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General Discussion => The Flea Trap => Topic started by: JOE on March 31, 2023, 08:58:46 PM

Title: Singapore....
Post by: JOE on March 31, 2023, 08:58:46 PM
...since Shen Li has stated her intent to move to Singapore, perhaps a new thread oughta be devoted to it.



Actually, the mere mention of it got me interested in the place.



Apparently, it's a fast growing, vibrant metropolis city state.



Where the Singapore dollar was once a fraction of the Canadian dollar, now they're about on par.



Perhaps Singapore might be the Abu Dubai/Monaco/Switzerland of Asia?



https://youtu.be/XSOgcpRbrCo



Good or Bad, let's talk about it.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on March 31, 2023, 09:02:20 PM
If you had ever been anywhere you would know It is the Abu Dubai/Switzerland of Asia. An expensive place for folks that like a thimble or two of barrel wash.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 01, 2023, 10:23:51 AM
Singapore is what Canada used to be. A pragmatic country that values opportunity. A place that would never intentionally jeopardize the financial well-being of it's citizens.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Berry Sweet on April 01, 2023, 09:51:54 PM
I'm going to Singapore with Shen...
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 01, 2023, 10:35:16 PM
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=496797 time=1680400314 user_id=164
I'm going to Singapore with Shen...

WOO HOO!! Glad 5o have you tag along Berry. :yahoo:  ac_drinks
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Frood on April 02, 2023, 03:45:11 AM
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496769 time=1680359031 user_id=3389
Singapore is what Canada used to be. A pragmatic country that values opportunity. A place that would never intentionally jeopardize the financial well-being of it's citizens.


But up till recently, lashed those who spit out their gum on the street....





Yeah, nah.... your Asian paradise isn't one.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 02, 2023, 04:44:19 AM
Quote from: Frood post_id=496811 time=1680421511 user_id=1676
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496769 time=1680359031 user_id=3389
Singapore is what Canada used to be. A pragmatic country that values opportunity. A place that would never intentionally jeopardize the financial well-being of it's citizens.


But up till recently, lashed those who spit out their gum on the street....





Yeah, nah.... your Asian paradise isn't one.

And until recently Canada respected the right to protest. Now we jail anyone who disagrees with our marxist general secretary longer than animals who molest kids. A Western liberty paradise Canada is not anymore. If I did not have my farm and my family here, the old lady and I would be in another country too.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Frood on April 02, 2023, 04:47:55 AM
Quote from: Herman post_id=496819 time=1680425059 user_id=3396
Quote from: Frood post_id=496811 time=1680421511 user_id=1676




But up till recently, lashed those who spit out their gum on the street....





Yeah, nah.... your Asian paradise isn't one.

And until recently Canada respected the right to protest. Now we jail anyone who disagrees with our marxist general secretary longer than animals who molest kids. A Western liberty paradise Canada is not anymore. If I did not have my farm and my family here, the old lady and I would be in another country too.




So you might pick a place that beats people bloody on shackles and racks for spitting out gum because a halfwit narcissistic completely subverted Western law to stop a protest against him and his handlers?



Yeah.... woah... thanks for admitting what side you're on.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 02, 2023, 04:54:17 AM
Dink, Singpaore is the headquarters of the oil and gas industry in the region. I have flown in and out of that city state quite a few times. My old lady's office office was in Singapore for a while. They did not and still do not give lashes for spitting out gum on the ground. You get a fine for it. Same as you get for crossing a street on a red light or not flushing a toilet. They call Singapore a fine city for a reason. I think some of it is silly, but the place works while North American cities are falling apart with BLM and Antifa anarchists destroying everything. Myself, I just stay out of cities period.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Frood on April 02, 2023, 05:12:29 AM
Quote from: Herman post_id=496821 time=1680425657 user_id=3396
Dink, Singpaore is the headquarters of the oil and gas industry in the region. I have flown in and out of that city state quite a few times. My old lady's office office was in Singpapore for a while. They did not and still do not give lashes for spitting out on gum on the ground. You get a fine for it. Same as you get for crossing a street on a red light or not flushing a toilet. They call Singapore a fine city for a reason. I think some of it is silly, but the place works while North American cities are falling apart with BLM and Antifa anarchists destroying everything. Myself, I just stay out of cities period.


I said it was a before policy.... before.



 I acknowledge that they've dulled it somewhat...



But it was the mechanism or part of a program where an all supreme ruler did and said anything he wanted...



There are no guarantees in going to Singapore... unless you've got connections or wealth. Singapore was built on very loose and shakey ground.



Alternately, the West has hard Magna Carta grounds which they've decided to overlook...conveniently.



But could you fight your way off the island if things turn even worse?



We need to be with our people during a crises and I acknowledge that our people span the while entire geo-ethnic-sphere...



Yet if I as an American can say out loud "let it burn" with a mother and numerous siblings and their families still there, you have to be a bit more honest with how you deal with me.



I'm prepared to sacrifice anything for true freedom. But I'm not losing free will.



Shen Li is making a massive blunder. She's one of us. If she doesn't realise it, shame on her off-line people. If she's basing it on shit posts on forums, shame on her.



I've always loved a cunty Shen post or attempt at trolling 101...



Please convince the seaweed vagina to stick around.... I'll miss her otherwise... (maybe not my nostrils but you get the point)...
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 02, 2023, 10:50:16 AM
Quote from: Frood post_id=496811 time=1680421511 user_id=1676
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496769 time=1680359031 user_id=3389
Singapore is what Canada used to be. A pragmatic country that values opportunity. A place that would never intentionally jeopardize the financial well-being of it's citizens.


But up till recently, lashed those who spit out their gum on the street.

Good Gawd man, ur a misinformed Western rube. That is to be expected when your view of the world outside the Eastern half of Australia is supplied by Bitchute.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Frood on April 02, 2023, 11:31:00 AM
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496827 time=1680447016 user_id=3389
Quote from: Frood post_id=496811 time=1680421511 user_id=1676




But up till recently, lashed those who spit out their gum on the street.

