In fact, you could get a Fillet-O-Fish or a Big Mac or a 6 piece McNugget value meal for S$3.30 each! Where in Singapore?
Unfortunately, not in Singapore but in Hong Kong.
Cheap! |
When QB House increased their price from S$10 to S$12 here, I was taken aback. That was a 20% increase in price! Anyway, I soon got over it until I saw this:
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HK$50 which is about S$8 only!
What did I do? Got myself a haircut and felt quite smug about it. Used the S$4 saved to buy myself a Fillet-O-Fish value meal and I still had 70c left over! Smug City!
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We really have to travel to feel how strong the S$ is now and how expensive things have become in our country.
With the S$ so strong, is there more that can be done to reduce the cost of living in Singapore? I wonder.
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