| 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.
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; G; i0 ?) r, V6 `4 }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。Here are the highlights:
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% E% _+ F) X. j: TKL 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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8 p% {4 H; q& J9 k公仔箱論壇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:
# o2 R" b, s) N0 uKuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149
9 t6 q% C5 q9 ^1 V5 |5.39.217.76London - 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.
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發表於 2011-4-20 09:48 PM
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