jgarnett wrote:
3) Transport : ...I love having a car as I have always had one and like bundling the family into the car for days or weekends away but I gather you don't do weekends away inside Singapore !!
...Do you need to have baby seats etc ?
4) ...Singapore might provide the kids especially with a nicer environment for playing and learning etc. I would certainly miss the funk factor of Cambodia and the $8 cases of beer but career-wise Singapore would be a huge upward move for me and...
5) Someone told me that Singaporeans are very Xenophobic and in particular have a real superiority complex with other Asian races. My wife is Cambodian ( Khmer ) and his comment was that she would probably get treated very poorly...
3) you can drive up north. plenty of interesting places in malayais to visit. anyone below 1.35m require some type of seat/restraint but i (very) often see kids and babies on laps in private cars and goods vehicles. this rule does not apply to taxis. legally, kids must be seated in the rear taxi seat.
4) i agree. oh, and $8 gets you one (big'ish) bottle beer in singapore.
5) MY OPINION: she probably won't get treated poorly, but she may be treated differently, especially by strangers (locals). it would help if she can speak fluent english.
this race thing is quite sensitive in singapore... so take note before mouthing off something negative (whether on the internet or in real life).
okay - ESPECIALLY on the internet. for the latest, google: singapore union director fired racist australian