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http://sggeneralelections2016.blogspot.sg/2014/11/aljunied-residents-open-letter-sylvia-lim.html?m=1 Aljunied Resident's Open Letter to Sylvia LimSubject: Corporate Governance in Aljunied, or lack thereof Dear Ms Lim, I am an accountant and I live in Aljunied. The Worker’s Party took over...

Nice, but worry about electronic equipments, cameras, lenses being too exposed to water.

You can download this form and read the part on 'Do you have to file this statement?' (instead of screenshot). T1135 Foreign Income Verification Statement http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/t1135/t1135-fill-07e.pdf Note that part that said 'You do not have to report information about property...

Oh yes, I remember this news. I don't know how they will implement this and it is unlikely they have implemented it yet as there was no questions or issues from govt when I made the transfer of C$100,000 in Feb 2013. Jim Flaherty made the announcement on March 22 so I think it would take...

At Singapore bank, you fill in a Telegraphic Transfer application form or Bank Draft application form depending on which form of transfer you want. If Telegraphic Transfer, you provide the Canadian bank account. That`s it. No special form to fill if greater than whatever amount.

Where do you get this info about Canadian banks need to inform CRA? I have transfered C$100K many times without any issues. My last transfer was Feb 2013, no issue at all. I always do TT (telegraphic transfer, have use Bank Draft once and this is not bringing cash at the airport - bringing in...

How much money are you talking about? (an estimate for the purpose of this discussion will do). I have transferred sums of CAD$100,000 multiple times from a Singapore Bank (DBS, UOB etc) to a Canadian Bank without any issues. This does not concern CRA and CRA don't have to or even know about...

USA homes are very affordable. Makes retirement very comfortable with a cheap home. There is also the option of buying a foreclosure home to take advantage of the extreme low prices in foreclosures. I do not have expertise in foreclosure homes, can't say if it is a good or bad purchase option. I...

For sure, property prices are expensive in the Bay area. It is like comparing a property in the Orchard area and Bueno Vista area (assuming Bueno Vista properties is half the price of those in Orchard area, if not substitute a cheaper suburb) in Singapore. Or comparing a property in False Creek...

These brand new homes in USA are less than $500,000. The same house would costs an average $1.7 million in Vancouver or Toronto, Canada. Brand new house, Bay Area, California, 4 bed, 3 bath, 2 car garage, 2,236 sq.ft., $324,880 Brand new house, Bay Area, California, 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car...

These are brand new houses in USA. Compare the prices to a major city in Canada which costs $1 million and $1.7 million respectively. Brand new house in USA, 4 bed 3 bath, $249,900 Brand new house in USA, 6 bed 4 bath, $299,900

More examples of affordable houses in USA. 5 bedroom, 3 bath house, $84,000 4 bedroom, 3 bath house, $142,000

Ariel Castro, 52, a school bus driver was charged with four counts of kidnapping — covering all three captives and the daughter born to one of them while she was held — and three counts of rape against the three women. See this is the house that this school bus driver owned in USA. This is a...