Diesel at $1.563 per litre.

That sucks! It’s a 347% increase in 4 years!Now my cost per km is up to $0.14 per km or. US$0.16/mileS$1.563 = US$4.25/gallon! for my USA friends.ArghOn top of that with crazy rising ERP/Parking surcharges, I’m getting hammered like crazy by the inflation here.Just yesterday I was charged $11 just to park 2 hours in the CBD.3 New ERP Gantries coming up right outside my home by November.GST up to 7%  despite projections of a budget deficit of $0.7b,  this year’s budget surplus was like 7x ($4.7b).Hospital Means Testing coming soon too! Grand Theft.Even the Hong Kong Govt is nice enough to cut the 40% tax on Alcohol. What a great way to celebrate in HK! Official Inflation for January in Singapore was 6.6%. Yes 6.6% for just ONE MONTH! If annualized, that would be 79.2% in yearly inflation!  

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