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Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr
In sillypore, u grow old. Even if u have S$500K it will also be wiped out in no time if u are hospitalize with serious illness. Of course u cant expect the govt to subsidize everything. But Medical is very costly.
But no....we pay and pay and 70% seems very happy to pay.  No wonder some of my Msian friends refuse to renounce their blue ICs when i asked them to be a Sillyporean. And they still complain so much about their govt. Come and live in Spore...then they know hows life like. |
Malaysia has plenty of natural resources e.g. crude oil, oil palm, etc and hugh vast of land area. The landed houses and cars are cheap and affordable. House are freehold and cars can be used without expiry date. A worker in JB who is earning
RM3000 per month can afford to buy a landed house and a brand new car without much burden.
Whereas situation in singapore, property are mostly 99 years lease and car has a lifespan of 10 years. Seems like ownership of many things in spore tend to have an expiry date. e.g. heresay graveyard got 30 years lease after that it has to be shifted due to lack of land, data network also got expiry (2G data phase out), analogue TV signal going to be no more in December 2018 (can only receive digital TV)
An executive/manager who is earning
S$4000 a month could not even owned a car & a private condo in spore.
Lifestyle in spore (in general) for an average Joe
Work-Life very not balance (difficult to produce baby)
Stay in flat (machiam bird cage)
Take jam packed public transport during peak hour
Long hours of work and high stress (can cause impotent)
Mostly eat out due to insufficient time to cook
Retire late..age 65-75
Lifestyle in JB (in general) on the other hand
Work-Life well balance (got ample time go massage)
Stay in landed house with garden
Drive own car parked at home car porch
Shorter working hours and less stress
Occasionally eat at home due to more time.
Retire earlier..age 50-65