SINGAPORE EXPATS FORUM
Singapore Expat Forum and Message Board for Expats in Singapore & Expatriates Relocating to Singapore

Okay, what's a "void deck"? I am so sorry that you lost your cat. If she was that sweet I HOPE that someone took her in...... 'void deck' is the empty spaces on the ground floor of HDB blocks. If you go to flickr.com and search for "hdb void" you should find examples. Here's one: http://www.flickr....

are you staying in a condo that has gone en bloc? This may be a factor if it is.

We have had rude behaviour also from other stores when we ask for help .......... even asking for them to explain such and such does not go down well at all. I find a lot of sales staff either do not care about their job or just do not want to deal with expats. Or should I say Westerners??? I don't...

Lucky Tower was sold Dec 06 so it can be anything from Sep to year end before the noise begins. I'm almost certain the developer will want to sell the new units by year end to capitalise on the bullish market, and that'd mean some form of semblance of the place being torn down will begin around then...

Nice thing about Holland Village area - proximity to expat hangouts, good jogging/walking areas, esp if you walk up to Botanic Gardens. Bad thing about HV area - lots of the nice big apartments that can fit medium to large dogs are going en bloc, which means they're going to be torn down soon!! The ...

If you're looking for blinds for outdoor use (eg balcony) i think you can't get standard ones. Try the yellowpages.com.sg and search for bamboo chicks. There are some companies that can make waterproofed/treated bamboo blinds for outdoor use. (Can't remember the one I used, sorry, twas a few years b...

Part of the reason is that the increase and the degree the increase is occurring, is unanticipated. When people emigrate, the expected rental costs for X number of years have to be factored in. However, the sharp increase over the past year has caught quite a lot of people offguard. Whatever the rea...

saidean I don't understand why you need to bring races into picture here.... Perhaps if you were in my position with my two grown up sons and this happens outside your country, you will understand my humiliation....believe me this would not have happened to me in my country as we don't have rogues ...

hmm I think you're not on firm ground if you do take it to the press. SLS management offered a face-saving gesture on both parties - yours and theirs - when they compelled the shop manager to offer a written apology to you. But you turned that down and insisted on a gesture that would cause humiliat...

I emigrated from the UK to Singapore about 3 years back with my cat so my memory's a bit foggy on the actual paperwork. I don't think it's that easy to circumvent quarantine by going through the UK:- a. Paperwork for the Vet authority in the UK takes a few weeks. Then you have a tight window about 2...

There are several places were legal advice is free, in the community centres, not sure which one it was, i visited, may have been bishan. There have been strict rules or laws implemented about lose window frames, falling out, because of the rivets or fixings rusting, your landlord, may or maynot be...

Stayed half my life in the UK so I know what you mean. I think there's a difference in the mentality of the police forces though - UK police tend not act on criminal activities for fear of endangering their lives, particularly in certain parts of a city (not so much in towns I suspect, much less vil...

To Ashnd76 I believe you may not be aware of the case with the doctor. He was assaulted by a gang in a public area (Hawker stall I believe). there were physical bruises as well as bleeding. He called the police who came to investigate 20 minutes later. The police pointed out it isn't a criminal case...

To the poster who wrote about assaults, I suspect you're not referring to the penal code in Singapore. Recent events sometime in Aug 2006 revolving around a medical doctor who was assaulted and the case classified as a civil case rather than a criminal one, along with other such complaints of lack o...

Do you think I should pay up my July rent? Do you think they could come to the flat and change the lock to my room if I don't do so? To amode, witholding rental payment is against the law, ie the landlord can haul you to court for arrears. No matter what valid reasons you can give (eg enbloc), the ...