| Living in Malaysia is expensive If you don't know already, it's expensive to live in Malaysia, especially in Kuala Lumpur. A report shows that Malaysians have less purchasing power than many nationals elsewhere. 公仔箱論壇8 e9 i ^; \! m7 v
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The Malaysian Insider, an online Malaysian news website, examined the purchasing power of Malaysians in comparison to nationals of other countries. The website cited a 2010 Prices and Wages report by UBS AG, a Swiss banking giant.
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Here are the highlights:
9 o3 Z% j9 A, C' \TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The purchasing power of KL residents is 33.8% of New Yorkers; 42% compared to London, 33.7% to Sydney, 32.6% to Los Angeles, and 31.6% to Zurish.公仔箱論壇6 b+ v* R5 e3 h9 y- v% H( u/ g
% D H* t6 ?: a5 @1 Y5.39.217.76KL workers need to labour 22 minutes for a bread loaf. In comparison, Los Angeles counterparts take 18 minutes. In Sydney, it's 16 minutes. In Tokyo, 15 minutes. In Zurich, 12 minutes.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 O5 n; D$ x4 P0 b8 M0 y# Y
( {% L, ]8 u. n# E! P, J' YThe Malaysian Insider also compared broadband prices in Malaysia to those in countries. Even after currency conversion, Malaysia comes out on top... in expensiveness. Here's the summary:
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London - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
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New York - 7Mbps broadband package - USD41.955.39.217.76. L0 p4 M F" v( w
Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:
4 }2 S; ]* a# p5 [0 R+ o9 ^公仔箱論壇In KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.
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In Melbourne & London, the price is respectively AUD25,000 and GBP19,000 - 3 times an auditor's average monthly earnings in those places. |
發表於 2011-4-20 08:47 PM
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發表於 2011-4-20 09:48 PM
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