What does it takes to live in/retire in Australia or NZ......

[Getloud]

ya...ask them to try shift their banks to KL.

That's the reason why SG government cannot be accountable and transparent. Or it will end up like our neighbor.

 

[dancingshoes]

You may have missed the most important factor, our neighbors. We can have the best infrastructure but if our neighbours are screwed i.e. Unstable with terrorists, no investor will come because security is no longer guaranteed. OZ has no neighbours. The greatest plus point.

that's why saf is always first to offer aid when there is crisis in our neighbouring countries, we are like what people say, a friend in need is a friend indeed.:p

 

[syed putra]

How much do they pay apple pickers? Can i move to NZ/australia just picking apples?

 

[Seee3]

that's why saf is always first to offer aid when there is crisis in our neighbouring countries, we are like what people say, a friend in need is a friend indeed.:p

Giving aids would not overcome the problem with nasty or unreasonable neighbours.

During the 97 Asian financial crisis, our neighbour came asking for help but we turned him down. We do not know the exact reasons for not helping but the repercussion is great, like wanting to build a crook bridge. However, helping may also not be a solution as I have personal experience of so called neighbours coming back for more helps after helping him the first time.

 

[Leongsam]

ya...ask them to try shift their banks to KL.

Money takes seconds to move halfway across the globe. Financial markets simply move to where they can get the best deal. Distances mean nothing.

 

[SgGoneWrong]

Financial hubs can move anywhere. Singapore's current status is "flavor of the month".

If not for being a laundry and tax evasion hub, surely financial institutions rather set up bases elsewhere.

 

[Leongsam]

If not for being a laundry and tax evasion hub, surely financial institutions rather set up bases elsewhere.

Singapore currently provides better banking secrecy than Switzerland which has been pried open by threats from the USA. However, it is only a matter of time before global pressure will force Sinkieland to tow the line. The money will then move on to some other renegade state.

 

[Asterix]

[video=youtube;eMw0kzHaUUE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMw0kzHaUUE[/video]

 

[GoldenDragon]

You probably need at least $1.5M. Buy a decent house and car.
You also need to assimilate. Dont keep comparing with S'pore. Being financially and mentally prepared will ensure happiness till time to say till we meet again.

 

[frenchbriefs]

You probably need at least $1.5M. Buy a decent house and car.
You also need to assimilate. Dont keep comparing with S'pore. Being financially and mentally prepared will ensure happiness till time to say till we meet again.

1.5m hahhaah,like one tony chat say all u need is balls,political will and backbone.
i met two pinoys when i was in australia playing poker,they told me they used to live and work in Singapore for 7 years,working in sales at takashimaya and staying at toa payoh in rented hdb..now they are living the dream making $20++ AUD an hour as a dealer in australia.while fucking singapore pmets are driving taxis in SG earning less than these slumland pinoys.

 

[lifeafter41]

You already have what it takes. Welcome to NZ.

Would it be better to rent or buy a house/apartment?
While still prefer city living, and drive/cycle out to countryside where possible.

 

[Leongsam]

Would it be better to rent or buy a house/apartment?
While still prefer city living, and drive/cycle out to countryside where possible.

Always better to buy in order to enjoy the capital gains over the long term.

If you rent all you're doing is paying for someone else's mortgage.

Suburban living is better than city living.

 

[GramStroker]

Always better to buy in order to enjoy the capital gains over the long term.

If you rent all you're doing is paying for someone else's mortgage.

Suburban living is better than city living.

With a budget of about 400k which suburban area would you recommend? Previously I was looking at Albany.

 

[frenchbriefs]

want to migrate must do when young so u have decades and plenty of time to adapt and assimilate to life overseas in foreign lands and locals.be a man of international mystery.
one sinkie i met in australia awoled from ns there when he was 20,and stayed there all his life,his over 50 now.

if ur 50,never been out of sinkieland all ur life,old and shriveled,better migrate to someplace like penang or thailand or vietnam and look for some me love you long time,suky suky 5 dorrar,u too old to find a job,never fit in the culture so might as well fuck some hookers and drink your henessey.

 

[dancingshoes]

want to migrate must do when young so u have decades and plenty of time to adapt and assimilate to life overseas in foreign lands and locals.be a man of international mystery.
one sinkie i met in australia awoled from ns there when he was 20,and stayed there all his life,his over 50 now.

if ur 50,never been out of sinkieland all ur life,old and shriveled,better migrate to someplace like penang or thailand or vietnam and look for some me love you long time,suky suky 5 dorrar,u too old to find a job,never fit in the culture so might as well fuck some hookers and drink your henessey.

i heard from a friend that there is age discrimination for job seekers in down under too, but it is not as rampant as sinkieland.

 

[da dick]

What you waiting for?

no nono. let him stay. so we can whack him for voting wrong.

 

[Leongsam]

With a budget of about 400k which suburban area would you recommend? Previously I was looking at Albany.

You won't find anything in that price range anymore. You'll need at least twice that amount for a small house in a decent Auckland suburb.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11413266

 

[kiwibird7]

Singapore has no natural resources and is entirely dependent upon people to make things work.

Now that the PAP A team are all dead, chances of Singapore remaining prosperous are marginal at best. The deterioration is already blatantly obvious. Growth has been driven by importing people but the laws of physics make it obvious that there is only so much that can be packed into a small island. When the population stagnates, the economy will grind to a halt.

Once the bottom falls out, that's pretty much the end of the story.

The SINGAPORE ECONOMY is based on foreign population growth, not LOCAL births. They could all uproot and disappear almost overnight. The NS conscript defence force is merely an exercise in SELF DELUSION, it is totally irrelevant if not unreliable as a defence deterrent.

The unspeakable truth is that no matter how well prepared or well equipped the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) are, Singapore is probably indefensible because the real threat is unlikely to be a military one. Singapore has been built on confidence. Unpalatable as it might sound, the first hint of trouble (a few bombs in the financial district?) is likely to trigger a massive flight of both capital and people. In a globalised world, neither is tethered to permanent pegs. Capital flight will hit the financial sector and human flight, the property market. It doesn't take much imagination to see that the economy, built on a bedrock of property based lending, could buckle under such circumstances.

 

[Leongsam]

It doesn't take much imagination to see that the economy, built on a bedrock of property based lending, could buckle under such circumstances.

A "bedrock" of property based lending is actually a house of cards.

When Singapore falls, it will be swift and very destructive and I don't think we have to wait too much longer.

 

[dancingshoes]

A "bedrock" of property based lending is actually a house of cards.

When Singapore falls, it will be swift and very destructive and I don't think we have to wait too much longer.

boss, i read there is crash in NZ's commodity prices especially milk. care to tell us how bad is economy in NZ now, do you feel it in your bone?

Commodity prices post record decline - led by dairy

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/economy/news/article.cfm?c_id=34&objectid=11491825