Did you teach your child what to do if Sgp MRT is on fire?


Seeing this video where 15 are injured in Hong Kong MTR fire. Sad that people are more concern with taking video when others are on fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZK5kieiYDw

Old liquors never open before (20 years) - can still drink?

If there a difference with doing a will and not doing one?

If a person had passed away without leaving any will, what is the percentage of tax for estate duty that the people who inherit his assets have to pay?

Any one have any idea?

lee_yl:

mistral77:

the price is between $12 to $18 per hour for part-time helper right?

$15 for HDB
$18 for private

why private more expensive?

the price is between $12 to $18 per hour for part-time helper right?

FantasyLandDreams:

Same here. Hmmm .... Why still $120??

Precisely.

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Budget 2015: Help for familiesThe foreign domestic worker concessionary levy will be halved to S$60 from May, to help families with elderly folk and young children.

Among the various measures, the Government will halve the foreign domestic worker concessionary levy - from the current S$120 to S$60 - to help families who are taking care of the elderly, from May 1.

The concessionary levy will also be extended to households with children aged below 16 - up from below 12. The annual savings from the reduced levy amount to S$720 a year.


http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sin ... 75660.html

In this year’s Budget, the government announced that the maid levy will be reduced from $120 to $60 but my this month’s levy is still $120.

How much is your maid levy this month?

Glorared:

True to say that part timers are more costly. But u will live without any maid issues. We are paying for our privacy.

Good point you have there!

"Having a housekeeper come in just twice a week, for the minimum required period of four hours each time, would likely cost us more than $600 a month."

This means market rate is $75 for 4-hour work?

Any one read today’s Sunday Times where Fiona Chan wrote an article on the above. Reproduced part of it here:

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Angst over hiring a helper
I did not want to get a maid until I realised engaging a cleaning service is double the cost of a full-time helper

.Published on May 3, 2015

When I checked the rates for part-time house cleaning, however, I was nearly tempted to switch jobs and become a cleaner myself.

Having a housekeeper come in just twice a week, for the minimum required period of four hours each time, would likely cost us more than $600 a month.

We would still have to clean up after our very messy cats and ourselves the other five days of the week, not to mention have to eat out most of the time.

Alternatively, we could order a daily food delivery service, which would send us hot dinners every weekday for at least $200 a month.

With children, the cost would jump further - full-time infantcare costs as much as $2,000 a month, of which the Government subsidises up to $600.

Compared with that, live-in maids who do it all - cook, clean and take care of their employers’ kids - are a downright bargain.