| 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.
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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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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.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。 ?2 U# J) z8 h
6 m" v9 I) w1 v' l: ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbKL 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 L; O* R$ l# ~% d! k
$ m+ l+ y+ H: q- j& V* y6 Y# MThe 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:5.39.217.76* a6 V0 g( r' m- i! Y
Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; B& ]- j# g( G6 d
London - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
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Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:
% s, ~' m) n3 |' _: S ~8 H" Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn 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. |
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發表於 2011-4-20 09:48 PM
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