Living in Malaysia is expensive??

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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.
Here are the highlights:
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.
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.
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:
Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149
London - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
Melbourne - 5-8Mbps broadband package - AUD40
New York - 7Mbps broadband package - USD41.95
Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:
In KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.
In Melbourne & London, the price is respectively AUD25,000 and GBP19,000 - 3 times an auditor's average monthly earnings in those places.

p/s Dulu mesia lah negara yg dicanang2 paling murah Skg apa dah jadi??

missyqaldina

ptt la aku x leh ade savings yg byk...

puterikhaleeda

in KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.
In Melbourne & London, the price is respectively AUD25,000 and GBP19,000 - 3 times an auditor's average monthly earnings in those places.

TU DIA.... 20KALI GANDA!

miss_kitab

dah lama sedar

sunfizz

jap ada la org ingatkan "takpe rakyat masih cukup makan"

smcjt70

pakar2 ekonomi dlm CI tolong ulas skit kenapa dan mengapa jd cam ni....

tq

anakperantau

cukup makan dengan menyamun, merompak dsb...

Caranthir

dah ader thread serupo dah..

fredbok87

baru sedaq ka?...... bab kereta pon dh melingkup.... honda city negara len juai murah jek... negara kita ? cukai Ap la...itu la...ini la.... dh jadik 2 kali ganda harga sepatutnya...

hidup 1 malaysiaaaaaaaa....

baby_pingu

bukan dah ada ka thread pasal nih?

totokreturn

in KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.
In Me ...
puterikhaleeda Post at 20-4-2011 11:36

   keta melampau mahal sebab satu  nak cover poket gomen yg banyak songlap duit rakyat dengan kenakan tax sebanyak 300% untuk import... kedua kuhnunnya alasan nak selamatkan jualan keta poton... kah...kah...kah.. ayat kencing rakyat...

totokreturn

selagi wujud rakyat yg bangang dok pikir malaysia masih cukup amakn dan makmur bawah gomen sekarang.... mimpi laa rakyat nak semua tuh dan idup selesa bleh compare2 ngan negara lain...

sk77

pandang je la org kaya drive BMW,MERC,FERRARI bagai...
kita berbangga je dgn keta2 KEBANGSAAN..

abangkasim

dalam price kereta for example, ada excise duties yang patut gov boleh abolish ... that means, dalam loan kereta ada duties yang kena bayar dan juga interests compounded. in all, kita punya net disposable income sudah rendah ... dengan jumlah rendah (setelah bayar bil itu ini) tu kena pulak fikirkan nilai nak bayar education anak-anak, jumlah yang spend untuk healthy food, jumlah yang nak spend for holidays (untuk rehatkan minda for the ultimate quality keluarga la kononnya), jumlah nak spend for books and reading materials for knowledge,  and so on. SO what do you expect? Tu belum lagi kena bayar value-added tax lagi (ASTRO dah mula).

xy_daen

Bukan artikel ni sis kabu dah tepek ke?

fairiza

itula.... barang dok naikkk jeee.... tapi gaji dok camtu.... abis naik x sampai 200.. abis2 kaver duit parking keta yg makin naik ikut rege minyak...tension aku!

haitt

itula.... barang dok naikkk jeee.... tapi gaji dok camtu.... abis naik x sampai 200.. abis2 kaver du ...
fairiza Post at 20-4-2011 12:02

    sebab tu aku p keje naik lrt
    tp bos aku cemuih aku " awak executive tp kenapa naik lrt?"
    huhuhu...kau bos x pe la gaji 5 angka boleh  la nak byr parking RM10 sehari...
    aku exec gaji 4 angka bawah2 jek..nak beli rumah pun x lepas lg ni ..

antagenaiz

dh punya lama br nak perasan ke...:re:

cik.panda

oh sis kabu dah tepek ek. kena carik la ni

fairiza

Reply 17# haitt


    itula...nak tunggu mrt x dan siap lagik...kalo x harus aku penumpang setia....
kat area aku lrt or putra waima komuter pon tarak....