| 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. " L7 Y) }6 _) F! P
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4 [$ A4 s- [' K5 W! \' YThe 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.
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KL 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.
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& j7 j) O, {8 l4 ~The 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 - USD41.95' S! M: V0 q) A) l: x0 F" a
Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article: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。% T J5 \9 n3 N# |
In KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.
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