Good Gawd man, ur a misinformed Western rube. That is to be expected when your view of the world outside the Eastern half of Australia is supplied by Bitchute.


Don't be a yellow canuckistani turd who has never lived anywhere else in her conscious childhood or since adult years aside from Trudeaupoolandia, kiddo.



Travel and live a bit.... and don't pull a Herman living in safe little compounds where there's virtually no exposure to the nation you're visiting.



Man up instead....  :thumbup:
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 02, 2023, 12:14:27 PM
Quote from: Frood post_id=496834 time=1680449460 user_id=1676
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496827 time=1680447016 user_id=3389


Good Gawd man, ur a misinformed Western rube. That is to be expected when your view of the world outside the Eastern half of Australia is supplied by Bitchute.


Don't be a yellow canuckistani turd who has never lived anywhere else in her conscious childhood or since adult years aside from Trudeaupoolandia, kiddo.



Travel and live a bit.... and don't pull a Herman living in safe little compounds where there's virtually no exposure to the nation you're visiting.



Man up instead....  :thumbup:

I don't know what ur babbling about. I don't care either.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Frood on April 02, 2023, 12:24:17 PM
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496842 time=1680452067 user_id=3389
Quote from: Frood post_id=496834 time=1680449460 user_id=1676




Don't be a yellow canuckistani turd who has never lived anywhere else in her conscious childhood or since adult years aside from Trudeaupoolandia, kiddo.



Travel and live a bit.... and don't pull a Herman living in safe little compounds where there's virtually no exposure to the nation you're visiting.



Man up instead....  :thumbup:

I don't know what ur babbling about. I don't care either.


The preservatives in KFC batter should be outlawed.... :sad:
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 02, 2023, 12:30:30 PM
Quote from: Frood post_id=496845 time=1680452657 user_id=1676
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496842 time=1680452067 user_id=3389


I don't know what ur babbling about. I don't care either.


The preservatives in KFC batter should be outlawed.... :sad:

So should the ingredients for do it urself liquor. Anyway, anything else you need a multilingual well-travelled racial superior to clarify for you. :001_tongue:
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Frood on April 02, 2023, 03:41:56 PM
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496846 time=1680453030 user_id=3389
Quote from: Frood post_id=496845 time=1680452657 user_id=1676




The preservatives in KFC batter should be outlawed.... :sad:

So should the ingredients for do it urself liquor. Anyway, anything else you need a multilingual well-travelled racial superior to clarify for you. :001_tongue:


How are they with written English?   :001_tongue:
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: DKG on April 02, 2023, 04:38:30 PM
Quote from: Frood post_id=496868 time=1680464516 user_id=1676
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496846 time=1680453030 user_id=3389


So should the ingredients for do it urself liquor. Anyway, anything else you need a multilingual well-travelled racial superior to clarify for you. :001_tongue:


How are they with written English?   :001_tongue:

I am sure they could not possibly be any worse than you.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Frood on April 02, 2023, 04:47:35 PM
Quote from: DKG post_id=496874 time=1680467910 user_id=3390
Quote from: Frood post_id=496868 time=1680464516 user_id=1676




How are they with written English?   :001_tongue:

I am sure they could not possibly be any worse than you.


Oi, Glenn.... fetch us a pizza and leave the sledging to me and my girl Shen.  :43(2):
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: DKG on April 02, 2023, 04:49:26 PM
Quote from: Frood post_id=496877 time=1680468455 user_id=1676
Quote from: DKG post_id=496874 time=1680467910 user_id=3390


I am sure they could not possibly be any worse than you.


Oi, Glenn.... fetch us a pizza and leave the sledging to me and my girl Shen.  :43(2):

You are reinforcing what I stated.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Frood on April 03, 2023, 02:12:20 AM
It's difficult to start off in a new hobby so late in life and particularly online insult hurling where others have had years if not decades to hone their craft, so I'll give you a pro tip.



Be specific when replying.... quote your original post/s if it frames your case as well as your opponents quote/s.



"You are reinforcing what I stated" doesn't work on any level.



What did you state; where and when did you state it?



Otherwise it's just a standard IKYABWAI otherwise known as a PeeWee. It's an easy mistake and crutch for an aging newb to make or utilise so I've cut you some slack because I'm a philanthropist at heart, quite magnanimous, and the most humble person you'll ever meet online.... grasshoppa'
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 03, 2023, 02:26:18 AM
Back to Singpaore. It is better managed than any Canadian city. That aint even up for debate. Just goes to show what can be accomplished when an elite prog minority do not get to dictate how millions of people live. But, it is a congested city. I cannot do condo life.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: weebles on April 03, 2023, 02:14:54 PM
Cutting and Running eh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCVkm2QBG-Q

Bye-Bye  ac_hithere
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 03, 2023, 08:01:03 PM
Buh Bye Weebs.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: weebles on April 03, 2023, 08:41:57 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP6s4xoufzg

 :pop:  ac_hithere  :JC_howdy:
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: weebles on April 03, 2023, 09:07:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD8GauTDcQY
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: JOE on April 04, 2023, 03:19:58 AM
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496769 time=1680359031 user_id=3389
Singapore is what Canada used to be. A pragmatic country that values opportunity. A place that would never intentionally jeopardize the financial well-being of it's citizens.


...not my POV, since I don't know what Singapore or the surrounding area is like, but this guy absolutely adores Malaysia, which is next door to Singapore:



https://youtu.be/ihRahEJjVmA



Perhaps you can comment on Malaysia.



Have you been to either Malaysia or Singapore before, Shen?
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: weebles on April 04, 2023, 04:28:11 AM
Check ya later LOL remember  you wanted this :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_VEdra0wUE

NATO does not forget you  fooking BRICS
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Frood on April 04, 2023, 04:42:13 AM
Quote from: weebles post_id=496945 time=1680596891 user_id=2191
Check ya later LOL remember  you wanted this :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_VEdra0wUE

NATO does not forget you  fooking BRICS




NATO is a pack of special interest backed cunts and who lost their mandate the minute the USSR crumbled.



