Sims Urban Oasis

Why is Singapore become expat’s favourite to work

Singapore has made a name for itself, to be the best places and number one choice for expats to live in, play in and work in. Being Singaporean we tend to think that grass is always greener over the other country. While many would have opt for Scandinavian countries that offers quality standard of living with high income or central Europe countries that gives efficient and quality lifestyle. All in all, Singapore has been voted one of the best country to live in and with many great properties around Singapore that gives quality and sustainable lifestyle, like Sims Urban Oasis tat will define and suit your needs. Apart from living lifestyle, there are other reasons why expats would choose Singapore.

Expat living vs local living – income level

According to the survey, there’s more than a quarter of the Singapore’s expat community earn in excess of S$284,000 and with the average pay calculated around S$368,000 which we think it’s safe to say they are making quite a fair bit of money. Compared to the locals, average Singaporeans make S$4,600 on a monthly basis, optimistic amount and Singapore is one of the highest income equality among the developed countries. It means that many earn much and much lower than the average, the vast difference in wages would allow expats to enjoy greater standard of living in Singapore where many locals cannot enjoy.

Family, social life and healthcare – high quality life

With higher income, you have access to quality healthcare and best schools. This makes Singapore is one of the most desirable place to live in where it is already known that Singapore has the best quality health care and educational institutions. There are number of private and public hospitals and clinics around the island, which makes it easily accessible with private medical practitioner and facilities. Meanwhile, our education system has been recognised and ranked, just look at National Univesity of Singapore (NUS). Not into, Singapore’s public school, Singapore has few international schools like the famous Anglo- Chinese School or Singapore American School that has been around for long enough.

Housing

Housing is no longer cheap as it used to be ever since the influx of foreign talent to Singapore. There are two types of housing category in Singapore – public housing HDB flat and private condominiums or bungalows. Obviously, expat cannot buy the HDB flat (only for Singaporean), they are left with private property. The choice of housing depends on one’s budget, location, amenities and connectivity near your property like the Sims Urban Oasis which is not too far from CBD area and a distance from the bustling city.

Business hubs

The small little red dot, Singapore has been ranked few times to be the world’s easiest place for doing business. Besides, it has become the busiest airports and seaports for being strategic with transhipment and commerce. One of the notable industry in Singapore is the finance industry, top finance hubs in Asia. Most entrepreneurs are attracted to build their business in Singapore as it offers low tax and subsidies for startups. Singapore invites anyone who has ideas or money to invest in the country as it has the world-class infrastructure, international communication links, social stability and open trade policies.

Safety

Singapore is one of the safest city in the world with tight securities and strict law enforcements, low crime rate and zero tolerance policy. Children can walk about the streets till late night or you can still get fit with jogging in the park at night. You can say Singapore is safe for living and accessible anywhere around the island.

Food

Singapore has got food and best of the both world despite in the Southeast Asia. First we have the flavourful local cuisine like the famous nasi lemak or good ol’ roti prata. Then, we have the international and award winning eateries are located in Singapore. Singapore have great blend of cuisines and street food from all over the world. Makes living in Singapore easier due to the varied options of food in Singapore.

Culture

Being a diverse cultured country, it boasts an all-inclusive egalitarian society. It has four major races – Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasians and also four national languages – Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and English. Besides, we have major religions such Buddhisms, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. This makes Singapore multi-cultural and everyone is free to practice their religion practices. Besides, all these multi-cultural has made Singapore even more unique and highly tolerant with different cultures.