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Package is S$214,00 base, or S$247,000 with bonuses. Is that a good enough package for a family of 5? There are no extra benefits, and the children are 5, 4 and 2 - so how much should I put aside for schools. Are the local schools an option? Office will be based in Alexandra road, so where would be...

Has anyone else had a problem getting a credit card from HSBC? I do all my banking through them yet they refuse to give me a card, (no matter how much documentation I give them!!!!!!!! Really cant understand it, (jsut been approved for finance from another bank for $60K, from a bank that I have NO ...

Rudirussel, I think you wrote to this forum because you KNOW that there something inherently wrong about having a maid work with no days off. In fact, it is been said that people ask for advice when the KNOW what the answer is, but just want someone else to confirm it for them. I don't care what ki...

eric, skin of funny that the consensus on singapore expat forum is that expats are overpaid i do know who is making how much in my company, and i can assure you that all my singaporean/pr colleagues are getting a very good deal, some make more, some make less - the colour of skin is not a factor - w...

rudiruessel, I am glad you comany is able to give you such a nice income without you having to pay taxes (especially as a PR and not an EP holder). I HAVE to assume your company hires NO foreign workers (labourers) at all for surely you would have railed against the unfairness to them as well. http...

need to make sure you hit the right time window... for example, i was on 1 year employment pass and applied for credit card with hsbc - after more then 3 months ... got rejected because the residual term of my EP was less then 9months ... not very logical,since credit cards are tyically valid longer...

strong eagle - not sure what raised your blood pressure,if you consider my remark about the chinese part of my family an insult, please accept my apologies - i amjust stating a fact here,and the reasons why they do it could be complex ... @ taxes - me being on EP initially (now PR) being charged bei...

@ the tax - sorry, but the label of whos is paying the tax is irrelevant,the government is imposing a high income tax on maids which nobody else has to pay in this country. or is your corporate employer paying a "employment tax" on you? anyway, this is not the point here and belongs to the singapore...

dont really understand this bashing, but let me explain a bit more - she gets 370/month wich i understand to be standard rate - might be 'standard' but still a pittance and singapore government taxes away another 400 SGD which should be hers in fact ... - she gets a SGD 100 monthly bonus which we p...

dont really understand this bashing, but let me explain a bit more - she gets 370/month wich i understand to be standard rate - she gets a SGD 100 monthly bonus which we put in her savings account - actually, she gets another SGD 400 a month which is taken away by Singapore government by a special i...

thanks for the link but i am more interested to learn how people have handled this in a mixed marriage setting - - as you will understand, the problem is on compromising on very fundamental values, which makes me feel quite sick

if i was to decide on my own, i would know what to do anyway

hi, i am currently engaged in a mayor discussion about the singapore framework for employing maids and how it could be matched with western thinking about human rights. The issue is complicated since i am westerner while my wife (though having spent a decade in europe) has a very different view on r...

acer wrote:i cant use the PM button yet as i dont hv 10 postings,can i hv ur email so that i can email u..

i guess you need to sign up to expatsingapore to reply pm ...

acer wrote:hi there,do u play weekend morning??

would target morning or late evening