| 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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/ f" G3 U o* t/ H公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇2 L0 V. A$ ^5 E) R: Y5 t
+ |" n( B% f, T' s; O' YHere are the highlights:tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' \! e, z3 i( k% j, e2 d
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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4 w& k" {& T! L9 T0 `5.39.217.76KL 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.
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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:: G7 {4 k4 d& B) K. e, {) E
Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149
' [* ?9 C1 ^# h' cLondon - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.505.39.217.76 e: B2 B* D% z
Melbourne - 5-8Mbps broadband package - AUD40
, P9 z8 T4 _7 X6 j o6 _4 M$ XNew York - 7Mbps broadband package - USD41.95, Y. C8 n! A2 W* z! x/ u% A) V T5 h
Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' ^" Y. {0 h3 p3 E% ` C
In KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.
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9 D# t9 y' c% Q( Q& w( pIn 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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