NATO can go fuck themselves.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: DKG on April 04, 2023, 11:02:31 AM
Quote from: Frood post_id=496946 time=1680597733 user_id=1676
Quote from: weebles post_id=496945 time=1680596891 user_id=2191
Check ya later LOL remember  you wanted this :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_VEdra0wUE

NATO does not forget you  fooking BRICS




NATO is a pack of special interest backed cunts and who lost their mandate the minute the USSR crumbled.



NATO can go fuck themselves.

I skip weebles' videos. Is he actually praising the NATO. I know he seems to think the Chinese and Russian presidents are the biggest obstacles facing North Americans. Not, the leadership in our two countries, :crazy:
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: DKG on April 04, 2023, 11:06:28 AM
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=496769 time=1680359031 user_id=3389
Singapore is what Canada used to be. A pragmatic country that values opportunity. A place that would never intentionally jeopardize the financial well-being of it's citizens.

Rex Murphy has something to say about the destructive actions of our leadership in Ottawa.



Rex Murphy: Trudeau carbon tax nothing more than a senseless money grab

Of course it's going to cost Canadians more than is rebated



I've insisted on this forever, with however little effect. It is a tax on carbon dioxide, a life-giving, life-enhancing element of the air we breathe. Carbon dioxide is the source and vital energy of all our Earth's plant life — "the force that through the green fuse drives the flower" — in Dylan Thomas' wonderful description of it.



Yet everywhere in the news and on every panel show that's what it's called and the Liberals oblige that confusion. They certainly never clarify it. And why would they? It's lip gloss on the policy swine. Carbon reeks of coal and soot — pollutants. Carbon dioxide is not soot. The Liberals have put a tax on the air we breathe.



Second, the Liberals don't even like to call it a tax. The phrase you hear and have heard from climate ministers and the green warrior himself, Justin Trudeau, is "putting a price on pollution." You hear that phrase and you're meant to think of tons of sewage pouring into some pristine lake or some dread chemical spill into a town's drinking water.



Carbon dioxide is not sewage. Otherwise it would be very embarrassing for all of us every time we exhale. It is in no sense whatsoever a "tax on pollution." That phrase is what the bull leaves with such malodorous abundance in the meadow every time he has serious stomach problems.



They won't call the carbon tax what it is, they call it what it is not. You put another name on something only when you are, or should be, ashamed of it.



What other misspeaks, contradictions and evasions come with the carbon tax? Well, for one that it does anything. B.C. has had a carbon tax for 14 years — which by the way made it into general revenue despite all the holy vows that it would never do that. Has it lowered emissions? Is there any real, measurable way to tell if it did. Likewise all the provinces of Canada, yet not a single "climate target" has been met as a result.



The great talking point for the carbon tax was that eight out of 10 households would get back more than they pay in. That was a farce from the very beginning. Were it true it would be the most insane and stupid tax ever imagined. Name a tax that makes the taxpayer richer. What a strange incentive that would be. Half of Canada would be upping the thermostat, putting the air conditioner on in winter, and driving day and night to burn up oil and gas so that they could get more back than they put in.



But the Liberals, desperate to sell this senseless curb on growth and industry had to confect some moronic twist of logic and reality to justify it. They're good at that. Think of bill C-11.



You're not getting more back. The PBO has made that clear. Lorrie Goldstein of the Sun has for years pointed out it is not so and cannot be so. Let me quote Mr. Goldstein quoting the PBO: "When both fiscal & economic impacts of the federal fuel charge are considered, we estimate that most households will see a net loss." Goldstein also cites the often seen video of Mr. Trudeau in full earnest voice "explicitly making the misleading and inaccurate claim climate action incentive payments leave eight out of 10 families paying the federal carbon tax better off financially." Not so. Can't be. Never will be. No tax makes the payee richer.



And over the weekend former Greenpeace stunt man, activist, scaler of towers, Steven Guilbeault himself, let the carbon tax feline out of the burlap bag in a CTV interview. Most households will pay more in than they will get back. Most. Will pay more. Said the famed abseiler in his eloquent way "if you do the average, yeah, it's true, it's going to cost more money to people."



So there you have it. They can't call it what it is — a tax on the source-agent of all lush life on earth from rain forests to Wordsworth's "golden daffodils. They call it what it is not — a "price on pollution." And they have to backtrack on their biggest, boldest, utterly brazen talking point — that "most people" will get more back.



What is the nature of this strange bunch in Ottawa? If they think, what are they thinking?



Here's what the "carbon tax" is. A kick in the shins to Alberta. A depressant on the greatest source of the Canadian economy. A useless, unmeasurable money grab. Think of it this way. Canada's carbon tax could work as China's "carbon offset." Every time Mr. Trudeau raises it, China can build 10 more coal mines. We are, in George Orwell's use of the phrase "objectively" buying offsets for China's grinding coal.



Speaking of coal, here's a quiz. Name the (recent) B.C. Premier, who fought pipelines with a frenzy in the name of saving the planet who, now out of office, has taken a position on a B.C. coal company board. A coal company board! You cannot make this stuff up. The leather on the BC premier's cabinet chair is still warm from his hindquarters, and John Horgan — "I'll fight it with every tool in the tool box," is now a coal mining director.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/trudeau-carbon-tax-nothing-more-than-a-senseless-money-grab
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 05, 2023, 07:32:45 PM
Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Limited, has estimated assets under management of about $488 billion US. Canada with about 40 million people has sweet fuck all saved for a rainy day despite having much higher taxes than Singapore. This country is soooooo fukt.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Thiel on April 05, 2023, 09:25:10 PM
Singapore has finally started making discrimnation against gays illegal.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Odinson on April 06, 2023, 06:23:16 PM
I hear that there is some kind of a law at works to jail and fine everybody who protest drag-shows in Canadian schools.



Trans feelings get hurt when somebody says NO to them.





Stalin also got his feelings hurt when somebody opposed his rule... For what kind of a fascist bigot opposes communism.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 06, 2023, 06:46:30 PM
Quote from: Odinson post_id=497186 time=1680819796 user_id=136
I hear that there is some kind of a law at works to jail and fine everybody who protest drag-shows in Canadian schools.



