Despite our income, good international schools were out of our reach. We’re talking about 6 figures per child per year, it’s something we would struggle with even with one child.

Also, if I lose my job, it’ll be difficult for me to even touch 60-70% of what I was earning even with if I joined our closest competitor. What am I going to do then? Transferring them to local schools would pretty much ruin them. Australia offers much better income stability for me.

I also never liked the rote learning techniques in our local schools. Have you ever noticed how the majority of our students can’t articulate themselves well right out of school? Our blue collar workforce struggles to put pen to paper and in my industry, we have to plop the “engineer” designation for what were traditionally blue collar roles just to have engineers become paper-pushers. What if my kids want to become something other than a lawyer, doctor or engineer and want to earn a living wage? Options are far and few between in Malaysia.

Having gone on a primary school tour here recently, their education system is much better than expected it further reinforced our decision to move.

Same can be said about KL, wouldn’t you agree?

No, as it doesn’t make sense to establish a HDB-equivalent body when there’s no shortage of land. In SG you can’t just up and move further away from the CBD for cheaper houses. There’s literally no land. Yes, affordability is an issue in a Sydney and Melbourne, as with any major cities, but like KL, their urban sprawl will continue to grow as there’s ample space to do so. There’s also the option of moving to other major cities like Brisbane, Perth or Adelaide.

Is it possible for me to keep my Malaysian citizenship and let my kids (I don't have any yet) to attend their school?

Reason is when I am retired, maybe retire in Malaysia to avoid the taxation in Australia.

Yes bro,... my daughter wants to become a dancer - performing artist. I sent her to Australia at a young age,... she has lots of opportunities there now,.. AND she is soon, moving to Vancouver to further develop her career in Canada and in The USA.

I can see the your points clearly here, and am agreeable with all you wrote in the above.

... because my boy chose a career in Eng'g,... he managed to enter the top uni with an ATAR of 91. The subjects he took were Chem, Physics, Specialist Maths, 'another simpler' Maths (can't remember the name) and English. These are hard subjects. Some scored 99 in their ATAR,.. but err,... need to look at the subjects they took. Not putting anyone down...