The lifestyle of an expat who moved to Singapore in 1986

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Meet Mark Greedy. 37 years ago, he moved from Australia to Singapore to work in luxury hospitality sector. During our chat, he shared why he would never opt for Singaporean citizenship, what you shouldn't do when dealing with wealthy individuals, and his biggest realization upon turning 70. Enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 INTRO
00:31 Singapore in the 80s
02:08 Surfing in Singapore
03:04 Sydney vs Singapore
04:51 Being an expat in Singapore
06:02 Why he would never opt for Singaporean citizenship
06:57 No freedom in Singapore?
08:14 People who left Singapore
09:47 Dealing with wealthy individuals
11:38 How does it fell to be 70
12:44 The meaning of life
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@mimosa9638 6 месяцев назад

I live outside of San Francisco. We have the best markets, shopping malls, and hospitals (Stanford, UCSF), 4 public libraries within 3 miles. And yet, I would never ever walk outside when it gets dark. That’s our reality. If Singapore let us retire and spend our money there I’ll be the first to sign up. A walk to a hawker place, with the evening cooling breeze…just like in my country 60 years ago. For now my cravings are personal safety, civil courtesy, and responsible government.

@HyperspaceHoliday 6 месяцев назад

You get what you vote for pal.

@swordsman3951 6 месяцев назад

What a pleasant gentleman. And a great conversationalist too.

@___Danny___ 6 месяцев назад

of course there were restaurants in Singapore since the colonial days. We went to restaurant dining once a while during my young days in the 70’s 80’s , way before this bloke came to Singapore.

@metakoerner-vollrath9879 3 месяца назад

Yes of course they we're Restaurant I can remember a french Restaurant at Handicraft Center, their we're many Restaurants Not only in the Hotels.

@pritapp788 6 месяцев назад

He seems like a genuinely good chap.

@krisb-travel 6 месяцев назад

Going to be in Singapore on Tuesday for one day on my way to a 3 month europe trip in Italy, Poland, French alps, Germany, Switzerland…. Yet I’m secretly most excited about my 1 day in Singapore 😂 even though I’ve been to Singapore 15 times

@MaxChernov 6 месяцев назад

Have fun!

@Daniel-ld7xs 6 месяцев назад

Hahah nice

@stf0146 6 месяцев назад

Another great video. Thanks. Because of the profile of your guests, the views and recollections naturally represent their narrow experiences. Singapore is small, yet quite diverse and segmented. So the lived experience can be very different even for people who have lived here for decades, especially for those who live in their own bubbles. For example - the notion in this video that there were no restaurants outside of 5* hotels in Singapore up till the early 80s and that there was little nightlife should be clarified.... Yes, there were few European restaurants, and certainly the concept of western fine dining was a rarity. Yet Singapore had restaurants serving western food like Skillet/Silver Spoon, Jack's Place, Troika/Shashlik. Many were operated by Hainanese who learned their trade serving British military households up till the moment British military forces withdrew in the early 70s. Plenty of Chinese restaurants around too.... some are even in buisness today like Dragon Phoenix, Red Star, Spring Court in the Chinatown area. Then, as now, they were choice venues for Chinese wedding dinners, often with a resident band and singers. There were also beachfront seafood restaurants in Upper East Coast Road and Punggol Point like Kheng Luck, Palm Beach, Hua Yu Wee, Little Red House, etc. For night entertainment, a visit to the "Shaw Worlds" - Great World, Beauty World, Gay World, New World - the amusement parks of early Singapore was a treat we looked forward to. And of course, Geylang and the original Bugis Street had after dark action that would make a seasoned sailor blush. ;-)

@mambo0018 6 месяцев назад

I reckon perhaps, back then and even now, some folks equate "restaurants/fine dining" with michelin-starred sort of establishments. And everything else, would (ostensibly) be regarded as "kopitiam" lol =)

@TheCornellJunkie 6 месяцев назад

I remember going to Jack's Place in the early 80's ... Hell, KFC was a full blown restaurant in the 80's with proper heavy plates and metal cutleries with waitresses taking our orders... woah memories....

