Popular choice: A tour boat makes its way out to Marina Bay in Singapore. Part of the city-state’s attraction for the rich is its government-administered global investor programme. — AFP
SINGAPORE: Like many rich Chinese, graduate student Zayn Zhang thinks Singapore could be ideal to park his family’s wealth.
He’s hoping that studying at a university in the Asian financial hub will lead to permanent residency and while the 26-year-old hits the books, his wife is out looking for a S$5mil to S$7mil (US$4mil to US$5mil or RM17mil to RM21mil) penthouse.
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