The policies over there are very different from Singapore in some ways. For example if a dispute arose between a foreign employer or Company and local workers, the Government there will mostly take the side of the local. This has been one of the main deterrents for investing there.
I think this is similar to indonesia and india.
But having said that, they have absolutely wonderful natural beauty. forget the urban areas.
The policies over there are very different from Singapore in some ways. For example if a dispute arose between a foreign employer or Company and local workers, the Government there will mostly take the side of the local. This has been one of the main deterrents for investing there.
I think another problem is that the market is controlled by a few powerful family and there's no way to do anything significant without their involvement
Those are good if you want to go there as a tourist or maybe even retire but to do business you have to deal with urban people in urban areas.
The Philippines is the last place I would consider to retire because of the crime. Where there is a lot of poverty there is plenty of crime. Guns are also readily available there so violent crime is a high possibility.
Unlike places like Bangkok & Kuala Lumpur the infrastructure of Manila is very 3rd world
I think this is similar to indonesia and india.
But having said that, they have absolutely wonderful natural beauty. forget the urban areas.
I think this is similar to indonesia and india.
But having said that, they have absolutely wonderful natural beauty. forget the urban areas.
If someone wanted to retire in the Philippines then it would be better to avoid Manila. That is where the crime mainly is. Many thousands come from the provinces to Manila to look for jobs but cant find any so they get conned by syndicates into prostitution or crime.
If you wanted to retire there then go about 1 hour out of Manila. It is much cheaper there than in Singapore and you still have most of the types of food that you might like eg Chinese, Japanese, Thai.
Here , you have more kampong type spirit and the people know one another pretty well so that it is hard for strangers not to be noticed. As a result crime is quite low.
Just dont take their jobs or be involved in their local barangay politics are you can stretch your Sinkie dollar quite far.
Yeah the sinkie women can work go there and work as maids and KTV hostesses.
Yeah, but the Pinays are still notorious money-grabbing skanks. Some of them even murder their ang moh spouses.![]()
For sure such things happen especially if you met your spouse through one of the numerous dating sites or something similar and jumped into a relationship without knowing her background.
But if you retire in the Philippines with your own spouse and park yourself in a proper residential area and dont flaunt your wealth then it can be quite safe.
Angmoh are cursing and regretted married Pinoy women. Some even cursed the whole Pinoy people to be clean extinct from a big Tsunami. One anmgoh is waiing for this to happen.