@SylvesterZhuo 6 месяцев назад

Was abt to make the same comment. But where fine dining Western restaurants are concerned ... he is right ... there were none outside of hotels ... n very few amongst hotels .. how the scene has changed for the better in the last 15-20 yrs ...

@idoit5005 6 месяцев назад

Ok a lot of old people here for sure lol

@s07325 6 месяцев назад

That was what I was thinking too.👍

@constantine_posted 6 месяцев назад

Excellent interview 🙏🏻

@chrisohh5612 6 месяцев назад

Cutting between cameras just a bit too much for me at times. There doesn't need to be a camera change every 2 seconds. I'm getting dizzy :-) I love what you do man, keep these going! Just thought I would put in my 2 cents.

@Cysecsg 6 месяцев назад

Noted director.

@MaxChernov 6 месяцев назад

Agree. I will discuss it with my team. Thanks!

@IDonShipCh 6 месяцев назад

True, great content, but very exhausting to watch.

@idoit5005 6 месяцев назад

Nice constructive feedback

@SuccessforLifester 6 месяцев назад

A lot of the shots changed in one second.

@RedgeNumber1 6 месяцев назад

Refreshing to see someone with such energy at 70

@blilasg8956 6 месяцев назад

Born in1980, i have memories of going w my family to Dim sum restaurants, Chinese restaurants all over Singapore, as well as to Indo and Thai food restaurants at Parkway Parade, Centrepoint and Plaza Sing. And I have family photos of relatives weddings held in Chinese restaurants, so is he thinking of Western food restaurants?

@krisb-travel 6 месяцев назад

My guess is he just means in comparison to now. I’m sure he didn’t mean literally no restaurants

@metakoerner-vollrath9879 3 месяца назад

Their we're few Restaurants yes

@SuccessforLifester 6 месяцев назад

The restaurants i know of during the times before MBS were Ponderosa, Denny's, Sizzlers, Pizza Huts. For Chinese restaurants, we got Swatou teochew, lucky restaurant in Toa Payoh

@___Danny___ 6 месяцев назад

All these i went before 😋 Still got 小红楼，红星 , roland

@Tom-tk3du 6 месяцев назад

First time I visited Singapore, the river was filled with black canvas covered “bumboats” plying back and forth between the ships offshore and the many godowns along the quay. There were no fancy restaurants and clubs along the quay in those days. I remember those days clearly. There were restaurants outside the hotels. I remember having steamboat for the first time at a restaurant atop Lucky Plaza. There were seafood restaurants along East Coast Parkway. Several restaurants inside shopping malls. Bugis Street was still a colorful place to have a cold beer and people watch at night. And there was the Tropicana on Scotts Road. 😂

@reflexfilms 6 месяцев назад

You can surf around the corner on the east coast of Malaysia - got to be NE monsoon (november- March) a stand up paddle board will make it fun!

@stephen2429 6 месяцев назад

Must admit, youngsters do look out for elders. Went on the MTR with my girlfriend and her son. I have grey hair, within a few minutes a young schoolgirl was up offering this "uncle" a seat. I politly declined, my girlfriend laughed all day and called me old man lol. I served in Singapore with the British Army 1973- 75.

@reflexfilms 6 месяцев назад

I really enjoy your channel and your interviews Just a small production tip: there is a super easy, super cheap and easier than the clip on mic you are using now There is a magnet that rode sells - it goes on the outside of the shirt and then the audio tx can go inside.Its $20 and makes the mic ing look much more pleasing compared to a giant fluffy box under the chin. All you see is a small black rectangle. If you want to go next level - check out the rode pin mic!

@5canwalk 6 месяцев назад

Interesting share🎉❤

@katherinechong8306 6 месяцев назад

Interesting to hear a foreigner's perspective of Singapore. Very objective and complimentary. To have spent 37 years here, we can truly say he is very much one of us

@mkang666 6 месяцев назад

There were restaurants and bars in the 60s or 70s. You just need to know where they were.

