desaru or islands off Mersing to get a 'proper' beach to wind down.

**Cough** Correction...

S'pore national language = Malay
S'pore official language = English
S'pore conversational language = Singlish

So,

If you want to earn a living in S'pore, English will suffice
If you want to take up citizenship, better integrate and pick up Singlish

Why your fiancee think so negative? Life is a journey. Having child is a bliss

S'pore although experience to up bring a child, it's still manageable

Better don't give childcare advice if don't have children yet.

It costs on average $1k to raise a child per month for a middle income family

When you have 2 child and your spouse only makes 2k per month, it makes sense for the other half to quit job and raise the children full time.

Employer: Reject! Reject! Reject!

Might as well go to other countries that has bigger currency if aiming for money alone

3 years jail waiting for you get caught. Is RM500 BR1M (~S$166) worth the risk?

World are full of foolish people who only think about short term again. I encountered students who study abroad, signed up expensive phone contracts right before they come back after their degree - thinking of avoiding the lengthy contract is worth that risk

One will get away short term with these benefits, but when you become successful in the future, people will start to dig your dirty laundry. Your life career will be in jeopardy when they found out you did all these foolish things

Monitor and buy up to 1 year earlier. So 2018 CNY can start looking in Feb 2017 dy

That's the market rate. Don't put down yourself because you are from inferior country

Based on the sharing from my network of friends, chances for you to strike off a stellar career is higher in Singapore than hoping to striking it rich into Malaysia oil n gas

Can start low here and slowly rise up. That's a fair risk to take

It's already been done now at Woodlands Train Checkpoint (you clear both SG & MY custom) when you head to JB Sentral

Suggestion. If your work is flexible or start later like 10pm then can think of public transport commute.

Otherwise better stay in S'pore

I know of factory operators who wake up 3am to catch 3:30am company bus for 7am shift (Very tiring)

I ever met architect who can have flexibility to work from home in JB and only come to SG office once a while for meeting (Envy...)

This post has been edited by knwong: Dec 15 2016, 02:53 PM

If one never been in that predicament, better don't offer the advise. Will sound like a fool.

Done it before, learnt my lesson