[馬來西亞] [转贴] Living in Malaysia is expensive

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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ H) m5 }3 [" U3 ]1 n  ?
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Here are the highlights:
' b2 f: @. d6 i5 u: W" e3 u, |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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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.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。  J, J0 \7 ]0 b
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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:& T6 o. |# r$ a! c4 F) j2 \7 m$ d
Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149
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" Q  ?& g* P6 |* ^& g7 Q5.39.217.76Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:
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In KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.

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4 t" A/ I: w' D6 T, b' Q' TIn Melbourne & London, the price is respectively AUD25,000 and GBP19,000 - 3 times an auditor's average monthly earnings in those places.