@yeowchongong5608 6 месяцев назад

I think he meant western restaurants

@___Danny___ 6 месяцев назад

60s ? you mean back in 19th century we don’t have western restaurants? then where all the brits makan ? Raffles makan where ? night time go where to cheong ? maybe the old broke was a nerd in his younger days that why he didn’t know his surroundings

@user-pb5yj9iq3p 6 месяцев назад

To add on to the comment I made yesterday, if I recall correctly, back in the 80s and early 90s, the expat community mostly don't move in the same neighbourhood as the locals, unlike today when it's considered hip to go to a hawker centre. Hence, maybe that's why he didn't see the restaurants that the locals patronized. Also very telling (maybe) is that this interviewee had meant to say "there was no Western restaurants" when he said "there was no restaurants" - again (maybe) a sign of the community that he used to move around. Max only came to SG in the last ten years or so (not sure for his team) and was probably not aware of what the expat community used to be like in the 80s.

@jsurfin1 6 месяцев назад

Yes that's what i thought too. Back in those days, very rare for western expats to venture out of their expat bubble.

@kenrobinson8060 6 месяцев назад

Max I wish to thank you for the insight you have given me about Singapore, I have chosen to take my family there a few days before my 90th birthday, luckily I now have a former Singaporean in the family, having spent 3 days there on my way to Vietnam, I am now fulfilling my dream of visiting again for a weeks stay.

@MaxChernov 6 месяцев назад

♥️

@user-pb5yj9iq3p 6 месяцев назад

At time 0:41, the guy said that there were no restaurants outside of hotels in the 80s. I'm pretty sure that that is NOT correct. I was already 7 yo in 1980 and I remembered going out to Chinese restaurants with my parents. Maybe there were no restaurants serving Western food at that time. But there were certainly Chinese restaurants. Is this another expat who only moved around in the expat community??

@reddotdiva 6 месяцев назад

Yeah, obviously lor. There were seafood restaurants dotted around East Coast like Palm Beach, Sin Leong restaurant already existing since 1960s (now renamed as Roland), Red Star Restaurant for dim sum... just to name a few!

@___Danny___ 6 месяцев назад

Even way before that there is also individual western restaurant around what , not necessary in hotels.

@user-pb5yj9iq3p 6 месяцев назад

Tks @@___Danny___ this I wasn't sure, hence I only mentioned Chinese restaurant in my comment. But tks for clarifying.

@___Danny___ 6 месяцев назад

@@user-pb5yj9iq3p for eg there’s a bunch of western restaurants and pubs in sembawang serving the brit, az soldiers. The old nco club last time is the brits officer club, restaurant and pub and swimming pool . Had my first steak on my 10th birthday, still got the photo taken in 79, in a restaurant not hotel.

@user-bx9uo2kd3i 6 месяцев назад

jack place serve western food and banana ship ice cream in the 70 and 80 till now

@pinkymoon5039 6 месяцев назад

Charming man with a interesting sounding surname😊

@idoit5005 6 месяцев назад

Another classy gentleman on the channel

@letsquestion 6 месяцев назад

You should also do shows where people from these countries like singapore or India have become citizens or have lived for decades outside in western countries to get a different perspective.. Will be interesting to juxtapose with these views especially if you can do some video editing of responses to the same questions across their views..

@spacesbali 6 месяцев назад

Palms Wine bar was started by my mother and i used to be a barman there😂

@geraldinetrinity4369 6 месяцев назад

Mr Max are there jobs opportunities for Africian there in Singapore please 🙏🙏

@voolforyou 6 месяцев назад

Curious to know why he decided to stay in Singapore after retirement (assuming he’s retired)

@SilverBullet1708 6 месяцев назад

I do not believe he is retired. Two successful businesses and more to come. If retired he probably would not be in Singapore other than as a Grandfather of a wonderful family.

