154th: Cheap to raise expat kids here. Cos Sporns Made to Pay for it with FREE NS?

[makapaaa]

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</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Cheap to raise expat kids here <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Almost 40% say it's cheaper here than in their countries </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Theresa Tan
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Singapore emerged fourth cheapest, after Spain, India and China, in a survey by HSBC Bank International of 870 expatriate parents across 14 places. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->A GLOBAL survey has found Singapore to be among the countries where it is cheapest for expatriates to raise their children.
Singapore emerged fourth cheapest, after Spain, India and China, in a survey by HSBC Bank International of 870 expatriate parents across 14 places.
Almost four in 10 of those in Singapore who were polled said it was cheaper raising junior here than in their home countries.
Another 25 per cent said the cost was 'about the same'.
On the other end of the spectrum, Britain, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong are the most expensive places to raise children.
The survey also asked these expatriate parents to rate the countries they are living in, in areas such as the amount of time their children spend studying and being outdoors, and whether they think their children will remain in their adopted country upon growing up.
Using these criteria, Singapore came out tops in Asia and fifth on the list of 14 places for expatriates to raise children. It lost out to Spain, France, Germany and Canada in the ranking of the 14 places. Within Asia, India was second but eighth on the list of 14; China was third in Asia and ninth on the list.
Australian publisher Katrina Bingham-Hall, 43, who arrived in Singapore five years ago, is bringing up five children aged between four and 14.
With the older four attending government schools here, she spends less than $1,000 a year on all their school fees, and is all praise for how little the 'brilliant' education system here costs. Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

[troubledtimes]

Re: 154th: Cheap to raise expat kids here. Cos Sporns Made to Pay for it with FREE NS

The mother is quite milf man!

 

[chinkangkor]

Re: 154th: Cheap to raise expat kids here. Cos Sporns Made to Pay for it with FREE NS

NSmen sacrifice two years plus of almost free services to the nation risking injuries and death in exchange for jobs discrimination, being sideline for promotions and suffer huge inconveniences on constant mobilisation call several times a year until age 40.

The rest enjoy lower tax rates, cheap school fees etc. from the savings of not needing to pay NSmen full salaries.

 

[DerekLeung]

Re: 154th: Cheap to raise expat kids here. Cos Sporns Made to Pay for it with FREE NS

NSmen sacrifice two years plus of almost free services to the nation risking injuries and death in exchange for jobs discrimination, being sideline for promotions and suffer huge inconveniences on constant mobilisation call several times a year until age 40.

The rest enjoy lower tax rates, cheap school fees etc. from the savings of not needing to pay NSmen full salaries.

The other sacriface is not bear babies let the FTs come unto
Singapore and screw our women.
We won't care. Our goal is morale sacrificial.

Everytime I am not wearing green we will wage economic war with PAP for sacrifacing our men for cheap expats children upbringing.

Cheapo expats. Why not we Singaporeans put our children and rise them in some third world countries just to be cheap ! We chose not to have childrens because of the liabilities cost.

They can control Singtel, power stations and cars. The only means left to milk us . I say we free all this, it will make us more powerful to be less dependant.

They know they cannot outlast the will of the fervent.

 

[madmansg]

Re: 154th: Cheap to raise expat kids here. Cos Sporns Made to Pay for it with FREE NS

I hope JBJ burn in hell for pretending to fight for singaporeans but back stab them with NS.

 

[peterlth]

Re: 154th: Cheap to raise expat kids here. Cos Sporns Made to Pay for it with FREE NS

You believe this survey? HSBC survey? A medium size bank doing a global survey on expatriate living? It's a big joke!

Banks are only interest in your money.

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Oct 10, 2008
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Cheap to raise expat kids here <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Almost 40% say it's cheaper here than in their countries </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Theresa Tan
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</TD><TD vAlign=bottom>

Singapore emerged fourth cheapest, after Spain, India and China, in a survey by HSBC Bank International of 870 expatriate parents across 14 places. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->A GLOBAL survey has found Singapore to be among the countries where it is cheapest for expatriates to raise their children.
Singapore emerged fourth cheapest, after Spain, India and China, in a survey by HSBC Bank International of 870 expatriate parents across 14 places.
Almost four in 10 of those in Singapore who were polled said it was cheaper raising junior here than in their home countries.
Another 25 per cent said the cost was 'about the same'.
On the other end of the spectrum, Britain, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong are the most expensive places to raise children.
The survey also asked these expatriate parents to rate the countries they are living in, in areas such as the amount of time their children spend studying and being outdoors, and whether they think their children will remain in their adopted country upon growing up.
Using these criteria, Singapore came out tops in Asia and fifth on the list of 14 places for expatriates to raise children. It lost out to Spain, France, Germany and Canada in the ranking of the 14 places. Within Asia, India was second but eighth on the list of 14; China was third in Asia and ninth on the list.
Australian publisher Katrina Bingham-Hall, 43, who arrived in Singapore five years ago, is bringing up five children aged between four and 14.
With the older four attending government schools here, she spends less than $1,000 a year on all their school fees, and is all praise for how little the 'brilliant' education system here costs. Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

[jw5]

Re: 154th: Cheap to raise expat kids here. Cos Sporns Made to Pay for it with FREE NS

The mother is quite milf man!

Hahaha, you beat me to the comment.

 

[DerekLeung]

Re: 154th: Cheap to raise expat kids here. Cos Sporns Made to Pay for it with FREE NS

You believe this survey? HSBC survey? A medium size bank doing a global survey on expatriate living? It's a big joke!

Banks are only interest in your money.

They suppose to invite high networth individuals .
But end up inviting all those also escaping from the crutches
of their own economies .

Who are papers fooling ?

 

[katat]

Re: 154th: Cheap to raise expat kids here. Cos Sporns Made to Pay for it with FREE NS

And not sure about all the Singaporeans who attend university in Australia, America, UK, NZ. They are all subsidized by the tax payers of those countries. And they all pay over 40% tax. So maybe it is about time S'pore started pulling its own weight and gave enough places to all S'porean kids to study here. Rather than sponging of American's Brits Australians and New Zealanders

 

[katat]

Re: 154th: Cheap to raise expat kids here. Cos Sporns Made to Pay for it with FREE NS

I feel flattered!. Don't u lk it when education system is praised? Don't you believe it?!