Working and living in Asia / far east

[Ecosseven]

Hi folks,

Anyone have any experience of living and working in the following countries / places

Singapore
Vietnam
Thailand
Indonesia
Philippines
Hong Kong
Beijing / Shanghai

Thinking of moving on from Abu Dhabi and not much available back in the UK at the moment.

All the best.

Martin

Edited by Ecosseven on Thursday 17th June 04:23

[thehawk]

Depends what you do, but generally cross the following off your list as being easy to find work :

Vietnam
Thailand
Indonesia
Philippines

[XJSJohn]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&a...

lots of stuff here

[XJSJohn]

thehawk said:

Depends what you do, but generally cross the following off your list as being easy to find work :

Vietnam
Thailand
Indonesia
Philippines

Dunno, depends on the industry and OP is in construction, plenty of civil projects going on in them places, with Pistonheaders involved too!

[Ecosseven]

I currently work in the construction industry as a Design Manager. I am a chartered engineer with around 13 years post graduate experience.

The two roles I would be interested in are Client Project Manager or Design Manager for a large contractor.

[XJSJohn]

Ecosseven said:

I currently work in the construction industry as a Design Manager. I am a chartered engineer with around 13 years post graduate experience.

The two roles I would be interested in are Client Project Manager or Design Manager for a large contractor.

well, this is a picture of marina bay from my office windows in Downtown Singapore, if anything going on here looks like the sort of area you might be involved in, then get in touch with any of the big contractors operating out here loats of construction going on all over the place!!!

[fieldl]

I've been in Hong Kong for 3 weeks now
Seemingly plenty going on here too.

[phumy]

thehawk said:

Depends what you do, but generally cross the following off your list as being easy to find work :

Vietnam
Thailand
Indonesia
Philippines

Oh i dunno, Ive worked in Vietnam now for 8 years, my last 3 year contract finished 8 weeks ago, i went back to the UK for some R&R and within 2 weeks i had three very firm and good offers of work, i had to turn two down. Ive just landed a permanent posting to Hanoi with an Australian constuction company.

The power industy in Vietnam is booming, belive me, but you must have good credentials and plenty of experience, like at least 20 years on the construction and commissioning side. You need to register with plenty of agencies and just wait to see whats about, get in with the expat agencies based in Asia, they need good qualified and experienced engineers, i know that for a fact, as i need them too.

[phumy]

OP PM me and send me your CV, cant promise anything but you never know....