Foreign Expat: I Like Working in Singapore Because Of The Many Benefits I Get

I'm perhaps a bit of an anomaly, as I don't work directly with Singaporeans for the most part, nor do I do much work for Singaporean companies. As an ex-pat, I'm located here because it is advantageous for the global technology services firm I work for to position sufficient people here working on deals across Asia to qualify for very low corporate taxes. As such, I'm working on deals for Japan and Australia with resources from China and India more than anything else. My answer comes from this context.

Working in Singapore is great for an ex-pat.

1. The personal income tax is low. Really low. I'm saving thousands annually in taxes. That's great for countries with non-resident tax approaches like Canada, where ex-pats don't have to pay the difference of Canadian taxes on top of Singaporean. Not so useful for countries like the US, which insist on their cut regardless of where you are, but at least it's not like Ireland where you end up paying a lot more. (Note: not a substitute for tax advice.)
2. Investments have no capital gains here. I'm saving more taxes there. (Note: not a substitute for tax advice.)
3. Singapore really understands transit. I rarely take cabs because the MRT is so efficient, and it's almost always faster to go long distances by MRT. (If you are addicted to driving yourself, you'll likely dislike Singapore as car ownership and operation is very expensive and limited).
4. Food is extraordinarily good, inexpensive and ubiquitous. It doesn't matter where you are in Singapore, the local food stalls will be serving better food than many good Asian restaurants in North America at a fraction of the price.
5. Travel to and from Singapore is great. It's a hub for the hemisphere with direct flights to quite enormous numbers of destinations for work and play. Bali, for example, is 2.5 hours flight away. This is important, as you will run out of things to see in Singapore relatively quickly, and without working very hard at it.
6. It's the most efficient place in the world. Administration and bureaucracy is present, but streamlined and very efficient. There isn't a lot of wasteful process and the processes are clear and quick. (Brazil is the opposite).
7. Coffee culture is strong here. There are great independent roasters and coffee chains that serve amazing coffee, and trend toward Australian cafe breakfasts: eggs, avocado, toast, etc.
8. My single -- or at least single-in-Singapore -- acquaintances tell me that it's pretty amazingly easy to be an ex-pat and have a fulfilling and varied sex life. Singaporean men don't get good reviews from the local women apparently, and ex-pats do.
9. Singapore is about the greenest major city I've lived in, and I lived in Vancouver BC for a decade. They have had an official policy of greening the city for decades and there are currently more varieties of trees growing here than in North America.
10. The air is clean most of the year. It really sucked during palm oil burning season in Indonesia this year, but that was six weeks of the year, and knowing it's coming we are more prepared for it. It's not like Shanghai, Beijing or Mexico City, where the problems are year round.
11. No winter. Barely any seasons. Choosing what to wear is really easy.
12. Focused on being multi-cultural and moderate. The HDBs must have the same portions of ethnic Chinese, Indian and Malays as the general populace to ensure no ethnic or religious ghettoes emerge.
13. Almost anything you want to order over the internet gets here quickly and without duty or administrative hassle. It's a massive trading hub so there side benefits for expats and locals as a result.
14. It's really clean. Really, really clean. Really, really, really clean. If you see litter anywhere it's a bit startling. A lot of the washrooms have electronic rating boards to let you vote on cleanliness and they all have attendants constantly cleaning and stocking them.