Expat asks if he should give up $6K salary in Dubai for $9K salary in Singapore; netizens say it's not worth coming to SG - The Independent Singapore News

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Expat asks if he should give up $6K salary in Dubai for $9K salary in Singapore; netizens say it's not worth coming to SG - The Independent Singapore News
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'I heard Singapore education is one of the best in world and would like to give my kid best education that I can afford. Please suggest if this is a good move to shift from Dubai to Singapore.' — Expat

A father of a two-year-old asked if a monthly salary of S$9,000 would be enough to live in Singapore., the netizen wrote that he currently works in Dubai, with take-home pay of about S$With an offer of S$9,000 in hand, the man asked other netizens whether this amount would be enough to sustain himself, his wife and his 2-year-old child.

Netizens who commented on his post had mixed reactions, and most said that he was better off in Dubai and that his salary there would get him much further than his S$9,000 salary here.Here’s what they said: In an anonymous post to popular confessions page SGWhispers, the man wrote: “Hi, I’m sometimes a bit lost for direction and need a bit of help and opinion”. He added that he was a 30-year-old male who had been working for a few years. He was earning about $17,000 a month.

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