| 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.5.39.217.764 \' O% z9 P. K8 N" B$ E9 }
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+ ?$ }. q: [& S( {: MThe 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,bttvb1 ?" T' _8 ]1 q% z
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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:公仔箱論壇4 g& I7 G5 U' D; Y: Y
Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& ~$ b- R6 k, X: i; f" ^6 N6 r. R" V
London - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
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New York - 7Mbps broadband package - USD41.95
8 h! l+ @ i, N2 Q0 PHere's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:
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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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