Trans feelings get hurt when somebody says NO to them.





Stalin also got his feelings hurt when somebody opposed his rule... For what kind of a fascist bigot opposes communism.

I haven;t heard anything about that. But, I could see that happening in British Columbia.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Odinson on April 26, 2023, 09:29:09 AM
Singapore just hanged a criminal for smuggling 1 kilo of marijuana.





According to some Finnish politicians, a life without drugs is no life at all.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 26, 2023, 10:08:15 AM
Quote from: Odinson post_id=498883 time=1682515749 user_id=136
Singapore just hanged a criminal for smuggling 1 kilo of marijuana.

Good!
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Odinson on April 26, 2023, 02:23:41 PM
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=498885 time=1682518095 user_id=3389
Quote from: Odinson post_id=498883 time=1682515749 user_id=136
Singapore just hanged a criminal for smuggling 1 kilo of marijuana.

Good!


They have zero tolerance on drugs.



The harsh punishments work as a deterrent.





It starts with cannabis and then it snowballs... Pretty soon you´ll have drag-queens in schools.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: DKG on April 26, 2023, 02:29:42 PM
Quote from: Odinson post_id=498883 time=1682515749 user_id=136
Singapore just hanged a criminal for smuggling 1 kilo of marijuana.

I looked it up.  It was a forty six year old Indian-Malaysian.



Singapore's anti-drug laws are some of the strictest in the world - with those guilty of trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis potentially facing the death penalty.



Last year, 11 people were executed for drug offences in Singapore.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on April 26, 2023, 06:39:47 PM
A very old woman and friend of mine was stationed in Singapore in the 1960s. Her husband served for the British military there. Her name is Nancy.... Nancy as a young newly wed caught polio in Singapore.



I know 3 women who suffered Polio. It deforms legs however Nancy was a fully grown woman so her legs weren't affected from Polio. As a child we had to take special sugar cubes for polio prevention.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on April 26, 2023, 06:46:38 PM
Quote from: Odinson post_id=498905 time=1682533421 user_id=136
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=498885 time=1682518095 user_id=3389


Good!


They have zero tolerance on drugs.




And so does Indonesia... And  yet the  drug traffickers keep pushing the envelope.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Anonymous on April 26, 2023, 06:50:25 PM
Singapore fried noodles are very good.  ac_dance
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 27, 2023, 12:36:13 AM
Quote from: caskur post_id=498923 time=1682549198 user_id=2156
Quote from: Odinson post_id=498905 time=1682533421 user_id=136




They have zero tolerance on drugs.




And so does Indonesia... And  yet the  drug traffickers keep pushing the envelope.

I worked in Indonesia. It is a lot easier getting drugs into that country than Singapore. I do not know why folks still try smuggling drugs into Singapore. They always get caught and pay a heavy price.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on April 27, 2023, 02:16:24 AM
Welll Indonesia has many, many Islands so guarding coastlines would be near on impossible.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 27, 2023, 11:30:27 AM
Quote from: caskur post_id=498922 time=1682548787 user_id=2156
A very old woman and friend of mine was stationed in Singapore in the 1960s. Her husband served for the British military there. Her name is Nancy.... Nancy as a young newly wed caught polio in Singapore.



I know 3 women who suffered Polio. It deforms legs however Nancy was a fully grown woman so her legs weren't affected from Polio. As a child we had to take special sugar cubes for polio prevention.

Singapore was poor when it got kicked out of Malaysia in the 1960's. Now it's richer and more advanced than Australia or Canada.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 28, 2023, 04:14:40 AM
Quote from: caskur post_id=498952 time=1682576184 user_id=2156
Welll Indonesia has many, many Islands so guarding coastlines would be near on impossible.

If you have money and connections you can get drugs or guns into the Port of Tanjung Priok. Indonesia is corrupt. That is why ISIS has a strong foothold in that Muslim country.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on April 28, 2023, 04:57:36 AM
Quote from: Herman post_id=499011 time=1682669680 user_id=3396
Quote from: caskur post_id=498952 time=1682576184 user_id=2156
Welll Indonesia has many, many Islands so guarding coastlines would be near on impossible.

If you have money and connections you can get drugs or guns into the Port of Tanjung Priok. Indonesia is corrupt. That is why ISIS has a strong foothold in that Muslim country.


Indonesia is a Muslim country anyway.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 28, 2023, 05:01:11 AM
Quote from: caskur post_id=499020 time=1682672256 user_id=2156
Quote from: Herman post_id=499011 time=1682669680 user_id=3396


If you have money and connections you can get drugs or guns into the Port of Tanjung Priok. Indonesia is corrupt. That is why ISIS has a strong foothold in that Muslim country.


Indonesia is a Muslim country anyway.

When I I first went there to work in the nineties when Suharto was still in power, it was rare to see a gal in a hijab. Today, it is rare to see a gal without one on, especially outside Jakarta. Moral of the story, secualr authortarian leaders are what Muslim countries need.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on April 28, 2023, 05:06:17 AM
Lol.... name a country on the planet that isn't corrupt...



100 points if you can.....



 ac_lmfao
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 28, 2023, 05:13:24 AM
Quote from: caskur post_id=499022 time=1682672777 user_id=2156
Lol.... name a country on the planet that isn't corrupt...



100 points if you can.....



 ac_lmfao

Singapore and the Scandinavian countries. Particularly when compared to countries like Indonesia or Zelenskyy's Ukraine.



Singapore Ranked 5th Least Corrupt Country in Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2022

https://www.cpib.gov.sg/press-room/press-releases/310123-singapore-ranked#:~:text=The%20Transparency%20International%20(TI)%20Corruption,ranked%20in%20the%20top%2010.



https://www.cpib.gov.sg/press-room/press-releases/050522-corruption
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on April 28, 2023, 05:27:54 AM
:yuk: Indonesia.... my Aunty married an Indonesia CHRISTIAN man... university educated.



