Originally Posted by ecureilx

If you are from Philippines, you should know that, for a start, you cannot sponsor 'companions' .. unless I misread that.

Oh, unless you are EP you cannot bring your wife / family too.

if your employer is providing accommodation, others will say it is still tough to live in 2k S$, but .. well, I know enough of Filipino who earn less than that and can still afford a quarterly visit back home, and throw parties-by cutting down on major food expense - cooking at home (which brings another interesting dilemma .. for the same reason of constant cooking, most HDB owners don't want Filipinos - lest the kitchen be dirtied .. )

Now, if you said you are looking at 2,000 $ for yourself only, and accomodation provided, it is DOABLE - in simple terms.

For you and 4 companion ? no comments.

Unless I misread

And one more thing - of late HDB has been tightening rental rules, so, if you plan to rent a unit and do max-occupation, it is going to be pretty much iffy ..