Brit's View on Singapore After 18 Years

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  • @ragsoh
    @ragsoh 15 днів тому +44

    I like the last part on LISTENING ... if you interrupt, you might be stopping them from saying something critically important. Wow...really good advice.

  • @lioncity-k2o
    @lioncity-k2o 11 днів тому +6

    Thank you Mr Alexander Knight for your kind words on Singapore. May you and your family stay a long long time here and be blessed with happiness and success.

  • @bell-xk5dd
    @bell-xk5dd 15 днів тому +29

    I love this guy Alexander Knight, he’s super intelligent and a very colourful person. I would say he understands Singapore better than anyone that has ever appeared in Max’s channel. The last bit advice is the best, never interrupt when someone is talking, or we may miss something important 👍❤️

  • @huggybear441
    @huggybear441 14 днів тому +26

    Being a STB tour guide, l can say with certainty people that think Singapore is boring (broadly) falls into three categories.
    - On tight-budget: would avoid all attractions that require an admission fee.
    - The uninformed: Didn't read up the transformation history of SG and didn't plan their itinerary.
    - Contents creators: failed to secured local sponsorships to pay for their trip.

    • @jeremyemilio9378
      @jeremyemilio9378 8 днів тому

      Its a half truth for the boring part. In Singapore you dont get to ski, sail,sky dive, mountain climb, hunt , race etc

    • @BoOmMaGuOpEeP
      @BoOmMaGuOpEeP День тому +1

      Fourth category - by the sour grapes lansi malusians!

  • @audreygiamlayhoon
    @audreygiamlayhoon 15 днів тому +37

    The social cohesion in Singapore is really priceless.

  • @dsjc_
    @dsjc_ 15 днів тому +21

    Alexander is super humble and intelligent, great interview

  • @johntaylor1030
    @johntaylor1030 9 днів тому +1

    I couldn’t agree more. I’ve visited Singapore several times and am always so impressed with how so efficiently the country is run. If I had the choice or opportunity I would move there without hesitation but alas being retired the cost implications are now way out of my reach.

  • @eduardoking8402
    @eduardoking8402 15 днів тому +33

    The comment 'Singapore is boring' is a myth that's been perpetuated over the years by Singapore's competitors that, if you repeat something over and over again, you will believe it, and it will stick. It's just like Hong Kong's self proclaimed 'Asia's World City', which was so cleverly marketed, that it has stuck in people's minds, despite the fact that HK is not racially or culturally diverse like Singapore or Kuala Lumpur. I think it is time that Singaporeans change the false narrative, and start propagating the phrase 'Singapore is Exciting'.

    • @jjhenry3338
      @jjhenry3338 15 днів тому +1

      Aside from the aging Orchard Road, Sentosa and Marina Bay which are not the real heartland Singapore. Tell us what's exciting about Singapore. Let me start, the boat ride, fishing, cycle trail and fresh seafood at Pulau Ubin is the best escapade in Singapore.
      What's so exciting about ToaPayoh or Bedok or Commonwealth or Marsiling the whatever real Singapore?

    • @sart3735
      @sart3735 15 днів тому

      Now sour Malaysians are perpetuating it.

    • @nikiclio
      @nikiclio 15 днів тому +1

      100% agree! 😀

    • @nikiclio
      @nikiclio 15 днів тому +8

      @@jjhenry3338 - what is so exciting about Buckingham Palace, Thames River, and other places in London even English country side or NYC or Paris? It's the same old same old if you just see things around you with a boredom mindset but if you can bring yourself to see everyday is a brand new fresh day, then everything mundane and routine is exciting.

    • @jjhenry3338
      @jjhenry3338 15 днів тому +1

      ​​​​​​​​@@nikiclio Life everywhere is routine and mundane. However it's another thing when people call Singapore boring. The 4room HDB is the same in TeckWhye to OutramPark to Punggol. The hawker center food is bland and the same in every one of them. With a few good ones far in between. Bill Gates in his visit in the 90s asked where are the houses? He expressed what every foreign visitor saw. That's a tiny boring man-made concrete island city state. Unlike ASEAN countries including London, NYC and Paris have their own attractive natural charm especially outside the big city centers. That's what boring means and it's an accurate description of Singapore.

