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Originally Posted by cleyeo
Electicity bill more than 1 juta is crazy, more exp than Singapore.. Here, I am paying $160 for Singapore Power (electric, water and gas).
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I notice in Indonesia, petrol were subsidized for locals and i read in news before, luxury items were kind of heavily taxed. There was news before that when Indonesia government cut the amount of subsidies for petrol, end up there was some riot or protest.
My guess, the subsidies goes to locals but not foreigners. They also subsidize some non-luxury items (especially necessities) but tax more on luxury items.
High rise apartment i guess were under the category of luxury items,especially electricity.
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Originally Posted by ndnd
Local always find it stupid to buy and stay in apartment, and i happened to be one of the stupid one  |
If you or anyone were able to buy and stay in high-rise apartment , i dont see why that as stupid. Its more like the quality of life you seek. Imagine yourself staying in condo apartments in Singapore, its not stupid,hehehe...when the maintenance and/or electricity bill is at least 3 times higher as compared to Batam.
As mentioned above, i guess high-rise apartment/s were category under "luxury item",hence no subsidies, and even especially so for foreigners.
It all make sense then.