Relocating to Singapore

[Francois]

Hi

My husband has been offered a secondment in Singapore and I'm trying to get some opinions (good and bad) on what it's really like to live there. We have two young children (2&4) so would have to also consider schools and nursery. Neither of us has visited and although I think we would be allowed a trip prior to moving to familiarise, we need to be pretty sure we want to move to do that.

From what he says we would go on a package which would include housing, school,medical and other bits but I have no idea what the finer details of that include

For those that live in Singapore or have lived there what are your experiences, particularly with young children. From limited googling, singapore seems a very safe friendly city with plenty of opportunities to explore Asia in our free time but big concerns are around the climate and general cultural differences between there and the UK

Any advice or comments much appreciated.

BTW, minimum pay is ridiculously low and a decent wage should start no lower than S$600 + food allowance or sharing your regular meals.

You should pay a ticket back home every 2 years on contract renewal, most of us find it normal to pay a ticket every year (booked in advance its dirt cheap - dates booked at your convenience to coincide with family holidays/christmas etc...).
13th month is standard and extra cash here and there for clothing, birthdays, etc?.

Francois, Hope you realize am shouting at purplecarrot not you