‘Migration’ Archives
29-Year-Old Malay Engineer: 5 Reasons Why I Decided To Look For Work Abroad
Each year, thousands of well qualified Singaporeans move abroad to look for work and a large majority of them stay on with many becoming citizens of that adoption country. Today, we feature Fadil, a Malay engineer who could not find ready employment [...]
Malay Lady With Engineering Master Degree Prefers Living Abroad
Thank you Asha for allowing Transitioning.Org to interview you online:- Describe abit about yourself e.g. personal particulars, educational qualification, work experience. I have a Master of Engineering degree, mid twenties, Malay with 3 [...]
Malay Engineer Works in Australia Due to Racial Discrimination in Singapore
This article first appeared here on 2 Dec 2010. We have recently posted a few articles on race-bias discriminatory hiring and a Malay reader, Suzanna, is kind enough to provide us with the following online interview:- Can you state your [...]
6 Places to Live for Super-cheap
This blog is all about traveling better for less and getting the most out of your money by living abroad. So I’m happy to run the following guest post is from John Linnemeier, author of How an Average Man Lived an Adventurous Life. Take it [...]
Seven-Year-Old Already Harboured Thoughts Of Leaving Singapore
This comment appeared under the article "14 year old Singaporean vows to leave Singapore if PAP is not voted out by the next general election (Temasek Review)" mil says: January 15, 2011 at 8:33 pm At seven years old, my parents brought me [...]
Malay Professional Returned to London after 1 1/2 years in Singapore
We continued the part four of our series featuring Singaporeans who have migrated overseas in search of a better lifestyle. We are also somewhat surprised that many Singaporeans from the minorities races have left our country due to racial [...]
Singaporean woman migrated to Adelaide in search of a more balanced lifestyle
We continued our second part of the series on Singaporeans migrating overseas either for work or personal reasons. In this online interview, we featured Jenny - a successful human resource specialist who is now living in Adelaide Australia [...]
Singaporean working in Sydney hopes to return home to contribute
I am trying to do a series of interviews with fellow Singaporeans who have migrated due to work or other personal reasons. This is my first interview with someone whom I know in Sydney:- Describe abit about yourself e.g. personal particulars, [...]
Immigration: People must be able to feel at home in Australia
People must be able to feel at home here Gerhard Hoffstaedter, The Age October 1, 2010 Europe has mismanaged cultural diversity. We can do a better job. Victoria likes to portray itself as a beacon when it comes to multicultural [...]
Alternative Views of a Singaporean Migrant Living In Zurich Switzerland
Ryan says: October 25, 2010 at 8:58 pm This comment appeared in the post Views of A Singaporean Migrant In Switzerland I was in Zurich a few months ago so I was really surprised to read this exceedingly negative post about life in [...]
Views of A Singapore Migrant In Switzerland
Desiree says: October 23, 2010 at 2:41 am This comment appears in the article Singapore ‘average wealth per adult’ owned by less than 20% Rank Country Mean wealth per adult (in US$) Median wealth per adult (in [...]
Migrating To Australia? Mind the gap between skills and jobs
Mind the gap between skills and jobs October 14, 2010 Training programs must match future demand, write Lucy Battersby and Mathew Murphy. Sydney Morning Herald A failure to match education, immigration and training programs to [...]
Jobless Singaporean migrant in Perth having difficulty adjusting
Hi Gilbert, I am still struggling to adapt in Perth since we relocated here mid last year. There is always this unsettling feeling about getting a job - losing hope already, weather - freezing cold, lifestyle - doing the same thing each [...]
Comments Made by Ex-Singaporeans on Singapore
Comments Made by Ex-Singaporeans on Singapore Posted by redshirttt on 12 Sep 2010 Hi John .. this is an awesome analysis. I’m from Singapore, but I’ve since become an American citizen. Detached from my native country, I often read articles [...]
Retire in Xiamen China
http://retire-in-xiamen.ning.com In 2007, I traveled to Xiamen, China for the first time. Although I had traveled to China for a number of times, this was my first trip to Xiamen. I liked Xiamen immediately. I had also been thinking of [...]
