| 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. # r) d8 [" Y5 ], `" U& E0 y8 O ~
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5 }& B" W1 Q* I K) T- A公仔箱論壇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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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.
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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:
& a( |+ @6 r- R _# W' R公仔箱論壇Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149
, q9 o( Y. j4 }2 l/ d# mLondon - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
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New York - 7Mbps broadband package - USD41.957 X9 A. Z- M9 c+ d' M' c# Y
Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:
% y' Y& I8 V8 R. K( `9 f' stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings. 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。) G5 d; g7 H* x" E
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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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