| 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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2 B, j& h* P5 o$ qTVBNOW 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, 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." t+ b) h& h$ |5 ~, _
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0 U; h! z% Q% z }公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 g3 D4 \" o4 U8 c
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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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t& x+ W( y! u; Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:
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' e, |1 }) D8 T8 ?5 M9 n+ btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn 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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