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My mom rents out the spare room in her 3-rm flat for S$400+ and it's near MRT and big mall, so very convenient. But yes, no aircon, no internet, no heater. So if 2 persons share that room, each one around S$200-S$250, lor.
Wow can still get $400 rental. :yikes:
Actually I heard from a chinese cleaner about her living arrangements. 6 pp share 1 room. Each pay the landlord $250 (thereabouts). I dunno about aircon. it's hdb flat btw (but I don't know which unit/block exactly). Amazing!
Sorry :offtopic:[/quote]Yes. Rental market extremely good now. A master bedroom in HDB flats gets easily close to 1000 bucks.
Talked to some Chinese workers in construction last night. They are paid on a hour basis. S$6/hour; it was S$4/h two years ago. Much less than in house cleaning (S$10/h). Before OT was paid 1.5 times, now same. They have 4 days off per month, but take only 2 to earn 100 bucks more. Forgot to ask about lodging, especially whether it's free or they got to pay. Food is ordered by company and they pay 4 bucks a day. It's not enough neither in quantity nor in quality because they are young and doing heavy work. They buy cheapest stuff to cook by themselves.