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Cheap rental
Cheap foods
everything is cheap
than pay and pay so much in SG.
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Penang Island not cheap. Want to stay at Butterworth at mainland opposite the island cheaper
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(21-03-2023, 07:01 PM)[[ForeverAlone]] Wrote: https://www.facebook.com/TheStraitsTimes...1l?__cft__
Cheap rental
Cheap foods
everything is cheap
than pay and pay so much in SG.
if v wellpaid ang mo cant bear the expensive cost of living here it is a v dire situation for a family of 5 or 6 w couple earning ard $5k
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(21-03-2023, 07:03 PM)sgh Wrote: Penang Island not cheap. Want to stay at Butterworth at mainland opposite the island cheaper
But at Butterworth will not have a seafront to relax on the beach.....................
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(21-03-2023, 07:05 PM)talky Wrote: if v wellpaid ang mo cant bear the expensive cost of living here it is a v dire situation for a family of 5 or 6 w couple earning ard $5k
Do you know International School fee in SG is so high than compare in Malaysia?
A lot South Korea expats used to stay in SG also move up to Malaysia due to this.
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(21-03-2023, 07:07 PM)[[ForeverAlone]] Wrote: Do you know International School fee in SG is so high than compare in Malaysia?
A lot South Korea expats used to stay in SG also move up to Malaysia due to this.
I heard that this is the case, International schools here has sky high school fees......................
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Penang is nice but the MM2H retirement visa is not longer affordable. You need to have RM40k (SGD 13000) monthly income. If I have 13k SGD income during retirement, why would I want to move to Malaysia? Might as well remain in sg.
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My friend told me he got lobang to get pr in Malaysia, he was considering penang,
I laughed non stop hearing what he said, i told him malaysia my second home policy has been there for eon years
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It does not take much effort from penang to commute to sg to work. Just an hour flight to reach and can carry bag loads of 3.36forex back easily.
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(21-03-2023, 08:05 PM)starbugs Wrote: Penang is nice but the MM2H retirement visa is not longer affordable. You need to have RM40k (SGD 13000) monthly income. If I have 13k SGD income during retirement, why would I want to move to Malaysia? Might as well remain in sg.
It is too much of a sum to want to reside in Penang and to fork out RM40k income. It is just too demanding a condition to be met.............
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