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No, it's normal I think. You get good and bad employers and FDWs. My lady is a delight, I like her and she likes us so when we leave I will try my best to hook her up with a job at least as pleasant. In fact, with two years dog and western training I think she might end up earning more. I'd ask poo...

I'll also agree most of those people who think they need/want privacy from government probably are criminals or just silly. And this from an American !? :o The risk is where a benign government becomes a tyranny. Country 'X' is neutral, liberal, democratic, and prosperous. all is well, and people a...

WTH C'MOOOOOON!!!!! Many aminoacids act as neurotransmitters and building blocks to hormones and tissues. It doesn't mean their intake should be severely limited. Organism will take what it needs to excite what is necessary elsewhere if you don't provide the nutrient to it. Elsewhere may be liver, ...

It seems to be a bit more complicated than that. For the most part, MSG is a safe compound. In the amounts we encounter on a daily basis, a healthy adult has little to worry about. But to say glutamate is just glutamate and it has no effects on the body is completely wrong. Glutamate is actually THE...

Emergency response vehicles still need to stop at red lights on the way to an emergency , so there's that. I can never understand this part... I mean sure the ambulance should slow down through an intersection but the traffic going perpendicular to the ambulance should be freaking forced to stop an...

I heard from a very reliable source not long ago, that the MOM can trace anyone in Singapore to a distance of 15sqm by cell phone and ezlink details. Makes sense, they have the ability to scan rfid cards from lamp posts and cell phones triangulation is very simple. also facial recognition on cctv i...

Thanks for the lesson, but this is what I do for a living and I understand what's possible and what isn't. I never said they were actively tracking people like in 24 or Enemy of the State, but they do have 'access' to all of that information which is what Martin seems to have been referring to. And...

It's not a transfer, the Employer has to apply for their WP and once approved, then the LTVP is canceled and the WP issued. When they leave the job, the WP will be canceled and they will be put on an SVP to give them the time to reapply for the LTVP or possibly will be put directly back on the LTVP...

Are you worried about commercial exploitation or governmental knowledge? This is a good start: http://www.pdpc.gov.sg/personal-data-protection-act But you should assume the government receives notification of everything. Hotel Check-ins, pre-paid SIM purchases, etc. Assume little or no personal rig...

Thanks sundaymorning for the help. This is all finally coming to a good close(for me anyways). The summary is a follows, Back in July I filed a complaint with CPF stating that I had been owed a year's worth of CPF and that my ex company refused to pay my CPF. Their investigations took a while and my...

I am a singaporean and my wife is a foreigner, we are young and recently married and we're trying to get settled in singapore rather than her country. She's tried applying for every and any job for a while now but to no avail. The market for foreign labour has really been hit hard by the government'...

Well this is my first full-time job and I'm pretty disgusted with how this turned out and I want to make sure I get as much of my money back as possible considering how hard I worked. This being my first job also means I can't really afford legal counsel so I'm considering my options with CPF and MO...

I've come to these forums because i find the people here very knowledgeable and the replies well thought out. The company I work for has not paid my cpf for about a year and my salary has been unpaid for about 4 months. I would like to know my avenues of redress and hopefully see some of my money. I...