  • @irenegeorge9735
    @irenegeorge9735 10 днів тому +1

    Thank you very much! I love my country…God bless Singapore with peace n prosperity ❤

  • @ms1884
    @ms1884 15 днів тому +11

    I like this man. He eats uses chicken rice as a condiment for his chili as it is meant to be eaten.

  • @filipecarvalho2711
    @filipecarvalho2711 15 днів тому +9

    What an awesome guy, great interview, congrats!

  • @markshen3280
    @markshen3280 15 днів тому +7

    Max, I agree with him in saying that in addition to Singapore 🇸🇬, other countries in Asia also provide the best in education : Japan 🇯🇵, China 🇨🇳, Taiwan 🇹🇼, Hong Kong 🇭🇰, Korea 🇰🇷, Malaysia 🇲🇾, etc….

    • @tanjpk
      @tanjpk 13 днів тому +3

      Malaysia education is biased towards bumiputra

    • @Teochewtuahang
      @Teochewtuahang 13 днів тому

      Taiwan and Hong Kong is not a country. I find it funny you would leave out Macao

  • @77kcmak
    @77kcmak 2 дні тому +1

    He is a wonderful person from the UK. Unassuming, objective and wise.

  • @Danilyn_Livao
    @Danilyn_Livao 13 днів тому

    It's intriguing to imagine the changes Singapore has gone through over the years and how they’ve influenced both locals and expatriates! Looking forward for more of their reflections and experiences on everything!

  • @Akira-888
    @Akira-888 13 днів тому +3

    Max and Alexander are some of the true foreign talents that respects and adapt to the local culture and that Singapore enthusiastically welcomes. Not those self entitled CASTE slinging contaminants that gravely pollute the city state from truly achieving super future city status. 😮😮😮

  • @ip3vk
    @ip3vk 15 днів тому +7

    You should view Ghib Ojisan's blog in Singapore. He can also handle chilli or very spicy food as a Japanese here.

  • @janeloh6064
    @janeloh6064 15 днів тому +11

    Thank you for your kind words, we're still work in progress 😊

  • @alexiasandano4591
    @alexiasandano4591 15 днів тому +5

    i love that you're saying immigrant life (not expat life)- way more inclusive and an equalizer. 🎉🎉

  • @frankietatcanbearrange3874
    @frankietatcanbearrange3874 14 днів тому +3

    Just because there are sets of rules and most of us adhere to it, doesn't mean we are boring

  • @flyer320neo
    @flyer320neo 15 днів тому +22

    Singapore is a safe zone in a chaotic world 😊

    • @AlgoNudger
      @AlgoNudger 13 днів тому

      Safe zone with Orwellian system? 😂

  • @hillary8929
    @hillary8929 15 днів тому +9

    Genuine British Gentleman

  • @nikiclio
    @nikiclio 15 днів тому +4

    The meaning of "Expat Life" is where a company hire you to live in another country with all expenses paid including your children's education, accommodation, travel, family insurance, etc. Such Expat packages are very rare these days. If a foreigner in any country, doesn't have to be in Singapore, is not getting all these "perks" from your company, then you are basically an immigrant or just a foreigner-working-in-a-country. That's it.

    • @Ghekko-kw3zz
      @Ghekko-kw3zz 15 днів тому +1

      Bah in your example this "expat" can & will be pulled at the beck & call of their employer. An expat is permanently relocated & choosing to stay somewhere else than their homeland.

    • @jjhenry3338
      @jjhenry3338 15 днів тому

      Correct, digital nomads are the typical migrant workers.

    • @jjhenry3338
      @jjhenry3338 15 днів тому +3

      ​​​​​​@@Ghekko-kw3zz you described an immigrant, not an expat. Foreigners featured on MaxChernov videos are mostly migrant workers, not expats and a few immigrants.
      Expats represent their company working in a foreign country with expat employment contracts that comes with accommodation, transport, schooling and healthcare terms.

