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Originally Posted by pandknight
Pesta is not dowry, bro. Maybe I was a bit unclear (i can get a bit long winded sometimes. Hahah) pesta is the wedding banquet, which cost sgd5k but is optional. Dowry is sgd500. Yes. Idr5m which is sgd500. That was what my previous batam gonna-be-gf-but-didnt-happen told me. Unless I remember wrongly. Cause I remembered I laugh when I heard this and compared to sg.
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I see,thank you for taking the time to explain. Now i got a clearer picture,hehehe...i think not many could win me when it comes to being long-windedness online.
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Originally Posted by pandknight
I think when they get married, I doubt he would want to travel back and forth to the girl's village, so it would be easier to convince the girl's parents to let the girl move to batam and buy a house there.
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I dont know about others,but i find Batam's temptation is too high for girls who are young. So,if i am in my friend's situation,i would prefer my so call wife-to-be to stay put in her hometown.
And if i were to buy a new home in her hometown,surveillance camera and internet connection (wireless and wired LAN) for the home is a MUST,hehehe...
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Originally Posted by pandknight
I was looking for property there too. But for foreigners, you can only buy properties that are sgd75k and above (Not inclusive of luxury tax etc). And the upcoming properties coming up which offers foreigners financing for studio apartments, the financing period is only 5 years max if I recall correctly. So either u have to fork out a big first instalment, or you have to pay generally about sgd2-3k per month.
Very huge difference from local buying properties
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Thanks again for the info,will look into that part when the time comes for me to buy a property in Batam.