Five interesting things about the life of immigrants in Singapore

As a new immigrant who wants to buy a car, don't forget to prepare a big pocket of cash!

The retail price of a Toyota Camry in the United States is $25,000, but it will cost nearly S $6,543,800,460 (equivalent to US$ 6,543,800,700) in Singapore. Why is it so expensive? The reason is that the taxes and fees related to automobiles are too high.

If you want to buy a car, you must pay the registration fee, and the calculation base is the open market value of the car. According to the data of DollarsandSense, a personal financial institution in Singapore, it costs S $60,578 to buy a Mercedes-Benz E200, with an open market value of S $49 1 15. Then pay a consumption tax of 20% of the open market value, plus a goods and services tax of 7%.

The most famous tax is the certificate of automobile ownership (COE). The cost of a car license plate depends on the type of car-the greater the engine displacement, the greater the power and the more expensive it is-and the number of people who want to get a car license plate in a given time. Sometimes, the cost is higher than the car price.

Second, under surveillance

Living in Singapore, you also have to accept surveillance cameras to take pictures of your every move.

According to the Singapore newspaper StraitsTimes, since 20 12, more than 52,000 police cameras have been installed in 8,600 blocks in Singapore. The police said that these cameras were installed to detect littering, loan sharks and illegal parking.

3. Save me a seat.

Singapore is often called one of the most expensive cities in the world, but anyone, anywhere, can find a fresh meal for only a few dollars. The city is full of snack streets-noisy food streets, where local residents and immigrants solve lunch and dinner.

People have every reason to love these places: there are all kinds of delicious food from all over the world, and the food is very cheap. A meal is usually 3 to 7 Singapore dollars (about 2 to 5 dollars).

Newcomers should pay attention to the paper towels on the empty seats. It means "occupy a seat" This is the way for Singaporeans to reserve seats when they queue up to order food.

Fourth, a swarm of bees

If there is a cross-cultural feeling that we can all feel, it is that when we are busy with what is in front of us, we are always afraid of missing more interesting or better people and things.

ShallyVenugopal, an entrepreneur in Washington, D.C., said that this feeling is more extreme for Singaporeans, but she is a native of Singapore and her parents are immigrants here.

That kind of fear is called "fear of losing" in Singapore, which comes from Minnan language and means "fear of losing" in English. Especially when new restaurants and new buildings are opened, people flock to them, and everyone strives to be the first person to eat crabs, even waiting in line for hours.

Driven by this, Singaporeans always try their best to send their children to the most prestigious schools or buy houses in new neighborhoods.

For immigrants, this usually means that you must take the initiative to avoid the topics that everyone is talking about, otherwise the crowded crowd will make you feel better.

Even the small stalls in the food street will be crowded with people-in July this year, two stalls won Michelin stars, and the next day, a long queue appeared in front of them.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) pink world

Although most immigrants can enjoy the same freedom as their countries of origin, * groups can't.

Here, offenders are not illegal, but there is a rule that they should be imprisoned for two years.

Same-sex marriage and partnership are not allowed in Singapore, and foreign same-sex marriage is not recognized in Singapore, which will be a serious problem for people who want to immigrate to this country.

It is impossible for a child to stay in Singapore with his lover through a family visa, provided that both parties hold a Singapore work visa.

But in fact * Singaporeans and immigrants can still live according to their own wishes. There are bars, clubs and a big pink dot.

In the pink dot activity, participants gathered in the park in pink to form a pink dot to support diversity and inclusiveness. Unfortunately, foreigners are not allowed to participate in * gatherings in Singapore, so immigrants are not allowed to participate in Pink Dot activities.

In such a big environment, transgender people and women are rarely seen in public. "For comfort and safety, they prefer to socialize in private places."