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coolnich wrote:where will u all want to study conversational mandarin class?
may i know?
hehe

Hey, I found some good centres such as SCCIOB, the CI-NTU or new concept mandarin. Plan to start in June. Wld ya be interested?

Yea, I'm still looking for people to sign up. Btw, I took a basic Mandarin course (4 months) when I was in university, so I'm prolly looking into Level 2 (if I can do well in the placement test; I don't mind starting with level 1 tho). http://www.ci-ntu.com/acp/programmes/adult-chinese-language-prog...

Hi all, I'm a Vietnamese living and working in Singapore. I've been thinking of signing up for mandarin courses and recently come to decide on Confucius Institute-NTU at Buona Vista, which has very positive reviews. I was considering SCCIOB and the Confucius Institute, but CI is less expensive and n...

Thanks for the input. But I guess that, similar to the last GE, I can see less hope for PR application in the next 3-4 years. Well, I seem to have to wait after 3 tax assessments. @SMS: you have any idea why I will prolly be on SPass after the next renewal? Any adjustment to the min salary for Q1 EP...

I've been in Singapore for 5 years (4 yrs in NUS and 1 year working) and am on Q1 employment pass for 9 months. I've been reading this forum and it's recommended that Q1 holder should apply after 2-3 years of working; however IMO I guess it's better to apply now (I already hold EP for >6 months) tha...