    • @Ghekko-kw3zz
      @Ghekko-kw3zz 15 днів тому +1

      @@jjhenry3338 I've 2 passports, another residency, 17 nationalities in my immediate family living in 7 countries. The definition we're all using isn't yours. Offshore employees- I've those relatives in China, Nepal & Antarctica, none would consider themselves expats.

    • @Ccb88888
      @Ccb88888 14 днів тому +1

      @@Ghekko-kw3zz I disagree. 'Expat' in my view means you are on an 'expat package'. Anything else is an immigrant or a nomad

  • @hillary8929
    @hillary8929 15 днів тому +4

    Thanks!

  • @jonyap1724
    @jonyap1724 14 днів тому +1

    I’m so glad to hear this…Singapore is a melting pot of interesting activities… 🎉😊

  • @mkang666
    @mkang666 15 днів тому +12

    How dare you to suggest that the UK should learn from Singapore 😂😂😂. They still have the mindset that they are the boss and they (the West) are superior over Singapore (the East).

    • @NewmaticKe
      @NewmaticKe 15 днів тому +1

      Its not even new, Singapore-on-Thames?

    • @HG-kn3hb
      @HG-kn3hb 15 днів тому +5

      The ex colonizer has much to learn from the ex colony. The immigration is a mess.

    • @willengel2458
      @willengel2458 13 днів тому

      the Brits should be in an "Unlearned" mode instead of "To learn" mode because it hitched its wagon to the Empire of Lies when the British Empire collapsed.

  • @LUCKYLUCKY-t1x
    @LUCKYLUCKY-t1x 15 днів тому +5

    Great👍👍👍

  • @weisskreuzdc
    @weisskreuzdc 11 днів тому +1

    This is a man singing my tune with chilli and whiskey

  • @FunnyIntelliInnocentVilageKid
    @FunnyIntelliInnocentVilageKid 15 днів тому

    The Indian stock market outperformed the world's richest investor Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway in terms of return in the last 25 years, an AMC company report said. Helios, an India focused Singapore-based asset management company, said in a report that the Nifty 500 index has given 12.56 per cent annual return as compared to 9.52 per cent by Berkshire Hathaway and that, too, in US Dollar terms between July 31, 1999 to July 31, 2024.
    The report further said, "During this period, India also had to face many challenges, which included the US sanctions imposed on India after the May 1998 nuclear bomb test and the Kargil war in 1999. The Indian markets also showed resilience during the coalition governments."
    There are many small mid cap mutual funds that have done over 20% CSGR over 20 years.

  • @wongyc5585
    @wongyc5585 11 днів тому +2

    Yes, Britain will be great again if it learn from them, imagine more work means more income for Britain

  • @AlbanGerome
    @AlbanGerome 15 днів тому

    I thought whisky was already amber-coloured before going into the barrel. That's because whisky malt is smoked. Whiskey, with the e, gets its malt distilled without smoking. Jameson whiskey is clear,r like water or vodka. Don't they store their whiskey in barrels?

  • @yoonchongong8914
    @yoonchongong8914 15 днів тому

    I know sombody whose son failed his chinese in PSLE and his mother is from Chiina , Father is Singaporean, but he was allowed to go to secondary school because his Maths is fantastic.

    • @jjhenry3338
      @jjhenry3338 14 днів тому

      MTL is a huge issue for foreign kids in Singapore public schools.
      I asked what MTL language do @MaxChernov kids study as a russian?

    • @yoonchongong8914
      @yoonchongong8914 14 днів тому

      Its because of the chinese language. It started with Mr Lee Kwan Yew.He believes that china will play a very important role in the future of Spore. So its better to study Mandarin but then he must have realize that there are other races in Singapore. He cant say that everyone must study Mandarin. so I think thats why MTL comes about. It will cause a riot if he doesnt do that. As you know Singapore is kind of business country. It is run as a business country. Peole lives are also run as business . This is one of the comments I read in a facebook.Cant blame him. it is a amall country and that is his belief.