MANSUYER SIHOMBING ...



ALL Asians are the same except perhaps The Philippines...



They all look the same, eat rice...and have black hair...the all want sons only... to after parents in old age.



What divides the Asians is politics and religion.



And you can really suck them in when the think other Asian countries are more advanced than Canada and Australian.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on April 28, 2023, 05:34:49 AM
The people here on this are the least educated..



The chinese owner of a major and long term building company and who lives in Singapore kept all the money for new houses being built... didn't pay the workers and the people didn't get their houses finished....in WA. The last people on earth we should be doing business with are Asians and China.



The scam companies aren't just coming put of Nigeria but Singapore as well.



If Singapore is doing well it is because they are milking Australian and American peoples bank accounts you fool... they have NOTHING to sell.... NOTHING.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 28, 2023, 11:31:30 AM
Quote from: caskur post_id=499024 time=1682674074 user_id=2156
:yuk: Indonesia.... my Aunty married an Indonesia CHRISTIAN man... university educated.



MANSUYER SIHOMBING ...



ALL Asians are the same except perhaps The Philippines...



They all look the same, eat rice...and have black hair...the all want sons only... to after parents in old age.



What divides the Asians is politics and religion.



And you can really suck them in when the think other Asian countries are more advanced than Canada and Australian.

NE Asians(Japanese, Chinese and Koreans) look nothing like SE Asians(Malays, Flips, Cambodians, etc). South Asians(Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis) look nothing like NE Asians or SE Asians.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: DKG on April 28, 2023, 07:40:17 PM
Quote from: caskur post_id=499025 time=1682674489 user_id=2156
The people here on this are the least educated..



The chinese owner of a major and long term building company and who lives in Singapore kept all the money for new houses being built... didn't pay the workers and the people didn't get their houses finished....in WA. The last people on earth we should be doing business with are Asians and China.



The scam companies aren't just coming put of Nigeria but Singapore as well.



If Singapore is doing well it is because they are milking Australian and American peoples bank accounts you fool... they have NOTHING to sell.... NOTHING.

Singapore is doing excellent because they have low taxes, easy to navigate regulations, a super efficient civil service, fantastic infrastructure and has been mentioned, very little corruption.



If there are criminals wanted in Australia who reside in Singapore, the two countries have an extradtion treaty. I am sure it works both ways. People that have committed white collar crimes in Singapore are residing in Australia. Let the legal systems in both countries do their jobs.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2023, 08:09:05 PM
Quote from: DKG post_id=499077 time=1682725217 user_id=3390
Quote from: caskur post_id=499025 time=1682674489 user_id=2156
The people here on this are the least educated..



The chinese owner of a major and long term building company and who lives in Singapore kept all the money for new houses being built... didn't pay the workers and the people didn't get their houses finished....in WA. The last people on earth we should be doing business with are Asians and China.



The scam companies aren't just coming put of Nigeria but Singapore as well.



If Singapore is doing well it is because they are milking Australian and American peoples bank accounts you fool... they have NOTHING to sell.... NOTHING.

Singapore is doing excellent because they have low taxes, easy to navigate regulations, a super efficient civil service, fantastic infrastructure and has been mentioned, very little corruption.



If there are criminals wanted in Australia who reside in Singapore, the two countries have an extradtion treaty. I am sure it works both ways.

Not as often as you might think. Caskur's right here, you can sing the praises of Singapore's legal system all you like, if a Singaporean based con artist can muster the protection money to grease the palms of the right Aussie politicians, they'll happily drag their heels before making the most minimalist of token efforts to redress the grievances of the people.



And Western Australia's governments are traditionally as corrupt as hell. Feel free to look up the criminal proceedings surrounding their own Alan Bond for reference. Or better yet, how they conducted their affairs during the recent China Virus scamdemic. Bought and paud for schills the lot of them, I promise you.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on April 28, 2023, 09:55:06 PM
Very hard to do jobs when the courts are flooded with cases....
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on April 28, 2023, 09:58:27 PM
Here are the latest cases..



https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 29, 2023, 03:35:12 AM
Quote from: DKG post_id=499077 time=1682725217 user_id=3390
Quote from: caskur post_id=499025 time=1682674489 user_id=2156
The people here on this are the least educated..



The chinese owner of a major and long term building company and who lives in Singapore kept all the money for new houses being built... didn't pay the workers and the people didn't get their houses finished....in WA. The last people on earth we should be doing business with are Asians and China.



The scam companies aren't just coming put of Nigeria but Singapore as well.



If Singapore is doing well it is because they are milking Australian and American peoples bank accounts you fool... they have NOTHING to sell.... NOTHING.

Singapore is doing excellent because they have low taxes, easy to navigate regulations, a super efficient civil service, fantastic infrastructure and has been mentioned, very little corruption.



If there are criminals wanted in Australia who reside in Singapore, the two countries have an extradtion treaty. I am sure it works both ways. People that have committed white collar crimes in Singapore are residing in Australia. Let the legal systems in both countries do their jobs.

It is usually the other way around. Countries like Canada or Australia harbour folks on the run from the law in SIngapore.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 29, 2023, 03:36:21 AM
Quote from: caskur post_id=499105 time=1682733306 user_id=2156
Very hard to do jobs when the courts are flooded with cases....

So, you are saying Australian prosecutors haven't even petitioned to have a criminal extradited.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 29, 2023, 03:41:42 AM
Quote from: caskur post_id=499106 time=1682733507 user_id=2156
Here are the latest cases..



https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime

That was a link to the crime section of the Singapore Straits Times.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on April 29, 2023, 03:50:16 AM
A brief search shows there are more cases of countries like Canada, the UK, and Australia not honouring their extradition treaties with Singpaore. I guess they don't like that Singapore does not coddle scumbags like we do.



