I am moving to Singapore in November this year. I am a British national, and have lived in Switzerland for the last two years. I am not moving to Singapore with my employer, but I have a few positive leads via my network that I am following job-wise. Although I don't expect to have something signed before I arrive, (it doesn't work like that in the industry I am in, so much) I hope to be in FT employment within the first few weeks, after some final interviews on the ground.
At this point, after researching all the options for visas and work permits, I am still a little unsure about what direction to go in. I cannot employ for an EP in advance, because I do not yet have a sponsor in Singapore. So I went to apply for the EPEC, and I qualify based on the requirements on the site, but as with a few other people on here I received the standard rejection email the other day.
It seems a bit futile to start questioning the rejection, especially after some advice given to other posters. My next option was to go for the PEP, which I could get before arriving, based on some conditions of my existing employment which all seem to be in order. As the PEP seems to be more recent, I could find less info online (in fact none of the people I spoke to at MOM even mentioned it) so was hoping some experts would be able to advise;

At this point, should I go ahead and apply for the PEP? Or do I wait to land in Singapore on a tourist Visa, and then apply for the EP when I close on a position?
So a subquestion (!) I suppose is....is it worth having the PEP instead of the EP anyway, given that it doesn't tie me to one employer? Or are there other problems associated with it?
Really appreciate any advice
Many thanks
George