Singaporeans working across Causeway speak of trade-offs – after Malaysia minister suggests growing numbers

KUALA LUMPUR: When a Malaysian minister in June doubled down on his previous comments that Singaporeans would go to Malaysia for work, Doreen Sim received sceptical text messages from at least five people. “The general comment from Singaporeans is, ‘Why go to Malaysia (to earn) less?’” said the 52-year-old Singaporean, who runs an IT firm providing network services and has been living in Kuala Lumpur for the past 20 years. Sim said it was easy to dismiss Nga Kor Ming – the Malaysian housing and local government minister who made the comments – if people simply compared salaries paid in…