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by Wd40 » Wed, 03 Jun 2015 11:00 pm
Strong Eagle wrote:Perhaps forum activity is a harbinger of things to come. After all, the gahmen seems intent on cutting off the flow of 'foreign talent' and somehow making a go of it without the corresponding inflow of foreign dollars.
Perhaps there aren't more 'new regulars' coming on board because fewer companies are considering moving personnel into Singapore because of rising costs and ever more onerous employment regulations.
+1. My exact thoughts.
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by Brah » Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:47 am
Strong Eagle wrote:Perhaps forum activity is a harbinger of things to come. After all, the gahmen seems intent on cutting off the flow of 'foreign talent' and somehow making a go of it without the corresponding inflow of foreign dollars.
Perhaps there aren't more 'new regulars' coming on board because fewer companies are considering moving personnel into Singapore because of rising costs and ever more onerous employment regulations.
And it's not just the lack of inflow, there is the ramped-up outflow.
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by martincymru » Fri, 05 Jun 2015 1:40 pm
Stats for past 10 years on race numbers then/now in Sg would make interesting reading. Where can I locate?
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by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 05 Jun 2015 2:27 pm
SingStat. You will have to do some digging but it's all there. Or, at least to the last census anyway.
http://www.singstat.gov.sg/
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by JR8 » Fri, 05 Jun 2015 2:34 pm
Check the Wiki page for Singapore, under the 'population by race' they might indicate links that they quote from.
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by the lynx » Fri, 19 Jun 2015 1:07 pm
Man, if the forum gets so quiet on Fridays, then something is really wrong...

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by the lynx » Fri, 19 Jun 2015 1:07 pm
Man, if the forum gets so quiet on Fridays, then something is really wrong...

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by Wd40 » Fri, 19 Jun 2015 1:09 pm
I am on vacation in India right now, I guess lots of people are taking vacations due to school holidays.
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by ecureilx » Fri, 19 Jun 2015 1:18 pm
the lynx wrote:Man, if the forum gets so quiet on Fridays, then something is really wrong...

Man, I did hear you the first time
It's been a bit quite these days anyway ..
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by the lynx » Fri, 19 Jun 2015 1:36 pm
ecureilx wrote:the lynx wrote:Man, if the forum gets so quiet on Fridays, then something is really wrong...

Man, I did hear you the first time
It's been a bit quite these days anyway ..
Oops that double-post error again. Back then I could delete one of the double posts but now new format doesn't let me to.
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by bgd » Fri, 19 Jun 2015 2:42 pm
the lynx wrote:
Oops that double-post error again. Back then I could delete one of the double posts but now new format doesn't let me to.
Boosting forum traffic, though.

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by Pal » Fri, 19 Jun 2015 3:01 pm
June and December are the vacation months.
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by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 19 Jun 2015 5:27 pm
^^This!
Which makes driving to work almost a pleasure when compared to the rest of the year!

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by chris_pilgrim » Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:24 pm
It is better to believe than to disbelieve. in doing, you bring everything to the realm of possibility.
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by sundaymorningstaple » Sat, 20 Jun 2015 3:45 pm
Hi Chris. You are right. It's been a while.

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A Quiet Singapore
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Truthhurts1 seems to have become famous
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any forum to find gf here in SG?
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any forum to find gf here in SG?
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Why did this forum die?
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Thanks Expat Forum
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Happy for you zebra48 and congrats!
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