Singapore has been ranked the second most expensive city in
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Originally posted by charlize:
I wonder what's the purpose of releasing this information in the ST.
They usually don't report unfavourable news - unless there is some other deeper purpose.
the audience are for businesses....ha ha telling singapore business where to move their head office......either govt trim their fat or risk loosing business. -
What if Singapore is the cheapest city in Asia to live in?
Accomodation is dirt cheapo.
Food is cheaper than village prices.
Transportation is almost free.
Health care also free.
What would Singapore be like then?
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Originally posted by mancha:
What if Singapore is the cheapest city in Asia to live in?
Accomodation is dirt cheapo.
Food is cheaper than village prices.
Transportation is almost free.
Health care also free.
What would Singapore be like then?
Utopia?
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Originally posted by Shao Wei:
at least we are not searching rubbish bin for food.
talk crap la you.Rich will never understand the poor. So no point talking to you about it.
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sorry lor... jap gahmen where got double our gahmen pay? I think lesser...
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Originally posted by mancha:
What if Singapore is the cheapest city in Asia to live in?
Accomodation is dirt cheapo.
Food is cheaper than village prices.
Transportation is almost free.
Health care also free.
What would Singapore be like then?
Ukraine
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well i guess everything comes with a price..
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
talk crap la you.Rich will never understand the poor. So no point talking to you about it.
when he become poor than he will understand -
UBS survey reveals Singaporeans are just the 5th highest earners in the region
By CHEN HUIFEN
( SINGAPORE ) Singapore may be the second most expensive city in Asia after Tokyo, but employees here are only the fifth highest wage earners in the region, a study has found.
To indicate wage levels, the UBS survey looked at how long a person has to work to buy an 8GB iPod nano player,
In Singapore , it takes 27.5 hours - but in Tokyo it takes 12 hours, and in Hong Kong it takes 19 hours.
On a global scale, Singapore ranked 40th in terms of gross wages, down two notches from 38th in 2006, the last time the study was conducted.
In 18th place worldwide, Tokyo workers are Asia's highest earners, followed by Hong Kong (37th, up from 40th in 2006), Seoul (38th, down from 32nd), Taipei (39th, from 36th), Singapore , Shanghai (59th, same as in 2006), Beijing (64th, from 65th) and Mumbai (73rd, from 67th).
Compiled in a report titled Prices and Earnings, the findings emerged from surveys conducted in March and April by local UBS employees, members of student organisation AIESEC, chambers of commerce, consumer organisations and selected individuals.
The wage and salary data covers 14 different occupations including building labourer, engineer, cook, bank credit officer and primary school teacher. They represent a cross-section of the workforce in the industrial and services sectors.
Employees in Copenhagen , Zurich , Geneva and New York have the highest gross wages, in that order. In contrast, the average employee in Delhi , Manila , Jakarta and Mumbai earns less than one-fifteenth of Swiss hourly wages after tax.
In terms of cost of living, excluding rent, Oslo remains the most expensive city in the world, followed by Zurich and Copenhagen . The prices were calculated based on a reference basket of 122 different products and services. London dropped dramatically to 21st position, from the second most expensive city in 2006. Singapore was ranked the 24th most expensive globally, up from 32nd position in 2006.
People in Asia and the Middle East generally spend more hours at work than those in Europe . On average, Singapore employees work 2,088 hours a year - higher than the global average of 1,902.
'Overall, the most hours are worked in Cairo (2,373 per year), followed by Seoul (2,312),' the UBS report said. 'Workers in Doha , Dubai and Manama also rack up long hours, averaging 2,210 per year - 308 more than the international average.
'There are significant differences within regions, too. Employees work considerably more in Hong Kong (2,295 hours) and Seoul (2,312 hours) than in Tokyo (1,997 hours) and Shanghai (1,946 hours).'
The survey was conducted in 73 cities.
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Originally posted by blackigloo:
well i guess everything comes with a price..
羊毛出在羊身上。
It is easy for the rich to understand the poor, so long as they dont have to use their money to understand.
