World Blog Singapore April Archive

Are you thinking about living in Singapore?. Escape Artist has a great article (Singapore: Living, Working and Doing Business) which covers:

• Singapore's Multicultural Composition
• The Ethnic Chinese
• The Malays
• The Ethnic Indians
• The Eurasians
• The Ethnic Arabs
• The Ethnic Jews
• Major Festivals Celebrated
• Chinese or Lunar New Year
• Hari Raya Puasa or Eid-ul-Fitr
• Hari Raya Haji or Eid-ul-Adha
• Deepavali
• Christmas
• Naming and Title Conventions
• The Rules In Business
• Making and Turning up for Appointment
• Meeting Etiquette
• Business cards exchange etiquette
• Some useful observations
• The Nitty Gritties of Daily Communication
• Debunking Certain Myths
• Non-Confrontational Stance
• One Last Word

The article was written by Ange Teo who is Managing Director of e2m expat etiquette mentoring