| 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.公仔箱論壇" k: y5 H! d# T( t3 h
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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.公仔箱論壇: C/ c0 [4 F, C# P1 j2 r. }; `
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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:
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London - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
6 n1 K! U: i. Z4 X" z9 {' q0 }' r+ T公仔箱論壇Melbourne - 5-8Mbps broadband package - AUD40
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Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:
2 P( @5 L, M3 RTVBNOW 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。In KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.
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7 y3 _% {, r8 m3 }: U0 A5 QIn 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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