I experienced the high cost of doing business in Singapore. I had to pay a professional fee of $3,500 for an engineer to certify that the renovation to my premises is safe. I saw the drawing done by the engineer. It is similar to the drawing that done by me to ask for quotation. A fee of $500 would be more than adequate. My staff faced a lot of trouble in applying for a work permit through the online process of the Ministry of Manpower. Each application more than 10 hours in total to go through the complicated, multi-stage process. The application for utility supply to the premises also took many hours. The process is complicated. Many telephone calls have to be made to the utilities company and the building owners to get information for the application. Many telephone calls are not answered. The time spent by my staff has ......