"If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

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Singaporeans who visit or live in Developed Countries love to complain that things there are very expensive compared to the Fatherland.

Here's a list of things cheaper in the UK than in Singapore, according to my sister:

Toiletries
Shower Gel
Original Source toiletries (1 pound)

Food
All dairy products
Frozen pizza
Good Ice Cream (i.e. no palm oil)
Chicken parts other than Breast
Belly pork
Pig's trotters
Bacon
Liver (in general)
Lamb
Champignons (mushrooms)
Good tomatoes (i.e. ripe ones)
Salad other than iceberg lettuce
Cream cheese
All alcohol
Sparkling mineral water
Fruit juice (slightly)
Good quality sausages/ham (i.e. not chicken feather sausages [aka 'hot dogs'] or picnic ham)
Kualiti chocolate
Advocados
Wraps
Olive oil
Nice biscuits (i.e. no palm oil)
Processed potato products (e.g. fries)
Generic soft drinks (i.e. Colas other than Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola)
Flour
Pastry shells
Frozen pastry
Good orange juice
Coffee beans for espresso
Nice tea
Orangina
Perrier

Others
Cars
State education
Going to the GP
Major museums (they are free)
Books