Thursday, 7 May 2015

[Pre-trip task] The cost of living in Singapore

1. Find out from our parents or online the cost of a standard 4/5 room HDB flat in Punggol.      (around 90-100sq m)
4 room = $260 000-$350 000
5 room = $326 000-$450 000

2. Find out the current cost of a brand new Toyota Vios.
= $119 888 to $124 888

3. Find out from a local supermarket the prices of the following:
- Cheapest 10kg packet rice 
= $13.90
- Cheapest one litre of drinking mineral/distilled water
= $2.85
- Cheapest fresh whole chicken (refrigerated, not frozen)
= $16.99
- Do we provide plastic bags and how they are used
= Yes, it helps us to hold our ingredients and daily necessities and separate them into different categories when carrying the food home so that it will not get mixed up. Eg, ice creams are separated with fruits in different plastic bags.
- Who are the cashiers (age, nationality) and what kind of service do they provide?
= 58 years old, an Chinese female. They calculate the total price and separates our food and daily necessities into different plastic bags.
- Cheapest one litre of cooking oil
= $4.30

4. How much is your school fee?
= $28

5. How much is one litre of petrol? (95 unleaded)
$2.17

6. How much is one movie ticket on the weekend?
$12

7. What is an average salary of a Singaporean?
$5040

8. Cost of one big Mac meal?
= $5.99

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