Best country to live in in the entire world. NORWAY!

last SG · 2008-01-07T08:17:29+00:00

It helps you remember what you've got, and you must be some non- or sub-human entity if nothing matters to you. Stupid questions like the second one don't...

maurizio13 SG

Awwww......

That's pathetic.

Even our cabinet ministers get many times over their PM.

Maybe they should consult our MM and PM on the basics of sucking more $$$ from the population.

Even our GDP per capita is higher than Norway. Mr. Green
That's why all our ministers are justified in having salaries of afew millions.

weiqimun SG

sinkapore's army is to `kounter' the malay presence in SEA, and to protect territorial rights of her sovereign land shld the unthinkable happen, i.e. malaysia or indonesia show its aggressive nature.

the territorial make-up singapore is in necessitates it. u don't want to be a sitting duck. what happened years ago during `emergency' and during konfrontasi years ago is real. u n i probably weren't born yet.

if your `rationale' holds true, then many city states, including countries other than what you mentioned should not even have an army, becos good ol' USA and China will over run most countries. what good would folks like thailand, malaysia, timbuktu or itali have armies? china and USA will streamroll anyway...but your `enemies' is not just the big 2 or 3.

and sinkapore is buddies with the chinese and usa. you r hyping the theories. imagine all the US/Chinese business presence here in Sinkapore that'll get hit.

duh...are u acting `blur' or really blur?

Kuali Baba SG

That was from a 'Norwegian contact', in case you didn't read properly. A couple of months ago, I met a Norwegian lass at the pub, and she said she adored life here.

Travel the world and talk to more people - you'll learn that every place has its pros and cons.

the.owl SG

LOL, PSLE also can fail, better to commit suicide.

Jezmeister SG

hehe is proud of his norwegian blood lol

HyuugaNeji SG

norway should be a freaking cold country. People there are lazy because the weather there is freaking cold.

I would rather choose vancouver for i would worry less about winter wear. And there are also more asians there who can look out for one another.

EDIT: oh i just check. Norway is warmer than most other countries of the same latitude due to it being a coastal country. Not bad.

maurizio13 SG

Well, you have to look at the ultimate reason behind the Norwegian girl's perspective in terms of income.

In Norway the Gini Coefficient is low [25.8], therefore income is distributed more evenly amongst the professionals and the low income earners when compared to Singapore [42.5].

This would mean that rich-poor divide between the professionals and low wage earners is not as distinct as Singapore.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20070614000931/http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/pdf/hdr04_HDI.pdf

As for the share of income or consumption for Norway, the richest 20% consumes 32.7% of the country's total income. Whereas the richest 20% of Singapore consumes almost 50% of the country's total income.

The 20% poorest of Norway consumes 9.6% of the country's total income, whereas only 5% is attributed to Singapore.

Naturally, the top income earners will want to exploit the disparity of income distribution in Singapore. The Norwegian lass you spoke of is not your typical low income wage earners. In such a situation, you have a situation where high income earners of Norway wanting to relocat to Singapore. Whereas the low income earners of Singapore want to relocate to Norway. But low income earner's fate in Singpaore is sealed, they can't relocate due to immigration criteria.

fishbuff SG

now that comment is unwarranted for and disturbing.

the.owl SG

ya but how the hell do you fail PSLE? how? I cant even imagine Laughing

Catknight SG

with europe turning islamic by mid century, you might as well stay put here

Herzog_Zwei SG

I expect the same in Singapore.

Kuali Baba SG

She wasn’t cooing about how financially advantageous it was for her.

maurizio13 SG

Hypothetically, if you were to go over another country to work, that country has a system which benefits the foreigners and rich, while it penalises the poor. Would you as the foreigner, go around the pub bragging to locals about how much better off you are here as compared to your home country?

It's implicit that she's of the higher income group, else she would not have such a carefree lifestyle as compared to some locals. You need to be well off financially to enjoy the good life in Singapore.

If she's working 12 hour days with some weekend overtime; do you think it's possible for her to have the good life and go pubbing?

maurizio13 SG

A friend of mine (PRC), worked in Singapore for 3 months, was posted to one of the Nordic country (Christianxxxxx something, can't remember) for 2 weeks training. When she came back, she said she love that country much more than Singapore.

Here we have a person who has not lived in either country for extended period of time. But she expressed her desire to live in that Nordic country rather than Singapore, despite the high taxes and the cold.

Kuali Baba SG

Kristianstad is a municipality in Sweden.

If you have trouble accepting that people from countries you regard highly could find more reasons than financial ones to like life here, I can't say much more. For the record I'm looking to work and live elsewhere, for my own reasons too.

tek_koh SG

Singapore is the happiest country in asia leh

go check out yahoo.com now

maurizio13 SG

Well, I can't help it if you can't accept quantitative facts.

But, one issue that you cannot refute is, they are financially much much better off in Singapore than in Norway. You need to be financially well off in the first place to have a lavish lifestyle in Singapore. If you belong to the basic serf class, it's better off if you stay in Norway.

Other secondary issues might be weather.

If you think that what they say about Singapore is true, this is a place to stay long term for old age and all, you should maybe convince them to renounce their own Norwegian citizenship and adopt a Singaporean citizenship. Laughing

It's Kristiansand in Norway, not Kristianstad.

According to my PRC friend (neither a resident of Singapore or Norway) who stayed in both places for a short term. She said Singapore is all work, work and more work.

Kuali Baba SG

I don't have problems accepting those possibilities - I simply don't rule everything else out as primary reasons. Razz Maybe they'll return home, or maybe they'll move on when the travel bug bites them or when they want to prove themselves elsewhere.

maurizio13 SG

One simple question.

Either in Singapore or Norway, you need to have loads of money to have the good life.

Agree?

If their life in Singapore is better than Norway, then they must have some financial advantage here that they don't have in Norway. If you don't have much money in Singapore, there won't be any life at all as opposed to Norway.

Anyway, if it's possible, I don't mind trading my Singapore citizenship for a Norwegian citizenship anytime of the day. Laughing

Maybe spend afew years acquiring the Norwegian language.

I am sure many educated Singaporeans won't mind trading too.

If you ask me what values Singapore holds for me, I will tell you zero. It's nothing more than an empty shell, the voids could most easily be replaced by PRCs, Indians, Indonesians, Malaysians and Filippinos anytime.

Does Singapore value her citizens?

That's for you to decide on the merits of their actions.

Kuali Baba SG

It's possible, so get off your arse and make it happen.

And another thing: A happy/good life needn't necessarily be the high life.

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