Client moving to Singapore

[Minty Bagley]

Our executive director who is from Oregon has decided to move to Singapore to personally take care of the company. I have been in contact with him regarding the things he needs but he said, he will leave it all to me. I would want him to comfortable but seems he is really aloof. How should I deal with American expats? Previously assisted expats from Europe and it worked out well.

[Brah]

Well seeing how all 323 million of them think the same this should be easy.

[earthfriendly]

Is he familiar with the lifestyles in Singapore? One thing I can think of to ease the process for you and him is to make a questionaire type scenarios to help him narrow down his choice.

E.g.

Common housing options in SG include:
1. HDB flats - public apartments used by 90 % of population with easy access to transportation network, hawker centers, grocery stores and public facilites. Comes in 3 - 5 bedrooms and monthly rental range from $xxxxx . You get exposure to how the locals live.

2. condominiums - your descriptions

3. Landed Houses - your decriptions

Etc............ You get the idea. Make it short and sweet and not long-winded like mine .

[JR8]

You could send him a copy of the 'Where should I/we live?' template questionnaire. That should narrow it down to a much more defined list of possibilities.

http://forum.singaporeexpats.com/viewtopic.php?t=101985

[x9200]

OP, how are you going to arrange it being based in the Philippines?

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[Minty Bagley]

Thanks for your replies. I have actually send him his options but prior to that I have talked to some colleagues who already met him and said that he is a strict but very considerate guy. He is used to working both with Asians and Europeans so there will be no problem at all. I have also asked for his interests and that includes fishing and lighthouse , so I would know what we can talk about. I am hoping that it will turn out good since he will be my boss for sometime.

Hi x9200, I will be relocating to Singapore as well. Our company's regional headquarters is based in Singapore and a sister company is based in Manila where I currently works. We are in the shipping business.

[JR8]

Oh look an OT embedded link, maybe this is just elaborate spam?

[x9200]

Thanks for your replies. I have actually send him his options but prior to that I have talked to some colleagues who already met him and said that he is a strict but very considerate guy. He is used to working both with Asians and Europeans so there will be no problem at all. I have also asked for his interests and that includes fishing and lighthouse , so I would know what we can talk about. I am hoping that it will turn out good since he will be my boss for sometime.

Hi x9200, I will be relocating to Singapore as well. Our company's regional headquarters is based in Singapore and a sister company is based in Manila where I currently works. We are in the shipping business.

That's one lucky coincident. Are you a Singaporean comming back or have you spent some years in Singapore before?

Please do not include any links in your messages nor make any references to any websites or business entities and we will see how far this will take us.

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