Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 131st Edition

• elindra

  5 Jan 10, 15:58

  You know what I’m glad MPB and I decided to get our place instead of waiting to get married

  We bought our place 5 yrs ago at 318k. Now those freaking new BTO flats coming up at a much more inconvenient location at Simei is going at over 400k for a 4 room. -_-“

• the Bear

  5 Jan 10, 15:59

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  I wouldn't say anything about the single males, since I'm leaving their ranks soon, but the moment you factor in the housing grants for citizens even for resale flats, that's 30k straight off already, how to come to only a few hundred ?

  how do you get that 30k?

• SBS2601D

  5 Jan 10, 16:00

  Originally posted by av98m:

  that is why I vote for the opposition 

  
  I get to vote this year.

• Fatum

  5 Jan 10, 16:01

  Originally posted by hisoka:

  nope singles get nothing from hdb if anything more restrictions. Anyway frankly how many people will actually have to pay for the upgrading (i.e.own the flat when the upgrading comes around). Not many leh.

  Hmmz I remember reading this interesting article or website that counted out that the different between citizen and PR was only about a few hundred a year or something evened out over the years and I think if single male, you actually made a loss.

  you'd have to pay for the upgrading if you hold the deeds to the flat when the bill comes around (actually, that means that the new owners of a newly bought flat may be hit by the bill when it comes around, so keep that in mind when shopping for newly upgraded flats, must ask if the upgrading bill comes around already)

  case in point, there's a three bedroom I knew recently that just went through upgrading, owned by a malaysian PR, he needed to sell urgently, cos there's going to be lift upgrading soon, singaporeans have to pay something like 1 or 2k for lifts on everyfloor, he had to fork out something like 11k if I remember.

  when upgrading comes around, PRs sweat.

• LOTUSfairy

  5 Jan 10, 16:01

  Originally posted by SBS2601D:

  
  I get to vote this year.

  i never get to vote and honestly, i dun know who is my MP ....!

• Fatum

  5 Jan 10, 16:03

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  how do you get that 30k?

  as a CPF injection.

• av98m

  5 Jan 10, 16:04

  Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:

  i never get to vote and honestly, i dun know who is my MP ....!

  I think that motherfucker vivian balakrishnan is in my GRC. Or at least he was in the last GE :P

• av98m

  5 Jan 10, 16:04

  Originally posted by SBS2601D:

  
  I get to vote this year.

  which constituency/GRC are you under? 

• the Bear

  5 Jan 10, 16:05

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  as a CPF injection.

  
  are there any requirements?

  you have to be within how far from your folks? stuff like that?

• SBS2601D

  5 Jan 10, 16:06

  Originally posted by av98m:

  which constituency/GRC are you under? 

  
  Aljunied.

• Keii

  5 Jan 10, 16:07

  Originally posted by SBS2601D:

  
  I get to vote this year.

   

  You have to be 21 right? When are the elections?

• Fatum

  5 Jan 10, 16:08

  Originally posted by av98m:

  But you see, singles are being screwed by both the HDB and CPF. 

  Hmm...suddenly I'm reminded of Lim "I feel so rich you know" Swee Say. 

  actually, even if other countries, you'd be penalized by the banks for being a single too when it comes to buying property. I nearly signed up for one to cash onto the boom just before I decided to return from pluto. Higher interest rates. it sort of make sense, cos you're a single income entity versus, a double income one.

  Actually, even if you're single, you can also opt for a new flat under the joint-parents-child scheme. There are like more than a dozen HDB schemes where you can be allowed to purchase a resale flat. There's even one where two adult strangers can come together with an agreement and purchase a flat together, I was told by some wag it's to accomodate all those brokebackers who decided to live together.

• av98m

  5 Jan 10, 16:09

  Originally posted by SBS2601D:

  
  Aljunied.

  I'm looking forward to the GE. Hope there won't be a walkover at my place like the last time. I got to vote when my place was under the bukit timah constituency. Then the gerrymanderers turned it into a GRC. Bastards.

• SBS2601D

  5 Jan 10, 16:10

  Originally posted by Keii:

   

  You have to be 21 right? When are the elections?

  
  Maybe there's one this year...and just in time for me too.

• av98m

  5 Jan 10, 16:11

  Originally posted by Keii:

   

  You have to be 21 right? When are the elections?

  Most probably this year.

• Fatum

  5 Jan 10, 16:11

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  
  are there any requirements?

  you have to be within how far from your folks? stuff like that?

  no, you get 30k straight off injected into the CPF, and if you are within 2km of your folks or the same estate, you get another 10k. you can call up the HDB hotline, there's a service where you can input two addresses, and see if you're eligible for the extra 10k too, you can also check the ethnic quota on the address block.'

  each singaporean family is entitled to two such bites of the cherry, i.e. less resale levies, you'd be looking at potentially 80k grant.

• cassie

  5 Jan 10, 16:16

  Originally posted by Keii:

   

  You have to be 21 right? When are the elections?

  
  this year i think

• SBS2601D

  5 Jan 10, 16:17

  Originally posted by av98m:

  I'm looking forward to the GE. Hope there won't be a walkover at my place like the last time. I got to vote when my place was under the bukit timah constituency. Then the gerrymanderers turned it into a GRC. Bastards.

  
  Why don't you join the opposition and contest?

  I'll try to vote for you if you can strut the catwalk.

• Kuali Baba

  5 Jan 10, 16:17

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  ccb..tomorrow my sch starts.. and the first lesson is at 830..

  It starts on 20th Jan for me. 

• Keii

  5 Jan 10, 16:17

  Boo, I'll be one year short.

• hisoka

  5 Jan 10, 16:18

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  I wouldn't say anything about the single males, since I'm leaving their ranks soon, but the moment you factor in the housing grants for citizens even for resale flats, that's 30k straight off already, how to come to only a few hundred ?

  key is over the years. which sort of makes sense because you also stay in the house for a number of year. So assuming you stay in the house for maybe 10 years, your grant is really only 3K a year. Not to mention that it's only a once off grant (I think) and so should really be evened out across the years in sg. assuming you live in sg for 50 years and you get that figure.

  And for males, note ns = 2.5 years. 1 year income for graduates - ns allowance = more about 30K or more.

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  5 Jan 10, 16:18

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  
  look.. you've destroyed cities before, what's a kitchen cabinet?

  besides.. F=ma

  and you've got lots of m 

  
  

  

• stellazio

  5 Jan 10, 16:20

  i used to be under aljunied grc which is one of the hottest opposition area..but now i've moved to a walkover zone..

• SBS2601D

  5 Jan 10, 16:20

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  It starts on 20th Jan for me. 

  
  Thats....a wednesday.

  Just secured 3/5 modules....if it goes according to plan, I won't be taking anything to do with arts...although I'm from faculty of arts.

• SBS2601D

  5 Jan 10, 16:22

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  i used to be under aljunied grc which is one of the hottest opposition area..but now i've moved to a walkover zone..

  
  Yea....Aljunied is one of the hottest fighting grounds....and noisiest. I'm not looking forward to the rallies near my house again.