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Yes Mal. There is a way of beating it but it's messy. That was revealed to me when I reviewed my yearly statement and that is that bonuses from your employer are CPF liable above that ceiling. As they are not "ordinary wages". As a result of that my total contributions exceeded the 37,740 cap by ab...

It seems many employers are giving helpers higher pay to retain them as helpers are getting competing offers from expats. Is this okay with MOM?

What is "work place politics" in your mind? Ranges from the petty to the seriously political. Are you getting f*cked with higher level management/different divisions? Or are you having to put up with trivial subordinate bullshit? It is more of bullshit by a teammate who has not got promotion for ye...

How to handle work place politics? I have never faced it before but recently it has started in my team and I hate working in such environment. I am sure most of the senior forum members would have faced the same.. Any advice on how to cope with it ?

Yes, things looks bad in real estate market.. Getting many deals without agents nowadays. 2 bedder HDB's are going for 2K around..

Rents seems to be going down.. My friend renewed his contract for his two bedder condo , he was paying 2.7K before and now got the same for 2.4K. Are people moving out in big number or its just too much of housing supply?

Here is another theory which is floating around The idea that the pilot had planned on flying for 7-odd hours over air spaces of several countries and somehow manage to avoid detection is preposterous. No plan is ever made assuming a series of blunders by various countries. Here is what I believe ha...

Which is the best NRE/NRO account for Indians and one which can be opened from Singapore. Yes Bank seems to offer best interest rate on NRE deposits. I see DBS allows opening of NRE accounts.. @WD40, what are your thought on this ? As always thanks to this forum which provides great insight.

Thank you Beeroclock. INR is getting strong from past few weeks but with fed cutting stimulus, my guess it will get weak when FII's start pulling back their money. Its safe to keep money in SG till that time and YES, CPF is the only safest bet which makes sense if you want to earn interest.

Dude, I've built control systems for twenty years. Indian educated engineers are exactly the sort who would argue that a positive yoke input should have a negative elevator output. We're all upset with this tragedy though and I habe a horrible feeling it will be western 'clean skin' terrorists behi...

Thank you SMS and SE. I agree CPF gives the best interest rate. Here is the ad from Stan C which talks about getting 1.88% p.a "Earn 1.88% p.a. on your savings for the first S$25,000 in your Bonus$aver account when you charge a minimum of S$500 based on transaction posting date." Am I the only who i...

There is surge in ads in papers from different banks, each boasting about thee best possible interest on savings accounts. Stan C seems to be attractive but has a condition to spend 500$ monthly to get the best possible interest rate. I would like to hear feedback from the members of this wonderful ...

You are right zzm9980, I noticed that all this rumors were posted on non-news websites but lately HSBC has been in news for all wrong reasons.

There is news on web about it.. How is Singapore HSBC doing ? Is it safe to keep money there ?

Jenson, Any luck ?