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I've met and spoke with the Oversea Singapore Unit (gahman) before, I thought it was very nice gesture of Singapore to try to connect with oversea Singaporeans. Don't know what incentives they are thinking of but I agree that monetary incentives would be an insult to All Singaporeans. However...

Judging by the many posts I have seen here, I think you're being too critical of Singaporeans. Where would they go if they leave Singapore? You know, US or Australia is not all sweet blondes and honeys.

Oversea Singaporean here who have been thinking about going back for a while. Mainly wanted to go back to Singapore as I am still more comfortable socially in Singapore than in US. Professionally, if I go back, I am expecting a pay cut due to my specialization which is why I have not gone...

As much as I love my kids, I told them not to expect any financial help after University (they are still in primary schools). Too dependent on the parents can cause the Children to be lazy. As for Singaporeans, most don't think about saving outside CPF. Even with CPF, many think of ways to...

Nothing is wrong with working at 67. If you are fully saved up and want to retire, all power to you. However, if you didn't save shit when you are younger, and you still need to drive Taxi now to survive, no need to complain about gahman or your children.

I don't see what's wrong with getting cremated and organ donated. Once you die, you're gone. Better if you let someone else live better.

Which countries, Greece, Spain ? Even France, considered very socialized is 62 to retire now. The truth is that if you save enough money, you can retire at anytime. 50 yeas old is still pretty young considering may people will live beyond 80+ and the average health of 50+ is still pretty...

Your kid needs to toughen up, you can not always shelter them from the real world. As for smoker, they are responsible for their own health, no need your fake compassion.

As a Singaporean living in the US, I think the comfort factor is a major issue. All the Singaporeans I know that stay in the US are professionals or married to someone here, not many entrepreneur here. I guess if you are a business man, you're better off going to Asia even if the US market is...

WTF? How am I showing my ignorant? Just because you say you know US politics does not make it true. How about you tell us why you are more qualify to talk US politics ? Frankly looking at the quality of the posts from other posters (Hypocrite, Larkyworld, skponggol, chuckyworld, just to name...

Nothing to do with Bush? What are you smoking my friend ? Clinton's hand is not clean as he had relaxed the requirements for mortgage to encourage poor people to own houses (Community Reinvestment Act). However, Bush had 8 years to make sure that the lowered mortgage requirement did not go...

Did not see the show but I thought she looks nice from the short video clip and definitely worth more than $30 per pop. Too young for me to seriously consider though. As someone noted, she was initially saying $3,000 and corrected herself to $6,000 and this makes me question if her requirement...

Don't make me laugh, you think the middle income in Singapore are taxed heavily? This is nothing compared to the US, or worst, Europe. As for welfare, I would rather have close to zip - too much welfare makes people lazy.

Guys, I am reporting from Texas, USA, people here in Texas hates Obama. Working for a bank covering the oil and gas industry and the banking and energy industries hate Obama too. Lots of talk about Obama taxing the oil and gas companies but so far no one is laying off any one here yet. We'll...

I am very sad to see youngster now a day are so spoiled and so dependent on their parents. This is a guy that have probably finished NS, has an A Level, and yet lack basic common sense not to complain about getting allowance from parents. What's worst is that this guy can't even convince his...

Indeed. I know people in my family that are like that too. Don't have goals in life but make more money. Some even worst, have to make sure that everybody know how much money they have by showing off. However such people will never be happy not matter how much money they make. When they...

The idea of retiring in China is very intriguing. High purchasing power from your saving or retirement income and yet no issue with communication if you are Chinese. Safety should be pretty good as well. More importantly, just the diversity of places you can go to is a big plus. My wife...

Had to post this separately due to newbie status. Mod, I am not a spammer, please remove me from the newbie list. Thanks. Since those making $150k or more are only 2% less happy than those making less than that, I don't think one can conclusively say that this group is less happy. This is...

This is hardly surprising. One's happiness is usually related to the amount of money until a certain point. Once your basic money needs are taken care of, more money will not bring you more happiness, but it does not make sense that it will make you less happy. Most people would rather make...

Re: Less well known developments : Engaging a civil engineer for 2nd opinion.. RedsYNWA, Thanks for the info. I guess next time we go to JB, we'll probably hang around Justco and ask too. I live in a landed property in USA now and frankly I think it is over-rated. It is expensive and a pain...