Saturday, August 16, 2008

Can A Family Man With Salary RM 3,000.00 (US $ 938) Survive in Malaysia...??

Let's do some simple calculations here. Note:S$1= RM2.30.US$1 = RM3.20.
In Malaysia , the average family income is RM3,000 /month (where father works, mother doesn't). I understand there are many families whose monthly income does not reach RM3,000, but, to make things simple, let's take RM3,000 as the figure. Ok lah, right? Okay, let's start rolling with a family which has Papa, Mama, 1 daughter and 1 son. Ngam-ngam ....
Calculation starts...
Electricity and water bill: RM100 (No air-con, No home theatre, No water heater ... ok?)
Phone bill ( Telekom): RM100
Meals for a happy family: RM775 (3 meals on RM25/day, RM25 for 4 persons...?)
Papa makan / teh-tarik during working hrs: RM155 (RM5/day, RM5 ... can eat what?)
Car repayment: RM400 (A proton saga aeroback, 7 yrs repayment)
Petrol (living in city, traffic-jam): RM300 ( add another 41% as petrol price just gone up recently )(go to work, bring son to school, only can afford one car running)
Insurance: RM650 (kids, wife and myself)
House repayment: RM750 (low cost housing repayment for 30 yrs, retired still have to work to pay!)
Tuition: RM80 (got that cheap meh? i don't think so)
Older children pocket money @ school: RM20 (RM1/day, eat bread?)
School fees: RM30 (enough ah?)
School books and etc: RM100 (always got extra to pay in school)
Younger children milk powder: RM50 (cannot have the DHA, BHA, PHA one, expensive)
Miscellaneous: RM100 (shampoo, rice, sauce, toilet paper)
Oh wait!!! I have to stop here, so... No Astro(setellite TV), no movie @ cinema, no DVD, no CD, no online, cannot KFC, cannot McDonald, cannot go Park walk during weekend (petrol expensive), no chit chat on phone with grandparents, and etc...
Let's use a calculator to total up... WALAO EH! Shit! RM3,610 already... EPF(CPF) not yet deducted, income tax also.......oledi RM3,610 ....
How to survive lah tuan-tuan dan puan-puan sekalian ??? Our Deputy Prime Minister asked us to change lifestyle? How to change? Don't eat? Don't work? Don't send children to school and study?
Besides that, I believe in Malaysia population, there are millions of Malaysian which still don't earn RM3,000/month!!!
Our politicians must be mad!!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mr Donyoo: Your PM told you all to change the life style ? ha ha ha....
in what way? eat less, or don't eat? work more or don't work? Rob,steal and cheat more or wait for more oil flow out of the land?

Be specific....Mr Don. It is very easy for him to say that since him n his family is no where near poverty...like majority of the "rakyat".

Anonymous said...

aiyo if your family income is only rm3000 then i think you better don't stay in city , don't drive/owe car weekend only stay at home watch tv go out means have to spend money stay in kampong with your own house and grow some vegetable and rear some chickens you still able to make it

Anonymous said...

How about sleep 18 hours a day and four hours awake? is that consider life style change? Donyoo.
I am having 6 hours sleep ,18 hours awake for working, playing and chasing woman. Please advise!!!!

bow said...

The politicians are not mad, just ridiculous especially those elected officials. Not all Malaysians are getting big salary like them, work in palatial offices in putrajaya like them, where they don't get to see suffering often, man!