The work pass related regulations are to protect the local job market and I don't see working remotely from Singapore having any impact on the Singapore job market.BBCWatcher wrote:Note that work is where you perform it, not how long the wire (or wireless connection) is between you and your employer/payor. So when you are physically in Singapore, then that's where you are working, and Singapore's immigration rules apply. (Tax rules can mean that income from work performed outside Singapore might be taxable in Singapore if you're a resident of Singapore, but that's a separate issue.) It also doesn't matter into which bank account or mailbox the income is received, at least for the immigration rules.
Really? I don't think it requires much imagination to understand and appreciate such effects on Singapore's labor market. Every moonlighting FDW cleaning somebody else's house for four hours once per week is taking a job (and income) from a part-time Singaporean or PR who could also earn a bit of extra income, at a higher wage rate no doubt, cleaning that same house. A stay-at-home Singaporean mom who wants to earn a bit more income doing part-time cleaning while her child is at school, for example. This is actually happening, a lot, and it's a genuine problem. Well, then take that example to the next logical step. Exactly the same is true with, say, providing customer service over the telephone to overseas customers. Singaporeans and PRs can do that work, too! If you're providing unauthorized "remote" work, you're competing against Singaporeans and PRs -- it's very simple. Whether you're pressing buttons on a computer to execute stock trades, talking on the telephone, or whatever. Competition is competition.x9200 wrote:The work pass related regulations are to protect the local job market and I don't see working remotely from Singapore having any impact on the Singapore job market.
My 2 cents.MichaelLiaw wrote: The question is, is it okay for me to do that outside my working hours? That's it. Thanks again for your answers, though.
No, I'm disappointed that so many people apparently can't even comprehend qualifiers and weights as clearly written. You claimed an interpretation that is not a reasonable inference. Read what I wrote again, more carefully, please.x9200 wrote:On the contrary, I think most people will correctly interpret a clear inability to assign proper weights....
Yes, and that some degree is near zero (or even negative) and completely negligible within the local market. This is the error in the weight assignment as normally people omit information qualitatively correct but with quantitative impact that is insignificant.BBCWatcher wrote:The bottom line is this: if work can be performed "remotely" from Singapore, then (in principle at least) it is work that can also be performed by citizens and PRs. Of course such work activity is local competition at least to some degree, and it frankly requires very little imagination to see that. In fact, it requires significant imagination on my part to try to understand why this point isn't obvious to others who at least give the issue some reasonable consideration and thought.
If only you penned summaries of your 1000 word essays, the lesser intelligent like me will have a better understanding of your mind boggling arguments. No offense, and please ignore my words if they are over the top.BBCWatcher wrote:Ask MoM, and please let us know what their reply is.
As an aside, adequate reading comprehension is lacking in this thread, and that's disappointing.
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