well... other countries aint too good either.
look at EU? north american. the cost of living there aint that
low.
australia salary is higher. but do note of the tax. u earn
+4k/mth. be prepare for 25-30% tax deduction/mth. considering a
house in perth alone cost half million now, a bowl of noodles is
AUD7-10.
NZ.. dont be deceived by Lord of the rings scenerio. the
security issues in christchurch is so bad, local population form
own crime watch.
i had a chance to go aust. i pass it. i never regret it.
singapore is not perfect, we stay, we rectify the problems.
together we can make a difference.
Well, looking at the more same same but different kind of
country to compare singapore will be much accurate in our
assessement of Singapore living condition, i take HongKong, Taiwan
and S Korea, including Singapore, a total of 4 old tigers. In term
of people, Singaporean are in a way more individualistic, less
exposed and yet like to complain and whine more. In term
of work, all 4 countries are hardworking peoples. In term of
security, Singapore is much much peaceful, S Korea are facing
N korea, HK has a high crime rate, Taiwan is both high in
illegal activity and national security due to china pressure across
the strait. In term gender, koreans and taiwanese are still
very much a country where man are above woman in a social aspect,
in HK and Singapore, the gender equality is in a way on the
same par.
In term of freedom, S korea and taiwan got more freedom as
they take on the US kind of democracy, HK which is under
adminstration with big brother china looking over them, are quite
strict in their freedom to express and others, same goes to
Singapore, freedom is still very much restricted in certain
areas.
In term taxation, Taiwan n S korea, being attached to US
kind of taxation, taxed their citizens alot so as to build their
military and guard their lands, HK total taxation
is also higher in term of less rebates for
them.
In of political scenerios, Singapore is the most stable, peace
and harmony, followed by HK, then korea, and then taiwan, which for
every change of govt, there will be corruption, riot, protest and
so on. However, in term of innovation and technology with own
industrials, singapore are far behind, for countries like korea and
taiwan, they can be self dependent with their own industrial such
as Acer or bubble tea, and for korea samsung LG...etc, Singapore
still very much need Foreign investment and also foreign workers
and talents to run the show, and that is very fragile.
