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Anecdotally I've been hearing from friends in HK that loads of people had moved to SG in response to the Mainland government becoming ever more overbearing in HK in recent years and that a large portion of them have since returned to HK because of the sheer boredom of SG.
You could do worse than a visit to HK also, there's been a fair chunk of investment in trailbuilding in the last decade and there's some FB groups that regularly ride more natural trails also who I'm sure you could get in touch with for a tag along. Geographically it's got to be better riding than SG.
Food is also great, loads of fun stuff to do and c.4hr flight time.
There are no car related positives, sorry to tell this thread.
Road cycling over on the Riau Islands is meant to be good, they have some bike parks there too (45 minute ferry ride), Thailand has some good enduro trails around Chiang Mai, but it’s either on fire or monsoon for large chunks of the year.
Japan has lift served bike parks on ski slopes as do Korea, and New Zealand’s world class DH tracks are 14 or so hours away. TBH given the length of the flight (time of year dependant) I’d rather go to the Alps but NZ was quite fun.