  • @km3455
    @km3455 13 днів тому +1

    Most ppl in SG are pretty decent & polite until they are about to board the MRT. Then all bets are off 😅.

  • @893collections
    @893collections 15 днів тому

    Hi there, i tried to click the whisky cask club link provided on the description, but i didnt receive any reply or anything. Is the link broken? please let me know thx

    • @MaxChernov
      @MaxChernov  14 днів тому

      Should work ok. Try a different browser or device.

    • @893collections
      @893collections 14 днів тому

      @@MaxChernov Hi Max, i follow your channel and its very inspiring - would love to learn more from you
      In regards to the website link, i think i didnt clarify enough, so the link actually working, but when i tried to register and fill out after - there is nothing happened after. Im not sure if my registration was successful or not as I didnt get any confirmation afterwards, perhaps you can double checkk this for me, thank you ^^

  • @诚聘板主
    @诚聘板主 15 днів тому +4

    Thian Hock Keng Temple is Hokkien temple, not Chinese temple。this temple Funded and established by Hokkien immigrants and Hokkien leader Tan Tock Seng
    Tan Tock Seng was born in Malacca in 1798 (the third year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty). His father Chen Yuezhong was an immigrant from Qing Dynasty Fujian.
    The opposite of Thian Hock Keng Temple is Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (新加坡福建会馆)
    Tan Tock Seng also the founder of Tan Tock Seng Hospital .

    • @NewmaticKe
      @NewmaticKe 15 днів тому +1

      duh

    • @bttan144
      @bttan144 12 днів тому +1

      Ain't the Hokkien dialect people Chinese ❓❓ So Chinese temple is a correct description ‼️‼️

    • @诚聘板主
      @诚聘板主 12 днів тому

      @@bttan144 Hokkien people is Hokkien people, Chinese is Chinese.
      different language and different culture.
      this is Hokkien temple, not Chinese temple.
      Can Russians and Ukrainians be the same?

    • @leongyet9896
      @leongyet9896 12 днів тому

      Are you chinese?

    • @诚聘板主
      @诚聘板主 12 днів тому

      @@leongyet9896 NO

  • @BrianPatrick-s6b
    @BrianPatrick-s6b 15 днів тому +2

    Its funny singapore actually was created post independence based on Lee Kuan Yew's image of England in the late 40''s when he was im Cambridge clean green countryside population that is discipline straight and narrow...strong believed in law and order and social values....uk went extremely "progressive" this half century and Singapore didn't.

  • @emileguertin
    @emileguertin 15 днів тому +1

    Singapore is incomparable with nearly any other country. To me it compares better with a small city or large town governed by a mayor or state governor. It’s much easier to control and maintain than almost every other country on earth, and has an advantage of being very young and the good fortune of being founded and governed by one family more or less. Comparing it to the UK for example is kinda like comparing an apple and a cucumber.

  • @MrEL28
    @MrEL28 4 дні тому

    It's a little bizarre to hear a a Brit praise and say Britain, former colonial master, has much to learn from Singapore, a former British colony.

  • @jennieloh6312
    @jennieloh6312 12 днів тому

    Cedar Girls’ is one of the good school. Your daughter must be smart!

  • @melginger3794
    @melginger3794 15 днів тому +1

    Local schools are better than international schools

  • @q1000q
    @q1000q 11 днів тому

    Most likely ppl who dun want to spend money at all. Driving a car out for meal or even leaving the house incurs cost so Singapore is concluded boring. "NO FRee things todo."

  • @osmanismail943
    @osmanismail943 7 днів тому

    Wrong! The whole of the WEST can learn from SINGAPORE. MAJULAH SINGAPURA.

  • @eatdriveplay
    @eatdriveplay 15 днів тому +3

    The social cohesion in Singapore is ‘artificial’ in the sense, it comes from deliberate decisions, policies and people agreeing to compromise.
    It is unnatural to say… I will tolerate, accept, maybe join the celebrations of our neighbours of another race and religion. We designed it deliberately from the way we live and study in the same place.
    But every now and then, some become racist and extremists… we have to keep reminding each other to be tolerant and accepting because it is so precious.