Australia won't extradite S'pore-born murder suspect if death penalty awaits him

https://theindependent.sg/australia-wont-extradite-spore-born-murder-suspect-if-death-penalty-awaits-him/



Singapore requests U.K. extradite a Canadian accused of robbing a bank

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/singapore-requests-u-k-extradite-a-canadian-accused-of-robbing-a-bank-1.3759841





Singapore has amended it's extradition laws

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/allowing-fugitives-give-consent-extradition-among-proposed-changes-extradition-act-1835976
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on April 29, 2023, 01:22:34 PM
Quote from: Herman post_id=499118 time=1682753781 user_id=3396
Quote from: caskur post_id=499105 time=1682733306 user_id=2156
Very hard to do jobs when the courts are flooded with cases....

So, you are saying Australian prosecutors haven't even petitioned to have a criminal extradited.

That's because Australia is a corrupt hole compared to my beloved Singapore. Crown prosecutor's don't always follow the law to the letter like they do in Singapore.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on April 30, 2023, 03:10:31 PM
Quote from: Herman post_id=499120 time=1682754616 user_id=3396
A brief search shows there are more cases of countries like Canada, the UK, and Australia not honouring their extradition treaties with Singpaore. I guess they don't like that Singapore does not coddle scumbags like we do.



Australia won't extradite S'pore-born murder suspect if death penalty awaits him

https://theindependent.sg/australia-wont-extradite-spore-born-murder-suspect-if-death-penalty-awaits-him/



Singapore requests U.K. extradite a Canadian accused of robbing a bank

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/singapore-requests-u-k-extradite-a-canadian-accused-of-robbing-a-bank-1.3759841





Singapore has amended it's extradition laws

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/allowing-fugitives-give-consent-extradition-among-proposed-changes-extradition-act-1835976




Australia and obviously other countries are soft on crime which makes AUSTRALIA AND THE UK a HUGE disappointment but unlike Shen Li and Soulbro this delusional idea that the UK, Canada  AND Australia aren't  as good as Singapore.... I am afraid my friend those two live in lalaland....
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: DKG on April 30, 2023, 03:42:16 PM
Quote from: caskur post_id=499267 time=1682881831 user_id=2156


Australia and obviously other countries are soft on crime which makes AUSTRALIA AND THE UK a HUGE disappointment but unlike Shen Li and Soulbro this delusional idea that the UK, Canada  AND Australia aren't  as good as Singapore.... I am afraid my friend those two live in lalaland....

I do not want to live in Singapore or any other city state.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on May 01, 2023, 02:27:40 AM
Quote from: DKG post_id=499272 time=1682883736 user_id=3390
Quote from: caskur post_id=499267 time=1682881831 user_id=2156


Australia and obviously other countries are soft on crime which makes AUSTRALIA AND THE UK a HUGE disappointment but unlike Shen Li and Soulbro this delusional idea that the UK, Canada  AND Australia aren't  as good as Singapore.... I am afraid my friend those two live in lalaland....

I do not want to live in Singapore or any other city state.


Good to hear it. These days pretty much every city and country is going through the same unrest.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on May 01, 2023, 02:32:43 AM
Quote from: DKG post_id=499272 time=1682883736 user_id=3390
Quote from: caskur post_id=499267 time=1682881831 user_id=2156


Australia and obviously other countries are soft on crime which makes AUSTRALIA AND THE UK a HUGE disappointment but unlike Shen Li and Soulbro this delusional idea that the UK, Canada  AND Australia aren't  as good as Singapore.... I am afraid my friend those two live in lalaland....

I do not want to live in Singapore or any other city state.

SIngpaore is a major transit point and I have been through it plenty of times. I have taken training courses there too. Ya, it has impressive infrastructure and like we already discussed the civil service actually does their jobs unlike in countries like Canada. But, everybody in Singpaore lives in apartments. Hell no to that.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: caskur on May 01, 2023, 10:11:54 PM
Quote from: Herman post_id=499325 time=1682922763 user_id=3396
Quote from: DKG post_id=499272 time=1682883736 user_id=3390


I do not want to live in Singapore or any other city state.

SIngpaore is a major transit point and I have been through it plenty of times. I have taken training courses there too. Ya, it has impressive infrastructure and like we already discussed the civil service actually does their jobs unlike in countries like Canada. But, everybody in Singpaore lives in apartments. Hell no to that.


 you are talking about the past..... everywhere was better in the past. Unless you were there last  week, your comment is history now... My sister was dating a Singaporean flight attendant who was stuck here through the covid border lockdown.



I call apartments death traps and I agree....hell no to them.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Herman on May 01, 2023, 11:11:41 PM
Quote from: caskur post_id=499420 time=1682993514 user_id=2156
Quote from: Herman post_id=499325 time=1682922763 user_id=3396


SIngpaore is a major transit point and I have been through it plenty of times. I have taken training courses there too. Ya, it has impressive infrastructure and like we already discussed the civil service actually does their jobs unlike in countries like Canada. But, everybody in Singpaore lives in apartments. Hell no to that.


 you are talking about the past..... everywhere was better in the past. Unless you were there last  week, your comment is history now... My sister was dating a Singaporean flight attendant who was stuck here through the covid border lockdown.



I call apartments death traps and I agree....hell no to them.

No, I am talking about the present.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: JOE on August 22, 2024, 10:22:53 PM
...how Singapore became rich:


...Not my pov, nor do I endorse or oppose it.

Just another person's video/opinion.

Worth listening into tho.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on August 22, 2024, 10:33:30 PM
Quote from: JOE on August 22, 2024, 10:22:53 PM...how Singapore became rich:


...Not my pov, nor do I endorse or oppose it.

Just another person's video/opinion.

Worth listening into tho.
I think most people have an idea of how Singapore became one of the richest independent states on earth.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: JOE on August 22, 2024, 10:40:03 PM
Quote from: Shen Li on August 22, 2024, 10:33:30 PMI think most people have an idea of how Singapore became one of the richest independent states on earth.

Seems rather rigid socially avatar_Shen Li Shen.

I'm not sure a lot of Americans on the Left or Right could handle or would be willing to accept that kind of social discipline.

Is that a correct assessment?
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on August 22, 2024, 10:59:55 PM
Quote from: JOE on August 22, 2024, 10:40:03 PMSeems rather rigid socially avatar_Shen Li Shen.

