No Rolex watch like ah song and no jewellery… most of all, no branded bags or clothes like the ah Tiong…
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In front of the few bungalows has mangrove too…Crocs Ok. Later nite time Hantu decide to take a break at the hse.
May be night time has free spectacular night flies shows…
萤火虫…
Ah song, me Not PR in boleh land lah…AGO & U, PR in boleh land liao dah. I go check out Platino apt, if gd I rent 1yr & see how.
Only weekends residents
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play so big ahu dun shower for 1wk also. Sure no one come near you.
icic, sounds shiok
ah gui not flashy one, the most expensive thing on me is my heart
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KSL I kena approach by same chap. Trying sell me some lolex. This time he quite persistent. Followed me into mall. I told him no la. No need. I wear sports watch.
Life is v short. Ai song song kao tuas & Changi.
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ah gui careful later kena drugged they steal R heart ♥ dah.
Life is v short. Ai song song kao tuas & Changi.
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ah gui careful later kena drugged they steal R heart ♥ dah.
Life is v short. Ai song song kao tuas & Changi.
To avoid being drugged, never never look into strangersah gui careful later kena drugged they steal R heart ♥ dah.
Life is v short. Ai song song kao tuas & Changi.
at all times
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We walked from Holiday Plaza to Sentosa then to Pelangi. Can lah
Looks shady & comfortable weather to walk
Last week I just notice this. Further up toll only RM1-2. Depend on where you going.
Highway very smooth
Woah sis stay in Horizon Hills. Nice place but road got alot of speed control and humps.
Home away from home: More Singaporeans eye Malaysia as place to retire
Home away from home: More Singaporeans eye Malaysia as place to retire
With the ringgit’s decline and recent changes to Malaysia’s retirement visa programme, more Singaporeans are pondering if the grass is greener on the other side
Tan Nai Lun
Published Fri, May 24, 2024 · 03:00 PM
Above: Johor Bahru's city centre, favoured by Singaporeans for shopping. Moving here would enable Singaporeans to stretch their retirement dollar and slow down their pace of life, but still be near Singapore. PHOTO: ST FILE
SPENDING the weekend in Malaysia has become a near-weekly affair for Evelyn Ku and her family of four.
The 57-year-old bought a two-storey house in Johor Bahru in 2013, after having enjoyed the peaceful environment when she visited a relative there.
She says her friends call her a “weekend Malaysian”, although for now, she is not crossing the border every single weekend yet because of work or other obligations. But when she does go there, she sees her time there as a prelude to her lifestyle down the road as she plans to retire in Malaysia.
“Life is short – we don’t know how many more decades we have left, so we decided to live in the moment, and look for a slower lifestyle elsewhere,” she says.
Amid the rising cost of living in Singapore, more Singaporeans like her are seeing Malaysia as that “elsewhere” that is near Singapore, so they get the best of both worlds.
A survey by Blackbox Research and Qualtrics in February this year found that one in three Singaporeans polled say they may retire in Johor Bahru, once travel arrangements become more convenient.
Moving across the Causeway enables Singaporeans to stretch their retirement dollar and enjoy a slower pace of life, but still be close enough to benefit from Singapore’s safety, facilities and family networks. Recent changes in Malaysia’s retirement visa programme are also sweetening the deal, with more applicants here taking the bait.
But if more retirees make this move, there could be implications for Singapore in the long run, such as a loss of human capital, which could also affect nation-building efforts.
A survey by Blackbox Research and Qualtrics in February this year found that one in three Singaporeans polled say they may eventually retire in Johor Bahru (above, the JB city centre) when travel arrangements become more convenient. PHOTO: GAVIN FOO, ST
Renewed interest
To be sure, retiring in Malaysia is not a foreign concept. In 2009, then-health minister Khaw Boon Wan suggested that Singaporeans consider living in nursing homes in Johor Bahru amid rising healthcare costs.
Indeed, Singaporeans’ spending power in Malaysia has never been higher than in 2024, with the Malaysian ringgit trending at new lows. In February, the ringgit hit an all-time low of 3.56 against the Singdollar.
Last October, the ringgit hit a new low against the US dollar – 4.7958, the weakest it has been against the greenback since 1998, during the Asian financial crisis.
The widening gap between the Singdollar and the ringgit may make for a bigger push factor than the rising costs in Singapore, says Dr Leong Chan Hoong, senior fellow for social cohesion research at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University.
“You can immediately convert your savings to the equivalent in ringgit, which will then give you a sense of the amount of purchasing power you have, and the quality of life you can enjoy,” he says.
Plans to bring the borders closer are already in motion – the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link will likely open by December 2026, and immigration clearance is now a QR code away.
The proposed special economic zone in Johor Bahru may also bring borders even closer, such as through passport-free travel.
Ku says: “With such a terrible rise in prices, I believe a lot of Singaporeans are thinking of retiring somewhere cheaper, like Malaysia… Anyway, it’s so convenient to travel between Malaysia and Singapore.”
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Ah song, Andrew, ah go,Crocs Ok. Later nite time Hantu decide to take a break at the hse.
mai gong bo jio.
Tis is very good deal cos I paid Rm400 for the same unit. Mine mid floor.
The feeling is very good staying there cos it bright n breezy with no block.
Don't take if is level 12 cos water tank is on level 13. The pump very noisy.
See sunway is smaller and almost double the price. Sunway is too far in and Internet signal is w
Usually stay at HH.
Sometimes stay at medini.
Hello JB peeps, is there any way to check whether the passport control custom is crowded or not ?
I know there are cameras for the car lanes.. how about those who are crossing without cars ?
Am thinking of checking in today but haven't been on a weekend for a long time liao.... wondered if it would be crowded given that people just had the Vesak day holiday... and hoping holiday crowds would have died down.
I know there are cameras for the car lanes.. how about those who are crossing without cars ?
Am thinking of checking in today but haven't been on a weekend for a long time liao.... wondered if it would be crowded given that people just had the Vesak day holiday... and hoping holiday crowds would have died down.
Having Grab totally changed the game. Before Grab days I would never go on my own, these days with Grab super safe leh....
Before Grab, is taxi, also no problem. Taxi driver usually will ask for higher price and some places will say heavy traffic they don't go.
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