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It could be that he's breached the terms of the main lease by subletting. If so you can grass on him. If you have kept the whatsapp messages you can also go to small claims court to get your money back on the basis that he misrepresented facts to you.


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I don't know about statistically, speaking, but anecdotally speaking from this forum, those who have applied and rejected and earning over 250K/pa are legion, far outweighing the successful ones. This especially in the Financial Sector. Wish you luck. You might need a healthy dollop of it. But at t...

Sorry to hear of your rejection. Your application as surmised above seemed no different to those of any single young foreigner working here. Cultural awareness and ability to assimilate into Singapore's multi-cultural and milti-linguistic society are particularly important (i.e. not spending all you...

Very good chance I would say. You tick more boxes that a EU/US economic refugee does.

Not sure where you are getting your sizing information from but a 48" chest in the US is a size XL~2XL. A Medium is a 38~40" chest. From a medium Yank. Hmm numerous websites seem to say otherwise. Might be that Hawaiian shirts are supposed to be roomier than ordinary ones...not sure. https://upload...

Maybe I'm just not a very good shopper, but it seems there are very few and far between shops that stock any decent Hawaiian / Aloha shirts for men. Not looking for anything too outrageous. Thinking along the lines of linen, neutral/pastel colours, palm leaves/beach/nature style. I am not that large...

AWWA, Asian Women' Welfare Association, has a lot going on and looks out for volunteers for their many activities. They do a sterling job and are highly organized.

Two things: (1) What would be the point of having a legal process that companies must follow to recruit foreign employees, if all they have to do is go to a labour outsourcer and get one from there? Your employer on record at MOM is the outsourcing company, not their clients. (2) Your salary might f...

I visited the UK a few months ago after a hiatus of about 4 years and, on balance, I simply hate the place. There are great things about the UK - sport, countryside, mountains, rivers, parks, animals, gutsy people, education, healthcare, history and all that. But for me, everything is ruined simply ...

As you are only renting a room, landlord can invite who he likes when he likes to visit the house, including the room, provided landlord gives you reasonable prior notice. Even if you rented the whole unit, the lease will likely give landlord the right to show people around at all reasonable times. ...

sundaymorningstaple wrote:Drawback? Heaven forbid. It's a godsend. Sitting out on the boardwalk quaffing you favourite beverage and watching the shenanigans across the street without having to pay any entrance fees. Beaut!

True it is free entertainment watching newbies go in alone and out with "something "

Being in Singapore there is a desire to travel more just to get away from time to time. You might struggle to afford those trips with your family on that budget. Short trips to Malaysia Batam Bintan etc should be fine though.


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Harrys opposite Orchard Towers usually has good live music. Draw back is that it's opposite Orchard Towers. Clean and safe inside though.


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Yep that old chestnut. I have heard so many people doing "charity work" in Singapore in order to build up a case to get PR. It is so obvious! Many of these people immediately stop their "charity" as soon as they are approved or declined for PR. If you do charity, do it for charitable reasons, and ke...

The high salary will not be a major advantage. If it was, then most PRs would be very high earners, and that would drive inflation. PR tends to be given to people from a cross section of society (only the powers that be decide where those crosses are marked). Doctors, nurses, teachers, lawyers, mana...