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Thursday, August 30, 2007
living standard in MY/SG
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lately when i'm back to hometown & KL, something crops up in my mind.
- living standard
- inflation rate
- crime rate &
- pay scale in MY compare to other countries
i shall mention that living standard also goes hand-in-hand with pay scale, right?
ops.. is living cost be more appropriate here as living standard involve too many things to debate, i shall say living cost comparison between neighbor countries
in SG, you may saw those youngster & gals with LV, Gucci, Channel, etc.. which are completely normal but nowadays in KL city, these are norm now
wow.. just some price comparison justified below (just take LV brand) :
- wallet : SGD$655 versus RM1700
- speedy mini lin : SGD$1100 versus RM2700
a normal salaried worker who earn around $3k in SG need to spend $1100 for a bag but in MY, she need to spend RM2700 if her pay is around RM3000.
can you see the differences?
or.. maybe i'm a "katak di-bawah tempurung - (Like frog underneath coconut shell)" as i work in SG for years, hence really know nothing about the payscale in MY?
unless or i shall safely assume that if i earn SGD$3k in SG, i'll get RM6000 in MY, than that is a good thingy to know
inflation rate & crime rate?
up together, what is happening to my hometown?
lately there's a debate between 1 minister & the police head in JB, quite interesting & heart warming when the minister point out that "only we feel that the city is safe, then the city is safe. not when the police say according to statistic, the crime rate is going down, so it is a safe city".
i stay in SG, been to tokyo, yokohama, HK, taiwan, australia, etc... i dare to walk alone in the middle of the night without fear.
how many of u guys out there dare to do the same thing in MY (of course not all places, i'm talking specifically on a few cities in MY)?
for those who disagree with the minister & my opinion,
sMurFy at ... [ 10:41 PM ]

Ah Kok aka PicaKok aka Pica aka ah mun tou
A small pathetic overwork & underpaid IT fella in Axxxxxx
Currently XX yr old in this world (unable to reveal, confidential lar)
Plays badminton & sharpen my photography skills over the weekend...
Loves $$$
Loves bread and instant noodles...but BREAD is the best, pure & YUMMY
Hates idiots
Hates hypocrites