    • @ajisenramen888
      @ajisenramen888 15 днів тому +6

      “Sustained by conscious effort” rather than “artificial”, IMO.
      It is partly organic, partly careful planning.

    • @eatdriveplay
      @eatdriveplay 15 днів тому

      @ the govt said before it’s unnatural and in a way artificially created… while we’ve come a long way, it is only sustainable if we understand this is not natural to continue that conscious effort.
      Once we take it for granted, people forget and will start to exert maximum rights and space against each other and the system will be undone.

    • @jjhenry3338
      @jjhenry3338 15 днів тому

      The real problem is the ballooning foreigners population now at almost 50% are foreigners while the locals fertility rate at 1.15% one of the lowest in the world which makes Singaporeans increasingly xenophobic.

    • @nikiclio
      @nikiclio 15 днів тому +3

      @@eatdriveplay - that's why smart govt like our Spore govt will have rules in place so that all of us can eat, drive and play harmoniously.

    • @nikiclio
      @nikiclio 15 днів тому

      @@ajisenramen888 - totally agree!

  • @jeremyemilio9378
    @jeremyemilio9378 8 днів тому

    Its a half truth for the boring part. In Singapore you dont get to ski, sail,sky dive, mountain climb, hunt , race etc

    • @MaxChernov
      @MaxChernov  7 днів тому

      ski in Japan or Korea, mountain climb in Indonesia, race in Malaysia

    • @jeremyemilio9378
      @jeremyemilio9378 7 днів тому

      @MaxChernov you missed what I meant. I mean sure with the time and/or money you could ,but not everyone does. And that's already added on to the fact that Singapore simply doesn't have those things (physically)

  • @AG-so4gl
    @AG-so4gl 15 днів тому +1

    Strong public order laws keeps people in there place. The majority of folk I talk to would prefer to live in Malaysia where its still rough around the edges

  • @verifunny
    @verifunny 12 днів тому

    When you're not rich, it's BORING.

  • @amyg1073
    @amyg1073 13 днів тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @Oldlee-g6r
    @Oldlee-g6r 14 днів тому +1

    More money from Singapore government?

    • @jjhenry3338
      @jjhenry3338 14 днів тому

      Looks like it

    • @MaxChernov
      @MaxChernov  14 днів тому

      Moving to a more expensive condo soon.

    • @jjhenry3338
      @jjhenry3338 14 днів тому

      @@MaxChernov you shouldn't censor comments.

  • @colinchia5318
    @colinchia5318 10 днів тому

    Thank you for carrying our balls.

  • @Unepic_Smurfman
    @Unepic_Smurfman 15 днів тому

    he changed it to immigrant life appealing to locals more

  • @ivangoh5402
    @ivangoh5402 12 днів тому

    The bah kut teh photo is from Malaysia

  • @deebusoh9023
    @deebusoh9023 8 днів тому

    Got money den is not boring pls

  • @AlgoNudger
    @AlgoNudger 15 днів тому +1

    Learn from world's largest *Orwellian Lab?* Something like *15-minute City?* 🤔

  • @samlekummamank8502
    @samlekummamank8502 14 днів тому

    future jynxzi ???

  • @JacksonWong-pw4zq
    @JacksonWong-pw4zq 9 днів тому +1

    Highest paid PART TIME ministers in the world .

  • @Ccb88888
    @Ccb88888 14 днів тому

    Singaporeans should learn some humility and learn from the UK for a change.....As for this whisky investment scheme- does one own the whisky or does one own 'something else'?.......

    • @jjhenry3338
      @jjhenry3338 14 днів тому

      Singaporeans are lansi.

    • @BoOmMaGuOpEeP
      @BoOmMaGuOpEeP День тому +1

      @@jjhenry3338hahaha… said by a lansi malusian!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @yoonchongong8914
    @yoonchongong8914 15 днів тому

    The things that he mention are not in Asian people interest not all of them. Theatre, parks.. these are more for the caucasians. Singaporeans past time are food and shopping. and cool weather. Just my opinion.

