Sayonara Singapore.
I came to Singapore 15 years ago, thinking of making Singapore my home, as it came on top choices compared to other countries, such as US, Australia and Canada.
I have studied here and meet my wife here and had my baby here, however Singapore had a different plan. I am a PR for more than 10 years and they are not ready to give my wife a PR even though she has studied here and been here almost same time as me and they rejected application my wife’s and my child’s PR.
So HDB is out of choice. We both make a combined income of 10k+ but more and more money is squeezed out of us. Looks like Singapore Values free money from China and Hong Kong than integrating locally trained people.
At present our house house hold expenditure is more than 80% of our income and our life style is just average, so you can earn and have a decent life in Singapore. But we feel we are just Surviving here and not really living.
We are not evening talking about luxury here like car, condo etc. Just a basic life. And it’s same for my Singapore friends but slightly better because of HDB. In general, Singapore is becoming a advanced society with surviving people.
What I see from Govt plan is either you are super rich or under 3k family income rest all will just be rich on paper but poor in real life. All my class mates (locals) have already left Singapore and I didn’t listen to their advice to pack up 10 years ago.
Now, I am Surviving. When I tell about these things , most locals will complain you can go back where you came from, but if we keep having such mentalities Singapore will become next Japan.
Right now, govt is happy to collect millions from foreigners ABSB and giving $300 CDC vouchers to keeps locals mouth shut. So, till govt doesn’t prioritise welfare of people, Sg will be millionaires zombie land.
Here are what netizens think:
- So if government gives your wife PR and there will be complains?
- Well… that’s rich coming from a PR earning a combined 10k complaining about cost of living and not being able to get its spouse a PR.
- I’m quite curious what are your household expenses. Spending more than $8k a month is quite interesting if you are saying your family is just average.