I'm not sure a lot of Americans on the Left or Right could handle or would be willing to accept that kind of social discipline.

Is that a correct assessment?
Some North Americans wouldn't like it here. That's for sure.

However, I've met Singaporeans who can't handle the destructive chaos of Canada. Not to mention the high taxes, high cost of living, low wages, and internet/social media restrictions. The UK is even more authoritarian than Canada.

I like it better here. I'm in a freer, safer, more cohesive, stable, prosperous society.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on August 22, 2024, 11:08:48 PM
And I have a pool here. :yahoo:  :whoo:  :smiley:
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: JOE on August 23, 2024, 12:23:30 AM
Quote from: Shen Li on August 22, 2024, 10:59:55 PMSome North Americans wouldn't like it here. That's for sure.

However, I've met Singaporeans who can't handle the destructive chaos of Canada. Not to mention the high taxes, high cost of living, low wages, and internet/social media restrictions. The UK is even more authoritarian than Canada.

I like it better here. I'm in a freer, safer, more cohesive, stable, prosperous society.

Singapore must be a 'work culture', en?

Not much time for relaxation or play
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Dove on August 23, 2024, 12:47:39 AM
Quote from: caskur on May 01, 2023, 10:11:54 PM<r><QUOTE author="Herman" post_id="499325" time="1682922763" user_id="3396"></e></QUOTE>
SIngpaore is a major transit point and I have been through it plenty of times. I have taken training courses there too. Ya, it has impressive infrastructure and like we already discussed the civil service actually does their jobs unlike in countries like Canada. But, everybody in Singpaore lives in apartments. Hell no to that.
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 you are talking about the past..... everywhere was better in the past. Unless you were there last  week, your comment is history now... My sister was dating a Singaporean flight attendant who was stuck here through the covid border lockdown.



I call apartments death traps and I agree....hell no to them.</r>>

 I can't do apartments either.

 I've hated every apartment I've lived in except the condo in FL...and even that wasn't great for me. It was just prettier and had a large patio.

 I don't mind those downtown apartments where it's a split level house but apartment buildings? No thanks.

 If I were single I'd be living in an RV. Redo it all and make it a tiny house.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: JOE on August 23, 2024, 10:25:53 AM
Quote from: Dove on August 23, 2024, 12:47:39 AMI can't do apartments either.

 I've hated every apartment I've lived in except the condo in FL...and even that wasn't great for me. It was just prettier and had a large patio.

 I don't mind those downtown apartments where it's a split level house but apartment buildings? No thanks.

 If I were single I'd be living in an RV. Redo it all and make it a tiny house.

I like your idea about 'roughing it' avatar_Dove Dove.

I enjoyed your stories about living in an RV. So lately I've been looking into the feasibility of doing it.


I had looked at some lots of land recently outside the city. They were way cheaper than buying a 1 BR condo/apartment. 5000 square feet of land vs a 1 BR apt.

Yeah know what you mean about apartments. I'm currently living in one. If ya don't like yer neighbors/fellow tenants or the manager it's a challenge.

There are too many politics about living in apartment buildings. Worse if they're privately owned. Some of those occupants think they own the breathable air too.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Dove on August 23, 2024, 07:27:31 PM
Quote from: JOE on August 23, 2024, 10:25:53 AMI like your idea about 'roughing it' avatar_Dove Dove.

I enjoyed your stories about living in an RV. So lately I've been looking into the feasibility of doing it.


I had looked at some lots of land recently outside the city. They were way cheaper than buying a 1 BR condo/apartment. 5000 square feet of land vs a 1 BR apt.

Yeah know what you mean about apartments. I'm currently living in one. If ya don't like yer neighbors/fellow tenants or the manager it's a challenge.

There are too many politics about living in apartment buildings. Worse if they're privately owned. Some of those occupants think they own the breathable air too.

 I noticed that the first neighbor to come meet you who is super friendly and starts telling you about the other neighbors is always going to be the biggest trouble maker.

 I mostly stay to myself. The other women in this subdivision I live in have been approaching me to introduce themselves and eveyone is really nice.

 The people next door were so excited that I'm the girlfriend lol. The lady said "and you are so pretty too!"

 Mike said they probably had a bet that he was either gay or a serial killer lol

 They are a sweet older couple. We take them baked goods and home made wine. The man gives my man expensive cigars and they also give us cookies and stuff. Its fun.

 Better than an apartment and the wacko dramas that go down in an apartment building.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on August 23, 2024, 09:52:16 PM
Quote from: JOE on August 23, 2024, 12:23:30 AMCanada must be a 'work culture', en?

Not much time for relaxation or play
Fixed it for you.

And you are correct. Immigrants and Canadian born working 2-3 low paying jobs just to make ends meet. It doesn't leave much time or money for relaxing in your country.

Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: JOE on August 23, 2024, 11:19:33 PM
Quote from: Shen Li on August 23, 2024, 09:52:16 PMFixed it for you.

And you are correct. Immigrants and Canadian born working 2-3 low paying jobs just to make ends meet. It doesn't leave much time or money for relaxing in your country.



What I meant is Singaporans must work hard avatar_Shen Li Shen. I'd wager much harder than here.

Example of another work culture is the United States.

The saying goes 'The business of America is business'.

As a rule Americans work a lot harder and more hours than Canadians.

At least that's what I saw or experienced.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on August 23, 2024, 11:24:36 PM
Quote from: JOE on August 23, 2024, 11:19:33 PMWhat I meant is Singaporans must work hard avatar_Shen Li Shen. I'd wager much harder than here.

Example of another work culture is the United States.

The saying goes 'The business of America is business'.

As a rule Americans work a lot harder and more hours than Canadians.

At least that's what I saw or experienced.
Canadians work long hours. They can't get ahead though. In too many cases they can't even make ends meet.

I feel sorry for Canadians who aren't born into wealth. They will have low living standards.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: JOE on August 23, 2024, 11:29:23 PM
Quote from: Shen Li on August 23, 2024, 11:24:36 PMCanadians work long hours. They can't get ahead though. In too many cases they can't even make ends meet.

