[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.5.39.217.766 s" j4 T" E% @+ c* `2 l: M
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Here are the highlights:
( Z! J( o/ q% @: y0 Z  h9 t5.39.217.76The 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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1 G' U# F* G  _: O. j# c公仔箱論壇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:3 C* d% J" R& O7 U# k8 X- T
Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149
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Melbourne - 5-8Mbps broadband package - AUD40, r& I3 E# y  u2 ~* [. \& \
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.

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+ p% C7 u" f9 D1 r2 ^tvb 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.