Strong Sing
dollar mainly benefits those who work here and remit their money back home,
convert to their home currencies and spend on things that are cheaper due to
their lower cost of living, buying properties, cars, and whatever. The
Malaysians working here are the biggest beneficiaries to the strong exchange
rate. So are the Indians, Chinese, Myanmese, Pinoys, Bangladeshis and others.
How many
Singaporeans really benefit from the strong Singapore dollar? If they spend
their money here, actually their money is getting smaller and smaller, not
bigger. When citizens of other countries could buy a car for $10K or $20k
equivalent, Singaporeans need to pay more than $100k to buy a car, a few
hundred thousands to buy a bigger car. This is how small the Sing dollar has
become to the Singaporeans. And this same principle applies to all other
purchases. A $500k ringgit is good enough to buy a landed property of more than
2000 sq ft in Malaysia. A $500k Sing dollar could only purchase a 4 or 5rm HDB
flat at most, for 99 years. That is the purchasing power of the Sing dollar.
Don’t be conned, the Sing dollar is losing its value at home. A Sing dollar
today is worth very much lesser than yesterday in purchasing power. A $1 bowl of noodle is now $3.50. Public transport used to be less than a
dollar, now $2 or more daily. Taxi fare
used to be less than $10, now can be $50 or more.
This is how
big the Sing dollar has become. So, are Singaporeans benefitting from the
strong Sing dollar? Only if they spend it outside Singapore. The majority of
the average Singaporeans are not benefitting from a stronger Sing dollar but a
Sing dollar that is losing its purchasing value.
So, should
Singaporeans be happier with the higher income they are getting today? It used
to be pretty comfortable living with a $1000 household income. Today, a twin
income of $4,000 is struggling to get by. Definitely cannot afford a car, maybe
a bicycle for the new quality lifestyle.
While the
paper income is more, but the purchasing power is so much lower today than
yesterday. Imagine a $3,000 pm income and how much luxury the family could
afford to buy then and how a $3,000 income today is making ends meet?
Is the Sing
dollar bigger or smaller today?
Now the
Malaysians would be laughing and saying, my $500k ringgit can get me a landed
property, what can your $500k Sing dollar get you? My $30k ringgit can buy a
car, what can your $30k Sing buy, a motor bike? Can’t even buy a piece of paper
called COE.
Singaporeans
who can afford it, would enjoy a few trips overseas to spend their strong
dollars but will return home to spend their shrinking dollar at home for the
rest of the year.
16 comments:
Spend there like a Prince.
Spend here like Pauper.
Prince and the Pauper.
Sinkies behaved like Princes/s in front of their so called cousins over North but most are like Papuers in own country.
fear not fear not........
whether the S$ very BIG or very small......
singaoreans don't mind........
as 70% said "it is ok!" n thank you very much sirs........
so........what to say........
cheers.......
// Is the Sing dollar bigger or smaller today? //
To measure the "domestic" value of a currency over time, there are a few "unorthodox"/ non-main stream indicators:
(1) The Lorenz Curve of a country
(2) The Gini Coefficient
(3) Per Capita Private Consumption Spending
Comparing such ( unorthodox ) indicators over say the past 10 to 20 years often give a generally indicative picture of the trajectory of the domestic value of a currency ......?
Rb is probably not aware that janitors at his workplace and other parts of Sin are enjoying holidays and tours not only up North all the way to China. They are enjoying like dukes and duchess in Oz, Europe and USA.
And there are those wise uncles like Virgo who use Sin Dollars to own assets abroad.
Maybe MOST OF THE SIN ELITES have got themselves Green Card, property and even mate at many foreign lands.
What is Rb waiting for?
What about that khongcum Agongkia producing khongcumkias abroad.
Smart people know how to take advantages of every situations.
Dont believe?
Ask Matilah Singapura.
Mati lah, all I care is get the best
out of anything.
What is Rb waiting for?
January 28, 2016 10:13 am
Waiting for the 70% to vote wisely?
waiting for WP to be ready to be government?
Waiting for an audit of the national reserves?
Hi All Patriots?
Do not have the Mah's fever that most sinkies followed blindly
Sin investments whether can afford or not sure make monies in the long terms.
Prepare to eat plain bread and PUB gin just to pay the mortages and if possible rent out to subsidise so can breathe a bit above water.
MBT phophesised that your value would double or triple. We make it happen. Just push the prices higher and higher.
Malaysia properties are brought not for investments.
They do not manipluate the markets like sinkieland.
Buy it for a place as
sanctuaries.
Twenty five years back, our kakis with better foresight than the pap and pay ministers knew sinkieland sampan would sink soon.
At that time, apartments of 859 sq ft at sin 55k fully furnished.
Condo facing seafront at sin 108K.
Even though exch@ 1.65
No restrictions of purchase above how many many K.
FIC approvals easily.
Now just sell.our high value dilapiadated HDB low cost housing at 45k to suckers at 800k. Profit about 700k
Retired blissfully with CPF 500k to matland at exch 3.025 .
MAS dumb like fuck...or other countries central bankers dumb like fuck.. Malaysia weak currency, supposedly fucked up government still can get affordable housing n money left over to buy plenty plenty cars. Singapore veering towards public transport for all. I go Ho Chi Minh..in 15 years they went from bicycle congestion to motor cycle n car congestion...so..who has progressed? Why u want a strong currency for if you can't moderate the money grabbing thirsty government. The core of our inflation has only been governments' rigged land sales and charges piled upon charges. Who ever heard of having to pay gst on petrol tax n Coe..Wah piang..this type of cheng hu also have.
Who ever heard of having to pay gst on petrol tax n Coe..Wah piang..this type of cheng hu also have.
January 28, 2016 11:04 am
If the cheng hu is bad,
the electorate is lagi worse.
70% voted for the PAP gahmen.
70% want to pay more taxes.
Ownself fuck ownself.
70% love to 'pay and pay'
And they have unwittingly been forced to work like slaves until death to pay for their pigeonholes, which will go back to the Government and to survive the high cost of living, thinking that they are getting such a good deal compared to our blessed neighbours up north.
There is nothing the 30% can do to make them see the light. The 70% can just praise the emperor's new clothes but dare not utter the truth.
Ruled by millionaires, paid them to be millionaires but lived like paupers and in fear.
RB
Why so unhappy.
You can go on the Silverhair scheme offered by Malaysia and go enjoy life across the border in Johor since you like to compare RM$ so much.
Regards
Theonion.
Time not come for you yet to be in the statistics of the unemployed.
Don't laugh too soon.
He who laugh last laugh the best.
Parrot parroting.
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