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Sorry if I sounded rude in my last post, no intention of doing so. Dubai/UAE relies very little on Oil & Gas revenues and is largely a trading hub, hence they will definitely be affected by the downturn as bad as, if not worst than, Singapore. It is correct that Dubai does not have a lot of oil to ...

Having lived in Singapore and Dubai, I would personally choose Singapore over Dubai for a number of reasons - firstly, if your wife was looking at going back to work, you have the options of daycare centres. In Dubai, the choices are limited re looking after children and it is pretty much have a mai...

Have they given you a figure for your housing allowance and OT? things are very expensive here in Dubai so I would get figures confirmed first before thinking about it. The current amount you have listed is very low and personally I would not move to live here for that amount - esp when rents are ri...

Congrats SMS - have PM'd you for the details

Having lived in Singapore and Dubai, I reckon that Singapore is better than Dubai in terms of efficiency and organisation. However, I did find it hard to live in Singapore -esp after having a stint in the UK as I found it stifling and just not for me - hence I moved to Oz and loved it there. Husband...

He can also try www.britishexpats.com and www.grapeshisha.com Housing allowance is usually given as part of the salary package - salary is often split into 60/40 with 60% being the basic and 40% for allowances (this has end of service benefit implications). There are other allowances that could be p...

Living in Dubai you tend to see the same things that occur in Asia re old men trying to link up with young women to "boost their ego" and this is particularly common over the summer here when men are left on their own as their families go home for the summer. And these young women are not at fault t...

Thansks...will ask her to look into it.

Anyone??

Thanks sms...well I am up to 3 posts so only 2 more to go....

Sprite - thanks for the PM - unfor I cannot reply back via PM as I have not posted enough on here as yet. Friend and family are locals - so thanks for the suggestion but they might find it easier to speak to a local counsellor. Think that due to everything that is happening, she just needs someone w...

Not sure if this is the right forum to post this in but will try anyway. A very good friend has asked me to point her in the right direction re finding a family counsellor in Singapore as she is having problems with her parents and needs them all to go for counselling sessions to work out their issu...