Brit's View on Singapore After 18 Years

[@ragsoh]

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

[@joyLoveC]

Agreed

[@lioncity-k2o]

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]

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 👍❤️

[@dsjc_]

Alexander is super humble and intelligent, great interview

[@audreygiamlayhoon]

The social cohesion in Singapore is really priceless.

[@irenegeorge9735]

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

[@huggybear441]

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]

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

[@Danilyn_Livao]

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!

[@filipecarvalho2711]

What an awesome guy, great interview, congrats!

[@ms1884]

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

[@markshen3280]

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]

Malaysia education is biased towards bumiputra

[@Teochewtuahang]

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

[@Akira-888]

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. 😮😮😮

[@johntaylor1030]

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.

[@hillary8929]

Thanks!

[@MaxChernov]

Thanks so much ♥️

[@ip3vk]

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

[@alexiasandano4591]

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

[@eduardoking8402]

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]

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]

Now sour Malaysians are perpetuating it.

[@nikiclio]

100% agree! 😀

[@nikiclio]

@@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]

​​​​​​​​@@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.

[@LUCKYLUCKY-t1x]

Great👍👍👍

[@hillary8929]

Genuine British Gentleman

[@flyer320neo]

Singapore is a safe zone in a chaotic world 😊

[@AlgoNudger]

Safe zone with Orwellian system? 😂

[@frankietatcanbearrange3874]

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

[@nikiclio]

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]

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]

Correct, digital nomads are the typical migrant workers.

[@jjhenry3338]

​​​​​​@@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]

@@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]

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

[@jonyap1724]

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

[@weisskreuzdc]

This is a man singing my tune with chilli and whiskey

[@janeloh6064]

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

[@wongyc5585]

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

[@JacksonWong-pw4zq]

Highest paid PART TIME ministers in the world .

[@FunnyIntelliInnocentVilageKid]

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.

[@AlbanGerome]

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?

[@km3455]

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

[@MaxChernov]

hahaha

[@jennieloh6312]

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

[@893collections]

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]

Should work ok. Try a different browser or device.

[@893collections]

@@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 ^^

[@yoonchongong8914]

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]

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]

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.

[@诚聘板主]

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]

duh

[@bttan144]

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

[@诚聘板主]

@@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]

Are you chinese?

[@诚聘板主]

@@leongyet9896 NO

[@mkang666]

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]

Its not even new, Singapore-on-Thames?

[@HG-kn3hb]

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

[@willengel2458]

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.

[@BrianPatrick-s6b]

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.

[@melginger3794]

Local schools are better than international schools

[@amyg1073]

❤❤❤

[@MrEL28]

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.

[@q1000q]

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."

[@verifunny]

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

[@jeremyemilio9378]

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

[@MaxChernov]

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

[@jeremyemilio9378]

@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)

[@colinchia5318]

Thank you for carrying our balls.

[@emileguertin]

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.

[@Unepic_Smurfman]

he changed it to immigrant life appealing to locals more

[@MaxChernov]

You noticed. Good job.

[@osmanismail943]

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

[@Oldlee-g6r]

More money from Singapore government?

[@jjhenry3338]

Looks like it

[@MaxChernov]

Moving to a more expensive condo soon.

[@jjhenry3338]

@@MaxChernov you shouldn't censor comments.

[@deebusoh9023]

Got money den is not boring pls

[@ivangoh5402]

The bah kut teh photo is from Malaysia

[@AG-so4gl]

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

[@eatdriveplay]

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]

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

[@eatdriveplay]

@ 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]

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]

@@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]

@@ajisenramen888 - totally agree!

[@Ccb88888]

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]

Singaporeans are lansi.

[@samlekummamank8502]

future jynxzi ???

[@AlgoNudger]

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

[@yoonchongong8914]

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]

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]

Meanwhile foreign students get free scholarships to NUS😂.

[@hana.09]

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]

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]

nah

[@MaxChernov]

But Teochews and Hokkien are ethnically Chinese, no?

[@诚聘板主]

@@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]

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

[@诚聘板主]

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

[@zelareka]

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

[@NewmaticKe]

That's your tail you're chasing

[@WasLostButNowAmFound]

It's easy when Singapore actively arrests extremists.

[@jjhenry3338]

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.

[@amranmohd9083]

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]

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