I feel sorry for Canadians who aren't born into wealth. They will have low living standards.

Well that's not intended as a negative statement but just fact.

Here's a link about how hard Singaporans work:

https://www.bestinsingapore.co/reasons-why-singaporeans-work-so-hard/

I mean if they didn't work that hard they wouldn't be #1.

I heard comments from Chinese there that they think Malay people living there are generally lazy.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Shen Li on August 23, 2024, 11:39:56 PM
Quote from: JOE on August 23, 2024, 11:29:23 PMWell that's not intended as a negative statement but just fact.

Here's a link about how hard Singaporans work:

https://www.bestinsingapore.co/reasons-why-singaporeans-work-so-hard/

I mean if they didn't work that hard they wouldn't be #1.

I heard comments from Chinese there that they think Malay people living there are generally lazy.
Most professional Singaporeans I know work 8-5 with an hour for lunch like I do when I work from the office. Contrast that with Canada, where people go home for a couple of hours and go to a second job and then give up their weekends working. All just to keep a crappy roof over their heads and food on the table.

I don't mind long hours, but I want to move ahead because of it. Canadians can't do that. All they do is work to exist.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Dove on August 24, 2024, 08:07:15 AM
Quote from: Shen Li on August 23, 2024, 11:39:56 PMMost professional Singaporeans I know work 8-5 with an hour for lunch like I do when I work from the office. Contrast that with Canada, where people go home for a couple of hours and go to a second job and then give up their weekends working. All just to keep a crappy roof over their heads and food on the table.

I don't mind long hours, but I want to move ahead because of it. Canadians can't do that. All they do is work to exist.

 Not much different than here in the states. Rent hikes, property tax hikes, rising costs of living. 

 My oldest daughter and her girlfriend wanted to rent an apartment but they are so expensive right now. Just a decent one bedroom is 1200 to 1500 per month. It's insane.

 They could afford it but they would NOT be able to save any money at all.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: JOE on August 24, 2024, 08:46:53 AM
Quote from: Dove on August 24, 2024, 08:07:15 AMNot much different than here in the states. Rent hikes, property tax hikes, rising costs of living. 

 My oldest daughter and her girlfriend wanted to rent an apartment but they are so expensive right now. Just a decent one bedroom is 1200 to 1500 per month. It's insane.

 They could afford it but they would NOT be able to save any money at all.

That seems expensive for your area.

$1200 US - $1600 Canadian
$1500 US - $2000 Canadian

Vancouver is up to $2250 US or $3000 Canadian

https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/vancouver-bc

DT is close to $3000:

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/vancouver-rent-prices-april-2024-8588774

I think they should tax the Land Hoarders in order to discourage this practice.
Anything beyond 1 home & 1 vacation home gets taxed.
Every successive home should get taxed accordingly so that by they time it's the 10th home it's 90% tax or more.

Shill buyers would get hit hard as well.

I think Land Hoarding is the primary reason rents are so high.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: DKG on August 24, 2024, 11:03:06 AM
Quote from: Dove on August 24, 2024, 08:07:15 AMNot much different than here in the states. Rent hikes, property tax hikes, rising costs of living. 

 My oldest daughter and her girlfriend wanted to rent an apartment but they are so expensive right now. Just a decent one bedroom is 1200 to 1500 per month. It's insane.

 They could afford it but they would NOT be able to save any money at all.
I did not think it was as bad in the US as it is in Canada. Canadians have effectively not had a pay increase since Trudeau became pm. He has deliberately caused inflation through taxes, unsustainable immigration levels, regulatory burdens, and discouraging investment.

The province of Alberta has the highest wages in Canada. But, it is middle of the pack when compared to the fifty states. Most Canadian provinces are near the bottom when stacked up against the fifty states.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: formosan on August 24, 2024, 12:52:31 PM
Quote from: Dove on August 24, 2024, 08:07:15 AMNot much different than here in the states. Rent hikes, property tax hikes, rising costs of living. 

 My oldest daughter and her girlfriend wanted to rent an apartment but they are so expensive right now. Just a decent one bedroom is 1200 to 1500 per month. It's insane.

 They could afford it but they would NOT be able to save any money at all.
Our property taxes have went up this year over seven percent..

I'm told that two bedroom apartments in buildings average about $1800 per month, gasoline is nearly one dollar fifty per litre, one dozen eggs are $5.99, and four litres of milk are over seven dollars..

All these high prices on an average annual salary of about fifty thousand Canadian dollars in my city..

Costs are even higher in other Canadian cities.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: Dove on August 25, 2024, 10:20:45 AM
Quote from: JOE on August 24, 2024, 08:46:53 AMThat seems expensive for your area.

$1200 US - $1600 Canadian
$1500 US - $2000 Canadian

Vancouver is up to $2250 US or $3000 Canadian

https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/vancouver-bc

DT is close to $3000:

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/vancouver-rent-prices-april-2024-8588774

I think they should tax the Land Hoarders in order to discourage this practice.
Anything beyond 1 home & 1 vacation home gets taxed.
Every successive home should get taxed accordingly so that by they time it's the 10th home it's 90% tax or more.

Shill buyers would get hit hard as well.

I think Land Hoarding is the primary reason rents are so high.

 It isn't. Unless you go move to the hood....like Detroit, Pontiac or Flint.

 Any decent apartment in the metro..nonhood area is expensive.
Title: Re: Singapore....
Post by: DKG on August 25, 2024, 10:38:35 AM
Quote from: formosan on August 24, 2024, 12:52:31 PMOur property taxes have went up this year over seven percent..

I'm told that two bedroom apartments in buildings average about $1800 per month, gasoline is nearly one dollar fifty per litre, one dozen eggs are $5.99, and four litres of milk are over seven dollars..

All these high prices on an average annual salary of about fifty thousand Canadian dollars in my city..

Costs are even higher in other Canadian cities.
It is much higher in the GTA.
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