1965-2005 - the pace of change

egg 10c-15c 1.5x bus fare 10c-60c 6x newspaper 20c-80c 4x bowl of mee 30c-$3 10x kopi o 10c-70c 7x barber 50c-$8 15x taxi 40c-$2 5x luckystrike 90c-$10 11x small car $6,000-$60,000 10x mercedes200 $12,000-$170,000 14x 3 rm flat $7,500-$100,000 13x 4 rm flat $12,500-$200,000 15x semi d $20,000-$1.4mil 70x big sweep $400,000-$2 mil 5x worker salary $100-$600 6x starting salary grad salary $800-$1,500 2x starting salary minister salary $5,000-$80,000 16x number of babies 6-2 -3x the above are just very rough guesstimates. it was a time when earning a 4 figure salary, ie $1,000 was a big deal. today the expectation of a big deal is a 5 figure salary.