| 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. 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。1 f2 }2 C8 r3 v+ y- z. E! V
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% n. h. d" J) V: t& }1 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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Here are the highlights:
, M* H( W) I" v! @* n* v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.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。& H" A/ A7 N4 h; @/ S" C! T& m) P
8 a d% A; o- e+ }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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C8 J( M) J, A' DThe 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: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。! p- }- i+ A; u/ {% C
Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149" q. o3 M! \7 z2 F$ B6 \4 L( H! H# O
London - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
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New York - 7Mbps broadband package - USD41.95
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In KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings. 5.39.217.76% [0 u* a. [% g: U" ~
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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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