Material girls
Friday, 2 Mar 2007 | Life in Asia
One of the little stories I was told this afternoon, was about how men appearantly have difficulty finding girlfriends here in Singapore. The girls here are too materialistic (Hong Kong, anyone?) and only look for the “The 5 C’s” …
So what do single men do who are not on a US$600.000 a year bonus package? They go to places like Malaysia, Thailand (!) and Vietnam to find a girlfriend and move them over to Singapore. Seeing that these countries economically speaking don’t nearly do as well as Singapore, one has to wonder if these girls aren’t just as materialistic as their Singaporean friends.
- To purchase a car in Singapore, you have to get permission from the government. And you can’t keep any car which is over the age of 10, the law states all cars have to be scrapped when they reach that age.↩
- Not 100% sure, but I think the tourguide told us that if you buy a condo you HAVE to return it to the government after 30 years. I’m not sure if they buy it back from or you just lose your money. ↩