Cost of living -Manila

[ThaiAm]

Sure sounds like great job opportunity.

[Davis Knowlton]

Sure sounds like great job opportunity.

Per post #18, sounds like he decided against it.

[Teflon Don]

Full expat package with multinational before I retired. Security work since I retired.

High up in the ranks of Blackwater or something ?

Set up a small security company in Manila 14 years ago when I retired. Over the years, we've done just about every possible type of security. Currently, the bulk of our work is in the field of Intellectual Property Rights, mostly for European makers of luxury items. There is a huge copyright problem here with counterfeit items flooding the market (worse than Thailand). Nobody does this but us, and we've been doing it a long time. Multinationals pay well.

You go after the distribution networks ? As I understand, the stuff that is scattered all over Asia is made in China

[Davis Knowlton]

^ 99% is made in China. A fraction of very high end stuff comes in from Korea. We go after local shipments once they arrive, seizing and ultimately destroying. Info gleaned from seizures and raids on warehouses and storerooms is passed back to the client, who passes it on to their people who work China for follow-up.

[katie23]

^From what I've seen, there are counterfeit goods all over SEA. Go to any Chinatown and you'll see loads of pirated goods. Sometimes you don't need to go to Chinatown since they're all over the streets...

[baldrick]

^ 99% is made in China.

and probably the same percentage of the "genuine" stuff is made there also

100k USD with a package is pretty low end for a western expat working for an international company

[Teflon Don]

^ 99% is made in China.

and probably the same percentage of the "genuine" stuff is made there also

100k USD with a package is pretty low end for a western expat working for an international company

In which line of work ?

100k isn't what it used to be but it all depends on what you are doing.

A lawyer with 15 years experience or an English teacher ?

[Sailing into trouble]

Ha Davis I am an ex High school principal. Spent half my life finding out who dun it!

Any chance of a Job

[Davis Knowlton]

^Would love to help, but don't hire non-Filipinos. Sorry!

[9999]

I did a 2 month consultancy gig in Manila. I was put up in Valley Verde, Pasig, so not a cheap area, but found it way more expensive than Bangkok.

Beer is cheap though. Pilsner is nice, and they have Red Horse, the cheaper, stronger, headache inducing brand. Kind of a PI version of Beer Chang, only stronger.

[muddyleopard]

plenty for manila - you can rave and save