Sg is 4th most desirable place to live & work: survey
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By Linette Lim | Posted: 02 May 2012 1431 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore has moved up two spots to become the fourth most desirable place in the world to live and work, according to a survey by recruitment firm Hydrogen and business school ESCP Europe.
This is because Singapore has become an increasingly popular destination for multinational corporations over the past few years, said Hydrogen.
"We have seen companies from sectors as diverse as technology, energy, pharmaceutical and wealth management open offices here. The big question here is whether Singapore will become Asia's Silicon Valley or its Switzerland," said Simon Walker, Hydrogen's Asia MD.
While the three most popular places for survey respondents to live and work remain the US, the UK and Australia, their dominance is waning.
The report showed that 12 per cent picked the US as the top relocation destination, down from 18 per cent last year.
The UK and Australia each got 9 per cent of the votes, down from 10 per cent and 11 per cent respectively.
As Singapore becomes an increasingly attractive relocation destination for expatriates, Hydrogen said employers in the city state are finding that they have the pick of the world's top professional talent.
Mr Walker said: "Singapore has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, and it offers a clean and healthy environment free from traffic pollution.
"So it is not surprising that 88 per cent of those who have moved to Singapore feel that their living conditions have improved."
The report - which interviewed 2,353 people globally - also showed that the workforce was getting more internationalised. For example, 72 per cent of respondents said their employers see international experience as important or very important, up from 63 per cent in 2011.
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Asia Sillycon Valley.
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How much the PaPigs paid for the results of this survey, I wonder!!! ha hahaha , hohohoho, everything so "ho sei" in sinkingpore, ghahahahahaha
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Originally posted by winsomeea:
How much the PaPigs paid for the results of this survey, I wonder!!! ha hahaha , hohohoho, everything so "ho sei" in sinkingpore, ghahahahahaha
Sg is good for the FTs as highlight in this report. Sg is not for the locals anyway.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
Sg is good for the FTs as highlight in this report. Sg is not for the locals anyway.
SAy all they want in this survey, the fact is overall caucasians find Singapore getting expensive some even relocate because of cost effectiveness.
Haizzz! The sane have eyes and ears to see and hear, the truth is there for us all to know!
hahahahah
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some truth there......think spore is like next to japan or south korea high tech.depending on the jobs in spore.its varied.some jobs in spore work like 5 days on shift daily or 6 days while some work only 4 days and rest 3 days.,,,,or some work without overtime pay etc etc.
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there are only 6 countries in the survey..................
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6 countries????really???u mean its a fraud thing with no credible comparison?
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Can imagine Xiao P cringing in terror and angst as the foreigners and older 40 year old uncles come in and steal all the jobs and potential young Sg girls leaving Poly flunks like Xiao P with nothing but a job at Angel's Joo Chiat bar as a jester clown entertaining the customers (while they throw bananas at him).
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Desirable for those who get an expat contract and lot of money.
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No money, no honey.
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it is...
FT come here, the gov welcome them with arms wide open, few pat on their backs, scholarships, grants, money, giving them light sentence when they kill our citizen while asking the local if they wan 3 meals in hawker centre or resturant... -
Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
it is...
FT come here, the gov welcome them with arms wide open, few pat on their backs, scholarships, grants, money, giving them light sentence when they kill our citizen while asking the local if they wan 3 meals in hawker centre or resturant...acid must be hungry.