| 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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# @7 A* P" |. ]. h4 h- [7 [# fThe 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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6 P& x1 q) \4 L7 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHere are the highlights:
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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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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:/ j' a- } }$ m' e
Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149
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Melbourne - 5-8Mbps broadband package - AUD40
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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。- X$ ^$ X+ j+ \9 O! K
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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