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____________________________________________________________________ Property price is hard to come down :- 1) inflation is putting the costs of building materials and labour costs up. 2) Council fees is up too. To apply to council for building a new house costs is 1/3 of the building...

____________________________________________ How is life there in melbourne ? is it what you expected? Will be good to hear your sharing. cheers.

In Hawaii / honolulu , if you look anglo-saxon you can't get a job. 60 % asian population. So, racisim works both way.

On a hindsight, harshsip and discrimination can be positive energy for immigrants. i have seen many chinese turn away from employment and go into businesses and some businesses are now successfully run. While running a business is not an easy task and risk of failing, but that is the spirit...

But reality is sinkee more easily hired by western company which pays the most. Chinaman still need to work in sweatshops. Just look at the woodlands indutrial estate. Full of chinamen and most of them got some kind of degree. Nobody gives a crap about chinamen and mei meis. We just want their...

Singapore used to be a rich cousin now is the poor cousin....... Manay singaporean used to laugh at chinaman.... now is the other way round..... How things have changed..... :)

____________________________ True. These chinese immigrants drive up the price of houses too. You will notice that many real estate agents eyes would brighten up whenever they see chinese people at the open house. in the last 15 yrs, the ball games has definately changed...

In the past ( 10 yrs ago), after moving to these places, you bought a house and still have some spare money. This is no longer the case. AUD and NZD are high, house prices have increased more than 180% between 2000- 2011. For would be immigrants, these places are no longer cheap as compare to...

__________________________________ Now is five years. You need to hold 5 yrs of nz PR before can apply to nz citizenship. Using NZ passport does not give you automatic right to Autralia PR. ( law changed in 2001). It does give you right to work and stay in australia indefinately under SCV...

I found these articles quiet interesting in terms of comparison for would be immigrants for these 2 places. Enjoy the read and make a wise decision. http://www.edcint.co.nz/melbourne/movingtomelbourne.htm http://movetoaustralia.net/frequently-asked-questions/

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10671049 ______________________________________________________________ Civil Defence has declared a state emergency in Christchurch following today's massive earthquake. Civil Defence told Radio NZ the state of emergency had...

source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10659499 _______________ Asian investors owed money by the developer of Auckland's Westin Hotel say the saga is "a bad image" for New Zealand. A group of 89 investors, mainly from Malaysia and Singapore, have seized...

hey, guys don't take it too seriously, enjoy your stay and visit to Auckland :) ____________ New Zealand is the eighth happiest country in the world, according to a new analysis of data provided by the Gallup Poll. Denmark tops the list as the happiest country. Looking at data...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/36938560?slide=1 World's Best Places To Live If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Although the answer likely varies from person to person, there are several universal factors that make any spot a great place to live. To get a sense of the best...

In auckland, those houses are called villa. i like villa houses in Davonports, some of them fetch million of dollars. For those villa lovers, look up northcote point, birkenhead points, davonports, for your next visit to auckland. stepping into those places are like stepping into history.