I'm sorry Fiona. I didn't mean it. Sometimes I just too straight forward.

p/s: Good to know but not that important:
For a lady who doesn't like to be touched by men (even accidentally), is it not advised to take MRT? How about buses? Are they good enough to travel to work places? Also, I heard from someone who's worked in SG for 7 years, she said SG is generally safer than MY and no issue for a lady to walk alone at night, but there is a lot of weirdos and perverts? Can anyone confirm this and to what extent? Do I need to sweep my rented room for spy cameras or anything crazy?? Thanks!

hi guys, can i check if PR can buy landed house in SG?

everybody also can buy, just there is big difference of the amount tax you paying as non PR, PR and Citizen.

Executive condo or HDB, than Citizen can get new/1st hand. PR got certain rules etc.

i schedule appt early,i got my physical pr card just nice reach 2 years .

those studying here can apply pr str8 ba i think...

ay I ask how do u guys transfer money to malaysia for your parents ? i was told TT is the only option and could cost around 20 SGD/transcation ?

Perhaps, tailtwist still got property or assets in MY not willing to give up.

That's why holding on it.

MY is going backwards now towards 3rd world country. Why retire in MY?

Nobody know what will happen to MY 30 years later.

good move. if u decide to be here, please just convert.
infant care costing me 2k sgd.
immunisation and doctor checkup recently sgd200
giving birth costs abt 8k sgd (thankfully simple, otherwise emergency c section another 4k).

if u singaporean, at least after subsidy only 1.3k.
singaporean baby can go polyclinic i think alnost free for immunisation.

getting a confinement lady from jb recently cost me abt sgd3.5k (theres a 200 bucks levy, application fee for her nanny permit, and sum rule abt angpaos etc)

singapore is safe for u physically, but i hope u make alot of money so that u can withstand the very real financial pressures.

my friend recently, after working 5 years here as a professional (earning abt 8k pm now) finally got the downpayment to buy a 700k condo. (400+ sq ft). if married and both PR or citizen can buy hdb can easily save a big chunk of that.

Fiona-jie u sure onot? Move back means sacrificing your GCB and X5 leh!

Same with you, enjoyed every single stuff from here, Bus/MRT is better than jam in KL, even train fault is better than crazy traffic jam in KL that need 2hrs from cheras to city. Work wise, i found SG is definitely better, if you work in good company and work with good team/boss.

I can afford to buy house with CPF, not like KL, the property price is killing. I dont mind living in small house, since i grow up in spacious house with big gardens/ponds and a lot of animals such as horse, monkey, ducks, gooses, dogs, chickens, lizards..and other wildlife. I found that big house is highly required maid for house cleaning everyday (Imagine you and wife live in a big house, will you clean your house for hours after work?). I found that small flat is very suitable for me since it very easy/fast to clean. 

Not to mention of spending power, safety, infrastructure, fast pace culture and multi race culture, which suit me very well because i am the person who like to learn, interact with people over the world, make new friends, travelling because of currency/business trip (MNC).

exactly my thoughts...
guess i've been here long enough liao...
i grew up in a place where i can go "outdoor" without getting outside of house compound..
my kids now cant go outdoor without adult supervision, so weekdays they're confined to the limited space available to them within the house.
cycling, running, jumping, playing with balls, all inside the small living room..

well...if you and your spouse can look past the current political government and its policies(education/opportunity/equality)....then by all means moving back to Malaysia make sense....

your kids not singaporean meh? how to go back?

PR application for my son already 1 year still no news, just re new LTVP for him..

Other than kevin613 said..
Its also depending on age of your son, and profile of yourself and spouse. That's my personal view anyway, not that I know what ICA officer/checklist.
It can varies from income level, employment type/industry, age of your son and spouse status. It can be hybrid combination.

On a side note, based on my observation SG is commercialized and realistic. As long as your family/kids can contribute to economic & workforce growth, they will surely approve it. But if u are nearly retirement age, withdrawing huge income, they will still consider and highly chance of rejection. They do see outlook of your contribution to nation haha.

By right, tax residency is based on the number of days you are physically in SG. So if you are working remotely from Malaysia, you might not be deemed to be a tax resident of SG. And if you are working from Malaysia, you will need to pay MY taxes instead.

Thanks all~
I wonder why ICA don't do something like a small sticker stick inside your passport, like visa.
Carrying a piece of A4 paper with your passport is so....inconvenient 

i personally consider expat is ppl who get housing allowance. anyone who comes without housing allowance is not a proper expat, but just a foreign "talent".

thats why... it's all about choices... not all places will cost you $300+ for fever.
same like makan expenses.
there's $2 nasi lemak for a meal at food court, and there's also $20 fragrant rice cooked with coconut milk served with delicately cut cucumber, roasted peanuts and anchovies at atas restaurant.

not rly. as a foreigner i dun qualify for subsidised rates.

:-D Babies born in SG all lembik

Like toufu ah? 

For local(Singaporean only) still can survive, first of all they can live in parent house without paying the fucking rental. Second, they have a lot of benefits such as baby bonus, medical, tuition fee cheaper and etc..

For foreigner, 3k is definitely not enough to raise kids in Singapore, unless you put your kids in Malaysia and take care by your parents. I have a lot of friends earning 4k++ still willing to travel from JB daily...and put their parents, babies in JB to sustain the life without "pitful", at the end only one person "pitful" who is the breadwinner.

Is that true your REP can't renew? My auntie also a full time mummy since 1998 and until now she still able to maintain her PR oh...if that's true then i have to inform her liao..

LTVP for spouse lor. But hubby must make 6000 la.

She is dependent PR, only husband working...