@vsmgoh3 6 месяцев назад

There very well known chinese restaurants in the 80s and even before

@thinkertinkering3853 6 месяцев назад

Mark, if you're reading this, I find it's super mind blowing that you don't carry a hint of Ozzy accent at all despite being an Oz native for the most of your life! Your accent sounded distinctively of southern west England, especially of Devon.

@Daniel-ld7xs 6 месяцев назад

I’m trying to have a neutral accent

@SilverBullet1708 6 месяцев назад

Thank you. I guess I came before Paul Hogan and that element - also being from the country all we had was the ABC and in those days it was very British. Today a lot of Aussies use their accent as part of their identity and the louder the better.🙂

@amyg1073 6 месяцев назад

❤❤❤

@dalecrowe5340 6 месяцев назад

A lot of old guys you have interviewed never wanted to get Singaporean citizenship. Why in the most case did they refuse it?

@SilverBullet1708 6 месяцев назад

Hi Dale - If given a rewind I am sure Mark would have added - If Singapore allowed dual citizenship he would be proud to also take up citizenship of Singapore in addition to his Australian - but for whatever reason this is not allowed.

@blessedcheflim8579 6 месяцев назад

Sg doesnt offer free medical benefits which is v crucial during old age.

@thinkpadx60 6 месяцев назад

for the same reason many Singaporean want to move to there countries!

@chocolatejellybean2820 6 месяцев назад

it's just related to one's identity and soemtimes more practical reasons.

@RelaxNChillOut 6 месяцев назад

Ask any Australian what they miss most when they left Australia, I bet the first thing Mark would say is the coffee.

@impopquiz 6 месяцев назад

Vegemite 😅😅😅

@RelaxNChillOut 6 месяцев назад

@@impopquiz ooohh.. you might be on the mark there mate.

@Henry-ve3ye 6 месяцев назад

The coffee quality in Singapore are terrible :(

@beanoyip06 6 месяцев назад

@@Henry-ve3yeyou don’t like a sock brew coffee? 😂

@IDonShipCh 6 месяцев назад

@@Henry-ve3yeAnd the same goes for Milo, lol

@sneo7470 6 месяцев назад

👍👏💪🇸🇬

@laurak2742 6 месяцев назад

I wonder where he hangs out where he has to speak only few words to be understood.

@Hermit-Crab 6 месяцев назад

No restaurants till the mid 1980s? You sure?

@voolforyou 6 месяцев назад

You should interview a black person who lives in Singapore

@hmwong9235 6 месяцев назад

What rubbish, no restaurants in the 80s!

@axianskin 6 месяцев назад

I wonder he would ever get used to living back in Aussie after 37 years in here. He may get a big culture shock with authoritarian govt, progressive culture war, cancel/self censorship raging in Aussie now.

@AUT1981. 6 месяцев назад

Sad but all true

@eseetoh 6 месяцев назад

Pretty sure he goes back often n knows all that.

@snoopy13946 6 месяцев назад

There’d be no more an authoritarian government than the one in Singapore. That’s authoritarian!

@coopsnz1 6 месяцев назад

singapore worse why more singaporean move to Australia for lower taxes

@coopsnz1 6 месяцев назад

home more afforable in Australia than singapore

@jirehrophe 6 месяцев назад

Many SG Karens in this comments section 😂 Relax, it’s fine that SG is not everyone’s cup of tea. Civility towards other civil persons is a virtue guys.

@wggreenwichmt 6 месяцев назад

0:39 "In fact, there were no restaurants." That is incorrect. There were already restaurants serving local cuisine in the 1980s. This is a falsehood, Mr Greedy.

@kaiserlow652 6 месяцев назад

I just had dinner at a teochew restaurant that started business in the 30s, the owner of the restaurant even showed us their restaurant menu they used in the 30s. the name of the restaurant is 清壶天潮州餐馆，situated at a hdb flat in the Whampoa area.

