| 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. 2 _7 x9 B! e6 t5 A4 x1 T$ O2 l
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$ ?1 c! p" S& @! S+ jThe 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.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。( Q/ g% j5 F4 n
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Here are the highlights:
" \& k3 g1 A3 T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,bttvb* R5 ]% C3 u1 `/ ^1 t
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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:
9 b, A# N. R4 k/ {; u- LKuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149公仔箱論壇* R: l* L. P" U' K9 _) A* p
London - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
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- g3 q0 k" J2 x. c' B, jNew York - 7Mbps broadband package - USD41.95( R' Y& p/ i; c
Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:
' a$ m' ?" X# D* Y3 @' t% Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.
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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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