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hi, i'm planning on buying an HDB from the open market since I'm a PR. I was thinking of buying a 5-room flat, but I saw there's also an executive type, which are executive apartment (EA), executive mansionette (EM), and multi-generation. what's the difference among these executive types? i'm not su...

hi SMS, interesting rant you have there. i just realized how it makes sense. i just hope someone will voice that in a newspaper so someone from the government will see it and realize the contributions a PR makes and should be getting the same subsidies as a citizen. and hopefully they would change i...

are PRs eligible too?

hi, here're are some follow-up questions:

1. what if you voluntary pay for your CPF? will this help in retaining your Singapore PR even if you are living in a different country?

2. if you own an HDB or a private property such as condo, will you be able to retain your PR?

it better be way cheaper than international schools. :) Why? Do you think International Schools are better than local schools? Sorry do disillusion you but they are just as good and in a lot of cases even better. But to answer you question, yes they are cheaper than most Int'l Schools. hi, sorry bu...

Sorry this isn't expert advice but I was speaking to a friend who works at the MOE and apparently it is singapore's policy to have foreigners children attend local schools to have more "affinity" to singapore. He was trying really hard to sell the local schools vs. the international school to me, m...

Hi lilypad, Thanks for the info. :) Are you a PR as well? how long is the LTSVP good for? I'm planning on getting this as well, but I'm not sure if renewing this for many times is allowed until the kid gets student pass. Is there a limit for renewing the LTSVP? My husband & I are PRs. Have never he...

hmm, is someone going to organize such a meetup? but then again, what exactly are we going to talk about? or are we going to set up a business or something?

by the way, i hope no MLMers here tricking us into a meetup and then surprise selling.

Hi, I know being a PR has its advantage such as low school fee. But I plan on having my future kid be on a student pass. And I think I heard from my Singaporean friend that he knew someone who is on student pass but was able to study in a Singapore public school. Although there was a bond required I...

Hi lilypad,

Thanks for the info.

Are you a PR as well? how long is the LTSVP good for? I'm planning on getting this as well, but I'm not sure if renewing this for many times is allowed until the kid gets student pass. Is there a limit for renewing the LTSVP?

Hi, I'm a PR and I was wondering what to do if I had a baby here in Singapore. I don't plan on sponsoring the child as a PR since I'm not yet sure if I'm going to stay long in Singapore. But there's also a possibility that I could stay long and I would want the child to study here in Singapore. So w...

i want in too. good thing this sub-forum came up. right in time since my PR application just got approved. I've been waiting for it so i can start doing business here in singapore. but still looking for potential partners and ideas. =) i'm pretty sure we all have entrepreneurial spirit but i guess w...