  • @jjhenry3338
    @jjhenry3338 15 днів тому +2

    30% of public secondary school pupils enrol in JCs. 25% of JC students get into NUS/NTU each cohort. This means that only 7.5% of secondary public schools pupils enter NUS/NTU. Therefore, not more than 3% of neighborhood school pupils qualify for both these national universities. And pupils qualify to register for elite secondary schools by getting excellent PSLE primary school grades. The rest of the neighborhood school cohorts(97%) end up in Singapore Poly or ITE. With starting median salary of S$2900 while the latest BTO 4room ranges from S$550-750k. This is the stark reality.
    Does a 3% probability to enter NUS/NTU look great? Is the school system that condemns children at PSLE to Singapore Poly the best in the world?

    • @SamStab007
      @SamStab007 15 днів тому

      Meanwhile foreign students get free scholarships to NUS😂.

    • @hana.09
      @hana.09 14 днів тому +1

      Not totally true. There are plenty who came from typical "neighbourhood" schools and still ended up in jc and NUS/NTU and they can also go to poly first and then NUS/NTU.

  • @诚聘板主
    @诚聘板主 15 днів тому +4

    not everybody is Chinese. Chinese people are citizens of the country China.
    Among the Singaporean population, about 40% are Hokkien, about 20% are Teochews, about 13% are Cantonese, about 3% are Hakkas, 5% are Chinese(中國人), and 15.1% are Malays (Indians, Sri Lankans, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sikhs) accounted for 7.6%, while the Eurasian population and other ethnic groups (including Baba and Nyonya) accounted for 1.7%.

    • @NewmaticKe
      @NewmaticKe 15 днів тому +1

      nah

    • @MaxChernov
      @MaxChernov  15 днів тому +7

      But Teochews and Hokkien are ethnically Chinese, no?

    • @诚聘板主
      @诚聘板主 15 днів тому

      @@MaxChernov
      Teochew and Hokkien are race
      The Chinese are the people and citizens of the country China, not a race.
      The ancestors of Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam are from Sri Lanka.
      You don't think of him as an Indian, do you?

    • @pebbleping5043
      @pebbleping5043 15 днів тому +5

      @@诚聘板主 Teochew and Hokkien are Chinese dialects, not race lah

    • @诚聘板主
      @诚聘板主 15 днів тому +1

      @@pebbleping5043 Do you think Tibetans, Uighurs, Inner Mongolians, Taiwanese, and Koreans (朝鮮族)are dialects?

  • @jjhenry3338
    @jjhenry3338 15 днів тому +1

    Why is Singapore boring?
    The HDB estate and hawker centers from Boon Lay in the west to Redhil central to Pasir Ris in the east, and Yishun to the north is exactly the same. 45 mins drive east to west. Just photocopies of the same. See one see them all. What else is there? Ofc Pulau Ubin.

  • @zelareka
    @zelareka 15 днів тому +1

    ITS EASY WHEN SINGAPURE DOES NOT HAVE ARABS OR BLACKS, MAYBE ITS NOT THE UK THAT NEEDS TO LEARN ANYTHING.

    • @NewmaticKe
      @NewmaticKe 15 днів тому +9

      That's your tail you're chasing

    • @WasLostButNowAmFound
      @WasLostButNowAmFound 14 днів тому

      It's easy when Singapore actively arrests extremists.

  • @amranmohd9083
    @amranmohd9083 15 днів тому +2

    You're right. Everyone lives here in harmony , regardless of race or religion.
    Outsider, like one embassy may wish to stir sh*t here and even to the extent of trying to create animosity between Singaporeans & Malaysians. Fortunately, we have a good government to tell them off and kick the butt him out of the country.

    • @jjhenry3338
      @jjhenry3338 15 днів тому

      In most countries the people live peacefully and harmoniously. It's the politics that tear this delicate social fabric apart.