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Until now, Singapore has been following the China SimCity style of development by bringing as many people into the city as possible, the rich, blue collar workers, professionals. This is how the Beijing and Shanghai grew as population doubled in the last 20 years. But unlike Shanghai and Beijing wh...

In the medium term, as the economies in the West improve, interest rates will rise, the US$, Euro and Pound will appreciate significantly against Asian currencies, people will start leaving for better pay back home regardless of how "pro-foreigner" the government policies are in Singapore. This is ...

Huh? :???: Guess I need to go back an pull up your posts just to see what that's all about. Seriously, dude, you obviously didn't make too much of an impression as I don't remember you at all. Get over yourself. That's all good, but you did seem biased when you automatically took what I said as whi...

Flexitime arrangements did a good job in Tokyo and rest of Japan from what I know. That's why their transportation system is coping just fine now. Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was the NYC subway system (that has been running for over 100 years). Get over it. You could still have nightsoil ...

Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was the NYC subway system (that has been running for over 100 years). Get over it. You could still have nightsoil collectors here. Considering where this country has come from in 50 years, if you didn't have some growing pains, it would be a bloody miracle. In...

Doesn't bother me at all. Sh*t happens. I habitually leave for work in the mornings so I get to work some 45 to 60 minutes before my start time. One just has to accept certain things if one wants to work in big land scarce cities. No different than NYC or Tokyo. Fair enough but Singapore's network ...

I love the concept of a 'true blue Singaporean.' Its one of the most comedic terms I came across in my life because its so damn muddy. Now, let's look at the possible inversions using Singaporeans' favorite argument - National Service. Would you call those folks Singaporeans or Foreigners? All those...

Simple. New Delhi is getting better, Singapore is getting worse. Even if the latter still tops the former in terms of objective quality, locals in both places will certainly end up comparing the state of their systems now and in the past , not with each other. So while New Delhi is elated with their...

The Stage 3 of Downtown Line is now due for opening in 2017. Originally the whole DTL was slated for completion by 2016 but apparently the design phase itself was dragging. Its a pretty long project and the soil conditions in the east side are pretty disgusting (I've heard from engineers working on ...

If you can afford it and don't mind the commuting, Marine Parade area is the best choice. It has the best vibe, nice settings right next to the East Coast Park and an easy access to the town should you feel like hanging out. Its family friendly but its lively enough for singles, has plenty of food a...

Sorry disenchanted but more I read you more I think this is you who have some problems with the system and not that the system is particularly mean or lethal. You can read what your main opponents in this thread saying in different topics and they, including myself, are far from blindly praising Si...

I don't want to GET anything from ANYBODY. I only want to live my own life and work for my own bread my own way and for people like me (like them or hate them), there are countries more conducive than Singapore. And that's the entire point I was trying to make the past several posts. Selfish and ch...

In fact if your life revolves around either Changi area or the Downtown Core, Marine Parade is probably the best deal you could have. Even with a major traffic jam you'll get to either one of those within 40 minutes - and that's already a pretty conservative estimate. In places like Jurong West you ...

So you are talking about a niche industry. It could be either blessing or a curse regardless the country but I don't think it is fair to generalize based on anything that is 'niche'. Fair enough, but in majority of countries a 'niche' doesn't have to equal a black hole. As I said, the supply of the...

So you are talking about a niche industry. It could be either blessing or a curse regardless the country but I don't think it is fair to generalize based on anything that is 'niche'. Fair enough, but in majority of countries a 'niche' doesn't have to equal a black hole. As I said, the supply of the...