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If money cannot take out of MY then maybe the better option would be to keep it in MY and spend it within MY so you don't get to realise the exchange loss?

Which is probably mitigated unless they are all cash buyers?

I guess I am lucky to have been able to bypass the MY filter as a poor Singaporean.:p

Also wonder how many are openly happy that JB economy will fall even worse compared to SG and that Singaporeans have purchased properties in JB?

But we need it to be empty the whole time!:p

Well, if SG Govt really does that then we just have to play along, regardless of how irrational such a policy is. Maybe those who are renting out their entire HDBs may just rent out one or two bedrooms instead, and report the place of residence as SG, or use their parents home as place of residence.

His definition of contributing to SG = spend your income in Singapore. Other than that not counted.:eek:

And then we are just back to the point about blindly implementing the rules regardless of the specifics of each case, the point that you repeatedly missed but think you didn't. And if large numbers of Singaporeans really do take a large proportion of incomes and spend overseas, it's their...

I won't belabour the point about your cousins as I think the point is clear but you missed it. If you are harping on the fact that my reported address of residence is not Singapore just like your cousins are in another country, that was precisely the point I was making about implementing...

The person making the wrong comparison isn't me. Your bringing in your cousins who leave halfway across the globe vs me who lived just across the causeway is already the wrong comparison. Your cousins who don't work in SG are the ones who do not contribute anything at all to SG economy vs me who...

SG is high pressure because while we and our kids take the Singapore-Cambridge GCE exams, our Malaysian student counterparts take the iGCSE exams (hint: relatively easier) and find it relatively easier to score better grades too. I have this feeling that our Singapore-Cambridge exams have their...

And for 15 years already!!!....really nuff said!:rolleyes:

Your cousins who are living and working in the US (and for the past 15 years!!!) is hardly a comparable example to someone who lives in JB and works in SG. That is exactly what I meant by blindly applying policy without eyes opened to the realities. Your cousins are not even working in SG, and...

You forgot I am SG citizen, so the label of guest worker is absurd to say the least. Even more ridiculous is the notion that I screwed myself by moving to JB. I would happily forgo that GST cash rebate to move over to JB if I have to do it again. Don't forget that I also have a permanent address...

Actually some of these condo projects are still under construction and TOP-ing in 2018. And given the over-supply situation it may take a while for supply to dry up.

It depends. If buying condo, foreigners still can buy above RM500K for some condo projects. So if they buy studio apartments or 1+1 kind, after discount maybe the unit just around RM400K. Still not as cheap as what Malaysians can buy, but then it did not require RM1m also.

Not sure if you are talking about me, but for the record I don't hold the view that that SG is screwed, but I believe many Singaporeans feel that they are being screwed by their own govt. For example, even though I don't live (or rather sleep) in SG, I am still working in SG and paying income...

Well, each country will protect their own citizens. Some noted that SG govt screw their own citizens!

If I am not mistaken, "at the stroke of a pen" policy changes happens to most countries, SG not excepted. We have our fair share of them too, which affect individuals, businesses and corporations in various ways.

Thanks, I double checked just now at the JB immigration counter and they said better to stamp. They did not stamp on wife passport for exit a few days ago though. Now we make sure they did.