cost of living in singapore

last SG · 2008-01-19T10:58:45+00:00

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ruvanw1979 SG

dear,
pl tel me what is the cost of living in singapore .food / house and transport
thanks

Deino SG

for transportation

1 day, 4 rides eg...2bus and 2 train rides for the whole day...

$5....

1month/30 days=$150

Food....

A standard lunch including drinks should cost around $7 depending on what you spend on......Unless you can survive on prata for whole month which is around 70 cents per piece for a plain and 1.30 per piece prata with for eggs

Say you spend 7x3x30=630

If you can survive on 2eggs and a plain for every meal including a drink which would cost around 1.20, you'd be spending like 4.50

So 4.5x3x30=405

You could be saving alot but i dun think you'd want to survive only on prata and iced milo....

i'd conclude an average meal to be around $7 and transportation to be around $5.....

Jem777 SG

I can survive relatively well with 500 for personal spending. I eat home for most meals. Transport costs me about 150 a month.

Deino SG

Home meals are the best if you wan save money.....

I used to bring home meals to work last time but now darn lazy coz i'm always tempted to eat food outside.....huuu.....

ruvanw1979 SG

thanks lot for you very good explain

newcomer SG

wah 500 is quite alot for montly necesisty

Deino SG

mine is around 400....including transportation, and everything that i need.....coz i rarely ask money from my parents....only do when i'm really stuck

Jem777 SG

I used to bring food from home to school/work. Still do anyway. Nothing beats mom's cooking.

Jem777 SG

It's okay lah. If i were to eat outside everyday, it'd be reduced to almost nothing. Food around CBD area about $7 for a meal. 7x20=140. If I stay out or go somewhere to do my assignments, it'd be about 280. Couple that with transport and misc stuff, it's okay. I've classmates who get almost a grand a month along with a supp card and they still complain it's not enough Confused

Deino SG

they must be ungrateful......

Jem777 SG

Just different upbringing. They're born with a silver spoon in their mouths so yeah. They're nice people but the way they spend scares me.

buffered SG

hmm for me i spend $2.50 for my train rides to and fro. so a month i'll spend maybe $80 to $90 for transportation. work and jalan jalan la.

food,if my mom cook ill tapau her food and bring to work.if not.. ill spend $5 for meal and drink. sometimes nothing to do spend on snacks all these.

ill say ill spend $400 max on neccesities.

u sri lankan got S pass anot or just normal worker's permit.u must pay rent for your lodging also. rent is usually $140 a month. Worker's permit u pay MOM around $150 a month? if im not wrong its $5 a day for u to work in singapore.

Ah Cek SG

savings – cost of living = -ve value

jojobeach SG

You didn't include housing , utilities, and tax.

maurizio13 SG

Food = ($4 food + $1.2 drinks) x 3 meals x 30 days = $468

Room = $500

Medical = $30

Transport (no taxi rides) = $4 x 30 days = $120

Clothes = $150

Handphone bills = $20

Miscellaneous (e.g. toiletries, movies, music cds, computer, internet) = $150

Total cost = $1,438

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Technomage SG

food roughly 200-300
entertainment 300-400
clothes 500-1k
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seotiblizzard SG

how come the TS no reply liao?

Blardy clone sibo.

Rolling Eyes

sinicker SG

Thosai $1.20
Egg Thosai $1.70
Masala Thosai $2.00
Egg Masala Thosai $ 2.50

Fireindahouse SG

a big mac meal cost $6.20

a plate of plain rice and 6 small pieces of char siew or chicken cost $2.50~$3..

the meals that ppl up there eat in istana... how many k?

maurizio13 SG

Careful, those government supporters will say that you are jealous.

It was on channel U quite a few months back, the Lee family flies their chef over to Japan to buy the freshest sushi for dinner.