It is also easy for the poor to understand the rich, because they know exactly how to spend the rich's money.
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Originally posted by automator:
when he become poor than he will understand
this kind of elite ya ya -
According to these statistics of singaporeans earning low wages, second most expensive in the world etc, isn't it suprising that foreigners do not want to go other places like Japan, Hong Kong etc to work but chose to come to singapore to work instead?
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Originally posted by automator:
According to these statistics of singaporeans earning low wages, second most expensive in the world etc, isn't it suprising that foreigners do not want to go other places like Japan, Hong Kong etc to work but chose to come to singapore to work instead?
When you say foreigners, you referring to top end management or low wage construction workers?
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Originally posted by GHoST_18:
UBS survey reveals Singaporeans are just the 5th highest earners in the region
By CHEN HUIFEN
( SINGAPORE ) Singapore may be the second most expensive city in Asia after Tokyo, but employees here are only the fifth highest wage earners in the region, a study has found.
To indicate wage levels, the UBS survey looked at how long a person has to work to buy an 8GB iPod nano player,
In Singapore , it takes 27.5 hours - but in Tokyo it takes 12 hours, and in Hong Kong it takes 19 hours.
On a global scale, Singapore ranked 40th in terms of gross wages, down two notches from 38th in 2006, the last time the study was conducted.
In 18th place worldwide, Tokyo workers are Asia's highest earners, followed by Hong Kong (37th, up from 40th in 2006), Seoul (38th, down from 32nd), Taipei (39th, from 36th), Singapore , Shanghai (59th, same as in 2006), Beijing (64th, from 65th) and Mumbai (73rd, from 67th).
Compiled in a report titled Prices and Earnings, the findings emerged from surveys conducted in March and April by local UBS employees, members of student organisation AIESEC, chambers of commerce, consumer organisations and selected individuals.
The wage and salary data covers 14 different occupations including building labourer, engineer, cook, bank credit officer and primary school teacher. They represent a cross-section of the workforce in the industrial and services sectors.
Employees in Copenhagen , Zurich , Geneva and New York have the highest gross wages, in that order. In contrast, the average employee in Delhi , Manila , Jakarta and Mumbai earns less than one-fifteenth of Swiss hourly wages after tax.
In terms of cost of living, excluding rent, Oslo remains the most expensive city in the world, followed by Zurich and Copenhagen . The prices were calculated based on a reference basket of 122 different products and services. London dropped dramatically to 21st position, from the second most expensive city in 2006. Singapore was ranked the 24th most expensive globally, up from 32nd position in 2006.
People in Asia and the Middle East generally spend more hours at work than those in Europe . On average, Singapore employees work 2,088 hours a year - higher than the global average of 1,902.
'Overall, the most hours are worked in Cairo (2,373 per year), followed by Seoul (2,312),' the UBS report said. 'Workers in Doha , Dubai and Manama also rack up long hours, averaging 2,210 per year - 308 more than the international average.
'There are significant differences within regions, too. Employees work considerably more in Hong Kong (2,295 hours) and Seoul (2,312 hours) than in Tokyo (1,997 hours) and Shanghai (1,946 hours).'
The survey was conducted in 73 cities.
my next question is what is the percentage of the Singaporean work force's salary "fall within the reported catergory? " vs what percentage of the Singaporean work force's salary fall below the reported catergory?
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Originally posted by charlize:
When you say foreigners, you referring to top end management or low wage construction workers?
Both.There are foreigners who come here to work in top management and also those who come here to work as low wage workers
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the idealogy is simple, without the poor, how can there be rich. And who make them rich, mostly is the poors who make them rich. The equation is simple, if you said you are rich, there is someone richer than you, if you said you are poor, there is also someone poorer than you. Let say you earn 100,000 p.a, consider rich in many countries already, but you gather round those earning 1 million p.a, then you start to say you are poor. Doesn't make sense ya
The rich also dun want the poor to go poorer, our govt understand that, if they go poorer, social unrest will occur, next, they will not spend and this will drag the rich down into poor condition. Our govt had always wanted the lower income people to move up, giving them ample opportunities and it is all up for them to grab and excel in it. Our society provide an equal opportunites for both the lower and higher income, you live in condo, i live in next door HDB, you drive merc, i drove honda, you go shopping at orchard, i also can go shopping, you buy at cold storage, i buy at NTUC, you got clubs, i also got social clubs, you buy insurance, i also can buy income insurance or my cpf also got insurance. You childrens or you can go study, i also can go study and educate myself. You can go changi airport, i also can go there.