@nicholasgoh3526 6 месяцев назад

Get wealthy first before you think about the meaning of life. I’m sure your guest today will agree with me.

@obscurifyed 6 месяцев назад

Religion?

@impopquiz 6 месяцев назад

It depends on your perspective of it. People who r not well off work hard to bring food for their families, and for their next generation to live better than them. That itself can be their meaning of life.

@AmazingHandsome-vf7gd 6 месяцев назад

Where is Malaysia 🇲🇾 Where is Busselton 🏴

@user-bx9uo2kd3i 6 месяцев назад

rubbish。。。dun know sg dun act like expert ..so spring court is not a restaurant ?so sembawang bar is not bar in sg ?

@thinkpadx60 6 месяцев назад

your no expert either!

@user-bx9uo2kd3i 6 месяцев назад

@@thinkpadx60 so u are expert ? then tell us where the nite club naked show in the 70-80years in singapore.

@Molloy1951 6 месяцев назад

I’ve been watching your show and appreciate it. But the questions today were too silly and juvenile. Nice try, anyway.

@MaxChernov 6 месяцев назад

Hmmm I guess the questions are pretty similar to my normal ones, no?

@idoit5005 6 месяцев назад

How about suggesting one or two questions?

@RedgeNumber1 6 месяцев назад

@@hieveryone2003 I think it's just a culture difference. Many Russian people still idolize "rich" people. In fact. anyone who's been around rich people would know that you should just be yourself, otherwise they would see right through you. But some Russian people still has this idea that rich people are some different species of human kind.

@RedgeNumber1 6 месяцев назад

@@hieveryone2003 Yes agree. And that's what you need to keep in mind in his interviews. It's a person with Russian background (nothing wrong with that) interviewing people.

@thinkpadx60 6 месяцев назад

Oh I am sure you would have done a better job!

@Dolline 6 месяцев назад

Nonsense!!!! For me this guy not friendly at all based on his conversations, that's why he said all those s..... he don't know much about Singapore even though he live here for 37 years. This guy totally different from all the other guests. I don't like him!

@theotherperson5243 6 месяцев назад

I don't see what's wrong? He was very respectful in the video and liking Singapore enough to stay here for 37 years, he is totally entitled to speak from his own observations and experiences. 😊

@potatoeskimos 6 месяцев назад

Lol Singaporean dont like when a realist actually criticises their country.

@milkbunnies 6 месяцев назад

Why? … because he wasn’t blowing smoke up Singapores a$$ like every other guests. He was straight forward and pragmatic while being respectful. Harden up snowflake.

@RedgeNumber1 6 месяцев назад

😂

@TheCornellJunkie 6 месяцев назад

@@theotherperson5243 Yeah I agree ... somewhat confused when he said no restaurants or bars in the 80's but it is his observation. I like him.

@jeremyemilio9378 6 месяцев назад

Stopped watching at decided not to take up citizenship. Spend decades here at our expense earning wages which could have gone to more loyal foreigners or locals and yet fucks back to Australia when he's earned enough

@agymayachelonia8381 6 месяцев назад

That's why he's called an expat 😅

@jeremyemilio9378 6 месяцев назад

@@agymayachelonia8381 aka bloodsuckers

@chowzisiong7800 6 месяцев назад

LOL think u spoke the words of quite some Singaporeans...

@TheCornellJunkie 6 месяцев назад

It's a personal choice. Emotional too. Doesn't mean he didn't do anything for Singapore. He contributed .... What does "Spend decades here at our expense" means? Sounds Elitist ........

@jeremyemilio9378 6 месяцев назад

@@TheCornellJunkie these are also known as fair weather citizens. If Singapore declines into a 3rd world country or enters a war would he stay and fight? If he does I will gladly take back my words and shove it up my ass, but likely he will not. In my culture and traditions, a person is truly only a son and daughter of the motherland when 3 generations have been born,lived and died here,or if they have fought a war and shed blood for the nation