| 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. 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。& v% [5 A$ d: Y1 i( T0 E. ^) d
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# ^) R- E" x* {& L( c+ j c% bThe 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:
6 H9 T2 F* }$ C8 aThe 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 K0 z2 `" E3 `% l
) i* u3 O, l0 H7 nTVBNOW 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。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.- b% R/ @! d# d; Y6 I. v7 {
* O: q9 } y( k) mTVBNOW 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 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 ]. d3 R$ @1 j5 m8 j/ d2 T
Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149
$ R4 r: L8 [! P: y3 o1 P5.39.217.76London - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
- W% T; r. V9 R( c6 @8 O& h) }Melbourne - 5-8Mbps broadband package - AUD40& Y( C- z; R9 C8 }7 F
New York - 7Mbps broadband package - USD41.95
/ Z% H H8 ^# o5 t8 C& FTVBNOW 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。Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:公仔箱論壇. \$ ?8 X% O5 J; A$ n! g
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. | 
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發表於 2011-4-20 09:48 PM
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