Shitgapore hawker food raises prices again, song boh 65% PAP cunts!

[k1976]

I know a Malaysian couple - husband is an engineer and wife is a teacher - who owns a landed home and 2 cars in Penang. They have a far better quality of life than a similar PMET couple in S'pore.

My Malaysia collicks can live in a 3 storey House….not a 3rd floor pigeon hole

They drive their Tesla to capark near Causeway and change to bus / motorbikes

 

[True Believer]

My Malaysia collicks can live in a 3 storey House….not a 3rd floor pigeon hole
They drive their Tesla to capark near Causeway and change to bus / motorbikes

My Indonesian maid who has worked for my family for over 12 years, built a 2-storey brick house which is the only one of its kind in her village of wooden homes.

 

[Sustanon]

@Sustanon Can.

With CECA Bu like this, CB confirm is SBPSBHJ one; literally is pang until I buay lin choo liao.... simi body odour lol..... laugh die me....

 

[mojito]

Why Singapore firms are moving some operations overseas – and what that means for jobs​

While some jobs may be shifted abroad or replaced by AI, the economy is evolving towards more specialised, higher-value work, experts told CNA’s Deep Dive podcast.

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SINGAPORE: Companies moving parts of their operations out of Singapore, especially within the region, is part of a longer-running trend and not a sign that firms are abandoning the country altogether, said experts.

This shift – driven by cost pressures, labour availability and regional integration – reflects how businesses are reorganising in response to rising costs in Singapore and opportunities elsewhere in Southeast Asia, they told CNA’s Deep Dive podcast.

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Over the past month, two prominent homegrown brands have announced plans to move some operations abroad.

Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore, which produces Tiger Beer and is owned by Heineken, said it will wind down brewing operations in the country over the next few years, with about 130 jobs expected to be cut by 2027.

Meanwhile, Yeo Hiap Seng (Yeo’s) said it will lay off 25 workers due to a “consolidation of can manufacturing to Malaysia”.

NOT FULL EXITS​

These moves are mainly down to cost savings and a growing push for regional integration within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said Professor Sumit Agarwal of NUS Business School.

“Just look at the strength of the Singapore dollar versus the Malaysian ringgit. That causes lots of things to be much cheaper (across the border)”, noted Prof Agarwal, a Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance who teaches economics and real estate.

He added that countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam are attractive because they offer cheaper labour, educated workers and English-speaking talent.

Sinkie cross cause way to work in jb?

 

[k1976]

https://sg.yahoo.com/news/property-upgrading-built-wealth-many-103000116.html


Consider a couple who just moved into a private condo from a HDB flat, and now work demanding hours to keep up with the mortgage and replenish their cash reserves.

They sold their five-room flat for $750,000 and bought a two-bedroom condo in the city fringe for $1.5 million. After forking out the down payment, they face a monthly mortgage that has more than doubled, from $1,800 to $4,600.

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The husband moonlights as a private-hire driver after his nine-to-five job, often clocking off only at midnight. The wife regularly stays late at the office to chock up more overtime pay.


They have a balcony with a breathtaking unblocked view they only ever see after dark, a high-end condo gym they are too tired to use, and an Olympic-sized pool they have not visited in months. The child needs to stay in daycare longer than they would like — adding another recurring cost to an already taut monthly budget.

With a combined household income of $13,000 a month, they are technically within borrowing limits. But once maintenance fees, childcare, insurance premiums and a car loan are factored in, their fixed monthly obligations eat up the bulk of what they bring home.

After daily and discretionary expenses, the remaining cash buffer of about $2,500 a month is quickly earmarked for an emergency fund, retirement savings and their child’s education.

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Asked why they push themselves this hard, the couple answers with a weary certainty: that they are playing the long game; when they eventually sell the property, the profit will make it all worth it.

Maybe it will. But a profit is never guaranteed and, in the meantime, life is passing them by.

Versions of this trade-off are not uncommon across Singapore. Some of us may know — or be part of — households that are making ends meet but feeling chronically overwhelmed, thinking twice before eating out, and unable to leave jobs that leave them emotionally or physically depleted.

 

[k1976]

Why Main Street media becum so negative?

Dun they know this time is different as 65% believe we are Switzerland of the East mah

 

[k1976]

 

[eatshitndie]

I was at jb for dinner last evening...and I paid sgd 10 for 2 servings of food in a cafe.

Not street food but decent quality cooked food.

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no meat. that’s why cheaper.

 

[Robert Half]

https://sg.yahoo.com/news/property-upgrading-built-wealth-many-103000116.html


Consider a couple who just moved into a private condo from a HDB flat, and now work demanding hours to keep up with the mortgage and replenish their cash reserves.

They sold their five-room flat for $750,000 and bought a two-bedroom condo in the city fringe for $1.5 million. After forking out the down payment, they face a monthly mortgage that has more than doubled, from $1,800 to $4,600.

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The husband moonlights as a private-hire driver after his nine-to-five job, often clocking off only at midnight. The wife regularly stays late at the office to chock up more overtime pay.


They have a balcony with a breathtaking unblocked view they only ever see after dark, a high-end condo gym they are too tired to use, and an Olympic-sized pool they have not visited in months. The child needs to stay in daycare longer than they would like — adding another recurring cost to an already taut monthly budget.

With a combined household income of $13,000 a month, they are technically within borrowing limits. But once maintenance fees, childcare, insurance premiums and a car loan are factored in, their fixed monthly obligations eat up the bulk of what they bring home.

After daily and discretionary expenses, the remaining cash buffer of about $2,500 a month is quickly earmarked for an emergency fund, retirement savings and their child’s education.

ADVERTISEMENT

Asked why they push themselves this hard, the couple answers with a weary certainty: that they are playing the long game; when they eventually sell the property, the profit will make it all worth it.

Maybe it will. But a profit is never guaranteed and, in the meantime, life is passing them by.

Versions of this trade-off are not uncommon across Singapore. Some of us may know — or be part of — households that are making ends meet but feeling chronically overwhelmed, thinking twice before eating out, and unable to leave jobs that leave them emotionally or physically depleted.

My female ex-colleague was severely ill for the last 2 years because she and her husband both lost their jobs and having difficulty to pay their condo mortgages

 

[Robert Half]

Sinkieland can be an ideal place to stay if a couple own only a 5-rooms flat (first timer) in a non-mature estate and a small Toyota car like Vios

 

[laksaboy]

Sinkieland can be an ideal place to stay if a couple own only a 5-rooms flat (first timer) in a non-mature estate and a small Toyota car like Vios

Non mature estate... I hope you don't mean that shithole Tengah.

I went there recently... for those who have served NS, those Tiong-made 'flats' looked more like buildings (bunks, offices) in SAF army camps, or dorms and hostels at a university campus. They look nothing like vintage flats or the newer BTO flats elsewhere.

The amenities are average, and the layout is weird.