regarding my friend who is staying in JB, he is a fellow taxi driver, he is the 2nd sinkie cab driver who has moved to JB and settled there for good. they will cross the causeway in the morning to drive their taxi and go back home later the day to JB daily. one is an ah bung, the 1st story was because he was newly married, carried a newborn, and did not have enough money to buy a 3 room HDB flat, he had also approached his useless MP for help but it was useless, after gathering enough funds from his own family, his friends from JB helped him to look for a house there. before, he was working in the construction industry and thus knew a lot of malaysians. as for ah bung, he is a divorcee who met a new girl from JB, he will ride his kapkia to sinkieland daily as well and he owns a family sedan car back in JB.
from these 2 stories, can you see the difference in the cost of living affecting sinkie citizens?