Wesleyan Apartment Building 1 - 17 October 2014

This is how it looks as of 17 October 2014

Investing on a Nanny in Singapore

 

 

In Singapore, having a Nanny is of great advantage as this would free you up in a lot of things.

Advantages that I can think of

- I won't be doing the house hold stuff such as cleaning, cooking, laundry, washing the plates etc. :)

- this means I have quality time to do other things such as

- a dinner date with my wife

- do homework with my son and play.

- play time with my little girl

- take a rest

- read a book

- attend night events such as weekly devotional and other meetings

 

Or course getting a nanny in Singapore is not a walk in the park and here's the process on how to do it assuming that you want to do it on your own and not requiring the assistance of an employment agency to process the application.

- Before you apply please visit the MOM website

- attend the seminar from MOM

- requirements for Nanny

- Application process can also be found on this link.

 

There are 2 options for the seminar. Either you do it online or attend on the allocated schedule date.

 

I have opted for the online training which lasted me for almost 3 hours.

 

Upon completion of the online training. A certificate will be provided to acknowledge that you have completed the course.

 

After 3 days you may process the application of FDW. Fill up and enter the necessary information from the link provided.

 

It will take at least a day for the IPA to be released.

 

Once you have the IPA the next step would be to process the insurance coverage of FDW.

NOTE: It is a requirement for FDW to have an insurance coverage.

 

Normally they would suggest to get the insurance coverage from NTUC Income.

 

The cost for basic insurance coverage is 256.80 SGD. A top up can be added to include hospitalization and in case the FDW would run away.

 

NTUC Income would also require the estimated date of arrival of the FDW as they would submit the Insurance information to MOM at least a day before the FDW arrives in Singapore.

 

Assuming that the nanny has arrived in Singapore, has settled down and already starts working. Now it's time to consider on how you are going to provide the nanny her salary. it's either by giving the salary each month to the nanny. I just found out recently that there is an option for the employer to open a POSB savings bank account for the nanny with no initial deposit and maintaining balance. Details can be found here.

 

Did you know that Filipinos in Europe and America envy the Filipinos in Asia as it is easier for us to get a Nanny? For them it would be very costly.

 

Wesleyan Apartment Design Proposal

Submitted as proposed by Engineer Don Eduardo. A 2 storey apartment building located at the back of Wesleyan University of the Philippines Cabanatuan City Nueva Ecija. Expected availability will be on March 2015.

Wesleyan Apartment ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT 7 Oct 2014

This is where the project is for the last 3 weeks.

Wesleyan Apartment Water System Proposal

Starting an apartment project is not a walk in the park ( as what I thought). A lot of variables has to be considered. Saving and working hard for the budget is one thing. It took us several years to come up with the needed amount. Finding the right contractor is another hurdle. We can't just grab somebody who is a 'contractor' then award the project. A lot of reviews has to be done.

Another unexpected hurdle that we encountered on the early stages of this project was the water system. It was found out that the nearest source of water is 90 to 100 meters away. That means we have to lay down our own pipe from the apartment location to the water source. The local water district provided us a quote and it took sometime for us to digest the cost indicated on the proposal. 

Wesleyan Apartment Project Pictures 9 Sep 2014

Contract has been signed. Building permit now on process. The contractor has decided to start working on the lot. 

Philippine Equity Research 6 September 2013

September 6, 2013

Market Summary

The PSEi lost 9.11 points or 0.15% yesterday to close at 5,959.22.

Index decliners led gainers 15 to 12 while 3 issues were unchanged. Except for Services (+0.38%), all sectors closed lower yesterday led by the Property (-1.63%) sector.

Notable decliners were PCOR (-4.69%), SMC (-3.81%), RLC (-3.41%), ALI (-2.72%) and MBT (-1.75%).

On the other hand, significant gainers were BLOOM (+2.87%), JFC (+2.24%), MER (+1.90%), AGI (+1.56%), and GLO (+1.35%).  Value turnover increased to Php7.1Bil from Php6.0Bil last Wednesday. Foreigners turned net buyers, accumulating Php188.0Mil worth of shares. SMDD, HP – Petition for voluntary delisting SMDC and Highland Prime (HP) have filed for voluntary delisting following the tender offer made by SM Land for shares it does not already own. As part of the merger plan of SMPH, SM Land has offered to buy all the shares of SMDC and HP it does not already own through a share swap using SMPH shares under its control. SM Land offered 0.472 shares of SMPH for every SMDC share and 0.135 SMPH share for every HP share. As of August 12, 2013, SM land has acquired 3.13 Bil shares of SMDC to bring its total holding to 9.17 Bil shares or 98.90% of SMDC. It also now has 99.85% of outstanding share of HP after the tender offer.

Property sector- SSS defers auction for Fort Boni lot

The auction date for the sale of an 8,300-sqm lot in Fort Bonifacio has been pushed back by the Social Security System (SSS) since it wanted more time to evaluate the eligibility of interested bidders. Currently on the shortlist are property developers Ayala Land Inc., Keyland Corp., the Net Group and Robinsons Land Corp.; real estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle; law firm Santiago & Santiago; and holding firm Clark Quay Holdings Inc. Property sector – 10 firms show interest in SCTEX service areas.

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has named 10 firms that have expressed interest in the development and lease of two service areas along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX). The two service areas, which consist of two hectares each, are located in Barangay Santiago in Concepcion, Tarlac. Each lot would be leased for 25 years, renewable for another 25 years upon agreement of the BCDA and the winning bidder. The 10 firms who bought the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the lease and development of the Concepcion and Macangcung service areas were: Sea Oil Phils., Inc.; Inbound Pacific Freeport, Inc.; Manila North Tollways Corp.;

Sta. Maria Industrial Park, Corp.; FLG Management; Santeh Feeds Corp.; Phoenix Petroleum Phils., Inc.; Facilities, Inc.; Klean Fuel Auto LPG Refillers; and Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. The deadline for the submission of the bids for the project initially scheduled for Sept. 6 has been moved to Sept. 10. MEG – Boosts Iloilo Business Park investment to Php35 Bil

Megaworld has increased its investment commitment in the 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park to Php35 Bil from Php25 Bil for the next 10 years. The higher investment follows the company’s expansion of the township from 54 hectares to 72 hectares last May. The business park will feature leisure, commercial, and residential components similar to all other township projects of MEG.

VLL – Expects Php80Bil in sales from Lakefront Vista Land stated that it expect to generate an aggregate sales of Php80Bil from its mixed-use community in Paranque which is in front of Laguna de Bay. The property company has allotted Php45Bil to develop the 60-hectare area. VLL added that they have already spent Php5Bil to develop 27 hectares in the area. The company has also allotted 10 hectares for commercial development in which they expect to put up BPO buildings.

Reiterate BUY rating.

We currently have a BUY rating on VLL with a fair value estimate of Php6.90/sh. We continue

to like VLL for its strong take-up sales and expanding margins. Economy – Inflation slows in August

The National Statistics Office reported that inflation decelerated to only 2.1% in August, below consensus forecast. At the same time, inflation was at the lower end of the range of BSP’s 1.9% to 2.7% estimate. The deceleration of inflation was brought about by the 0.3% decrease in prices of housing, electricity, gas and other fuels last August. At the same time, food and non-alcoholic beverages grew at a slow pace of 1.8%, lower than 2.3% last July. The National Capital Region (NCR) even saw a deflation of 0.1% last month. We have a favorable view on the low

inflation rate as this gives more room for the Bangko Sentral to keep interest rates low, which should be favorable for economic growth.

Data from Col Financial