Therefore, if you look at our govt social policy, we do not take poor as an outcast, in many countries, some poor are not allow into shopping centre or airport or even schools. Nobody is poor in singapore unless you deem yourself to be ya.
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Originally posted by angel7030:
the idealogy is simple, without the poor, how can there be rich. And who make them rich, mostly is the poors who make them rich. The equation is simple, if you said you are rich, there is someone richer than you, if you said you are poor, there is also someone poorer than you. Let say you earn 100,000 p.a, consider rich in many countries already, but you gather round those earning 1 million p.a, then you start to say you are poor. Doesn't make sense ya
The rich also dun want the poor to go poorer, our govt understand that, if they go poorer, social unrest will occur, next, they will not spend and this will drag the rich down into poor condition. Our govt had always wanted the lower income people to move up, giving them ample opportunities and it is all up for them to grab and excel in it. Our society provide an equal opportunites for both the lower and higher income, you live in condo, i live in next door HDB, you drive merc, i drove honda, you go shopping at orchard, i also can go shopping, you buy at cold storage, i buy at NTUC, you got clubs, i also got social clubs, you buy insurance, i also can buy income insurance or my cpf also got insurance. You childrens or you can go study, i also can go study and educate myself. You can go changi airport, i also can go there.
Therefore, if you look at our govt social policy, we do not take poor as an outcast, in many countries, some poor are not allow into shopping centre or airport or even schools. Nobody is poor in singapore unless you deem yourself to be ya.
the more you write the more you r giving away who y r
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Originally posted by seyKai:
the more you write the more you r giving away who y r
giving away??? what kind of intellectual do you have here?? dun assume things hor, u go and ass yourself, not me ya. If you like, u read, if dun like, just diam diam sit there and drink your milk. -
Originally posted by automator:
Both.There are foreigners who come here to work in top management and also those who come here to work as low wage workers
how abt my PRC gals?? -
Originally posted by angel7030:
the idealogy is simple, without the poor, how can there be rich. And who make them rich, mostly is the poors who make them rich. The equation is simple, if you said you are rich, there is someone richer than you, if you said you are poor, there is also someone poorer than you. Let say you earn 100,000 p.a, consider rich in many countries already, but you gather round those earning 1 million p.a, then you start to say you are poor. Doesn't make sense ya
The rich also dun want the poor to go poorer, our govt understand that, if they go poorer, social unrest will occur, next, they will not spend and this will drag the rich down into poor condition. Our govt had always wanted the lower income people to move up, giving them ample opportunities and it is all up for them to grab and excel in it. Our society provide an equal opportunites for both the lower and higher income, you live in condo, i live in next door HDB, you drive merc, i drove honda, you go shopping at orchard, i also can go shopping, you buy at cold storage, i buy at NTUC, you got clubs, i also got social clubs, you buy insurance, i also can buy income insurance or my cpf also got insurance. You childrens or you can go study, i also can go study and educate myself. You can go changi airport, i also can go there.
Therefore, if you look at our govt social policy, we do not take poor as an outcast, in many countries, some poor are not allow into shopping centre or airport or even schools. Nobody is poor in singapore unless you deem yourself to be ya.
Go get fu by your customers in your brothel, don't come here talk crap
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Originally posted by angel7030:
giving away??? what kind of intellectual do you have here?? dun assume things hor, u go and ass yourself, not me ya. If you like, u read, if dun like, just diam diam sit there and drink your milk.You talk about intellect, you don't have it so don't talk about intellect to people here. Go offer your milk to your clients, prostitute angel7030.