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Cost of living: Why blame Umno? Posted: 23 Dec 2013 09:30 AM PST I guess no citizens of other countries blamed the ruling party for the rising cost of living, increasing toll price or 'barang naik', except Malaysia. Every finger will point to Umno. Even in Singapore, a small republic ranked as 'among the most expensive places in the world', the peoples do understand why prices had to go up or why some taxes had to undergo series of upward revisions. TOP 10 COSTLIEST CITIES FOR EXPATRIATES 2014/ 2013 1.Luanda, Angola 2.Moscow, Russia 3.Tokyo, Japan 4.N'Djamena, Chad 5. Singapore, Singapore 6. Hong Kong, Hong Kong 7. Geneva, Switzerland 8. Zurich, Switzerland 9.  Bern, Switzerland 10. Sydney, Australia Malaysians need to learn more about the world trend, how movement of trades, protectionism, tariffs and other things have direct impact on the world economy. While the government is doing its best to keep prices low, it can't help but to follow the momentum in order to keep the economy as vibrant as it could be. We don't usually pay attention to the worldwide trend because we are too busy politicising things like these. Just compare where Luanda and N'jamena are among the world's 'big brothers'? We are never near them! Top 50 cities in 2012: Cost of living ranking Mercer international basket including rental accommodation costs Base City: New York Rankings     March 2012 March 2011 City Country 1 2 TOKYO JAPAN 2 1 LUANDA ANGOLA 3 6 OSAKA JAPAN 4 4 MOSCOW RUSSIA 5 5 GENEVA SWITZERLAND 6 7 ZURICH SWITZERLAND 6 8 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 8 3 N'DJAMENA CHAD 9 9 HONG KONG HONG KONG 10 11 NAGOYA JAPAN 11 14 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 12 10 SÃO PAULO BRAZIL 13 12 RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL 14 16 BERN SWITZERLAND 15 21 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 16 21 SHANGHAI CHINA 17 20 BEIJING CHINA 18 15 OSLO NORWAY 19 30 PERTH AUSTRALIA 20 12 LIBREVILLE GABON 21 17 COPENHAGEN DENMARK 22 19 SEOUL SOUTH KOREA 23 34 CANBERRA AUSTRALIA 24 31 BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 25 18 LONDON UNITED KINGDOM 26 44 KHARTOUM SUDAN 27 46 ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA 28 29 ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIA 29 51 CARACAS VENEZUELA 30 43 SHENZEN CHINA 31 38 TEL AVIV ISRAEL 31 38 GUANGZHOU CHINA 33 32 NEW YORK CITY, NY UNITED STATES 34 23 NIAMEY NIGER 35 70 YANGON MYANMAR 36 61 KINSHASA DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO 37 27 PARIS FRANCE 38 25 MILAN ITALY 39 41 LAGOS NIGERIA 39 63 BAMAKO MALI 41 67 ABIDJAN CÔTE D'IVOIRE 42 34 ROME ITALY 43 55 BRAZZAVILLE CONGO 44 39 DJIBOUTI DJIBOUTI 45 33 BRASILIA BRAZIL 46 39 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN 47 37 NOUMÉA NEW CALEDONIA 48 36 VIENNA AUSTRIA 49 48 BAKU AZERBAIJAN 50 25 VICTORIA SEYCHELLES 50 44 DAKAR SENEGAL

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