Neighbour Moving Back Home

My new Australian neighbour was here for about 7 months.  Today, the Santa Fe came in to pack for them.  They are moving back home.  He worked for Nokia which was acquired by Microsoft.  Unfortunately, for him Microsoft decided to lay off 25,000 staff from Nokia.  He has been living in Finland, China and couple other countries before coming to Singapore.  He is a nice neighbour and I am sorry to see him leaving.  He said he tried looking for another job in Singapore but the job market in his word is "dismal".  He is a little worried about going back to Australia as the job market there is not good either.  He is just going back to his hometown, Adelaide.  It is a nice city to live in but no big job.

He said another neighbour is also looking for job in the pharmaceutical industry.  It is better for him as there are a number of pharma companies investing in Singapore.  We had 4 French expatriate families leaving our estate and replace by now a Canadian and an Australian.  Now one is leaving and the other is looking for job.  The global economy is bad.