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Thanks for that info PNGMK, noted both points.

Can a PR China driver license with official translation be used used to drive in Singapore on a 6 month visit? (its for my visiting father in law who knows driving well, but has not driven outside of China, and might need to drive my car occasionally while here) I checked the Singapore Police web si...

Thanks for all the info. Updating my earlier post on this thread. At boarding in Beijing, airline did not ask parents-in-law for return ticket as they could see the return segment (albeit for 6 months later). At entry in Singapore also ICA didn't ask for anything and stamped a short visit pass - my ...

Thanks zzm9980 and PNGMK. We also figured more of an issue at the airline checkin counter in Beijing than at ICA. Original r/t business class ticket return date cant be changed without incurring a significant change fee as it was a discounted fare. On an earlier instance they flew in on one booking ...

We face a somewhat similar situation and appreciate any experiences or opinions that fellow forummers can share. My wife's parents will be visiting us from China next month (my wife is originally from China, now Singaporean). Her parents have visited us before but only for a month at a time. This ti...

Out of town this time. Would have joined if here

Seems a good deal if you like to fly biz class for personal travel (less so for economy class though). Typically a $3000 r/t ticket in SQ biz class will cost 70-80k frequent flyer miles on award redemption. Derating slightly because award tickets don't earn miles, that's still about 4c/mile. Typical...

Singapore IS the choice of location for arbitration. The court system is open and uncorrupted. It also has a lower cost option: "The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)" which is the only arbitration institution in Singapore. The SIAC administers most of its cases under its ...

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...