If you own a house, that's pretty much it. Hence, most of them can afford to travel to other countries couple of times yearly.

Rental is the most expensive part of the cost of living in sg. Other than that, everything is pretty much affordable.

A meal is on average $4 if you eat outside at hawker, average about $7 if you eat at food court.

Buying import things, generally sg pay the same as what msia have to pay. Unless those products r made in msia, yes they are more expensive in sg.

My average household is about $5k per month for 3 ppl. But in return, we earn at 2x of what we spend. And, yes we are underpaid compared to sgreans. We took up a lower pay to get hired. Else it could easily hit 3x.