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He'll probably get it under the family ties scheme as Singapore does not like to lose Doctors and as he's married and if he cannot get PR, when his PEP is up, they might just tell Sg to KMA! Or the ICA may look at it as doctor is unlikely to migrate out of Singapore as licensing/registration in oth...

1 gbps is only the theoretical "last mile" speed from the providers (e.g. Singtel) server to you. Actual speeds are limited by the data speeds along the path to the node you are connecting to (limited by intercontinental under sea fiber + server where the website is hosted). Typically spee...

VJK - what are you trying to achieve? You can do cash top ups or if you are self employed you can pay your CPF EE/ER contributions as well. I think the point that OP may be trying to make is that if he has no Singapore source income, any contribution to CPF would voluntary and there are no tax (ded...

Family ties scheme. Please search previous posts in the forum. Its been addressed in fair amount of detail. Thanks for the reply! I try search in the forum but couldn’t get any relevant thread with such topics. Can you advise which Thread addressed such topic? Much appreciated. I found a few releva...

Family ties scheme. Please search previous posts in the forum. Its been addressed in fair amount of detail.

An plausible approach might be for gahmen to amend the rules to state that an eligible person or couple can "own only 1 purchased HDB flat at any given time". In other words, they can inherit an aging HDB flat, yet buy their own BTO or resale. Further, private property owners are also allo...

Societies are not sustainable when wealth is passed down in perpetuity. Many other countries have death tax/ estate tax etc. I suppose Singapore achieves a similar effect with 99-year property leases gnawing away through a lifetime at the split between personal and gahmen wealth. Would the people bl...

I second PNGMK. Do not buy a dog in Singapore, many of the breeders have unethical profiteering practices and buying a dog at sky high prices just encourages it. There are many rescue dogs that need a good home but are shunned by people for shallow reasons like "dangerous because it has a black...

I’ll be there closer to 830

Count me in for this one. For location, how about trying Joo Chiat/ East Coast Rd. Beer is reasonably priced, have a few places with craft beer, and its easy access.

Many thanks for the detailed post sharing your experience on this, SE. Minor additions from my side (without quoting your entire reply). 1. I've heard from others too that CPF doesn't like ordinary wage varying from month to month but that some variation can be attributed to commissions. However, if...

http://statestimesreview.com/2018/03/27/comfortdelgro-delete-your-s652-million-uber-app/ They paid $28,348 per cab? That's about Comfort's annual revenue from each cab rented (not taking into account costs and depreciation). Its also close to the average cabbies annual earnings. The multiple seems ...

Now, in a larger company, where people might complain, you would need to issue a contract for service so that your employees would know exactly the terms they worked under. But, for you and your wife, you don't need to prepare any contracts. What are you going to do? Turn yourselves in for failure ...

Interest and dividends are taxable though. I doubt I'll make enough returns on my SRS to make it an issue. It's a form of forced savings for me. Agreed, my example was a tad edge case. But the reasoning still appears to hold since per IRAS, most interest and dividends (including from REIT, unit tru...

The investment choices for SRS are limited by govt regulations and also what the bank will let you do. I ended up buying into trusts from Great Eastern with mine about 5 years ago. The returns are so-so. For about 10 years I treated SRS as purely a zero return cash reserve against deflation. (And y...