Singapore tops Asian cities in quality of living

This survey shows Singapore taking the top spot in Asia for quality of life. Not too shabby. Might be expensive, but the stuff and services available here are among the best in the world. FYI.

Cheers!


http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-ranked-33rd-in-world-quality-of-living-survey-1.2265799

Calgary ranked 33rd in world quality of living survey

Colleen Schmidt, CTV Calgary
Published Thursday, March 5, 2015 11:35AM MST

Last Updated Thursday, March 5, 2015 11:52AM MST

Mercer released the results of its annual international survey on the world’s best cities to live in and Calgary is down a couple of spots this year.
The global consulting group conducts the survey every year and assesses the quality of living conditions to help companies and employers compensate employees who are placed on international assignments.
According to Mercer, Calgary ranks sixth in North America and 33rd in the world when it comes to quality of living. Calgary was ranked 31st in 2014.
Vienna was first on the list followed by Zurich in second and Auckland in third.
Vancouver was the highest ranked Canadian city at number five. Toronto was next at 15 and Ottawa was tied for 16th with Hamburg and Melbourne. Montreal made the top 30 and was ranked in 24th place.
Here’s a look at the top 50:
1 Vienna, Austria
2 Zurich, Switzerland
3 Auckland, New Zealand
4 Munich, Germany
5 Vancouver, Canada
6 Dusseldorf, Germany
7 Frankfurt, Germany
8 Geneva, Switzerland
9 Copenhagen, Denmark
10 Sydney, Australia
11 Amsterdam, Netherlands
12 Wellington, New Zealand
13 Bern, Switzerland
14 Berlin, Germany
15 Toronto, Canada
16 Hamburg, Germany
16 Melbourne, Australia
16 Ottawa, Canada
19 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
19 Stockholm, Sweden
21 Stuttgart, Germany
22 Brussels, Belgium
22 Perth, Australia
24 Montreal, Canada
25 Nurnberg, Germany
26 Singapore, Singapore
27 Adelaide, Australia
27 Paris, France
27 San Francisco, United States
30 Canberra, Australia
31 Helsinki, Finland
31 Oslo, Norway
33 Calgary, Canada
34 Boston, United States
34 Dublin, Ireland
36 Honolulu, United States
37 Brisbane, Australia
38 Barcelona, Spain
39 Lyon, France
40 London, United Kingdom
41 Lisbon, Portugal
41 Milan, Italy
43 Chicago, United States
44 New York City, United States
44 Seattle, United States
44 Tokyo, Japan
47 Kobe, Japan
48 Los Angeles, United States
48 Yokohama, Japan
50 Washington, United States

Once again I have to congratulate the PAP for a job well done.

Leongsam said:

Once again I have to congratulate the PAP for a job well done.

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This porlumpar thingy is getting more obvious by the day

lifeafter41 said:

This porlumpar thingy is getting more obvious by the day

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Nothing to do with "porlumpar". I'm merely stating the facts and I give credit only when it is due.

pap is the best, no other are better in anyway.:o

krafty said:

pap is the best, no other are better in anyway.:o

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Well said. I have added to your points.

many thxs, boss...pap is the best...hip hip hurray...yeah...!:o

Leongsam said:

Well said. I have added to your points.

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krafty said:

many thxs, boss...pap is the best...hip hip hurray...yeah...!:o

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Once you accept the fact that the PAP knows best, your life will be a lot happier and you will be at peace with your inner self.

Keep posting positive messages about the PAP and within days, you'll notice a big change come over you. You'll be calmer and a feeling of well being will flood your senses.

If you have any health issues, you'll see a distinct improvement.

agree...! thxs for your advice.:o

Leongsam said:

Once you accept the fact that the PAP knows best, your life will be a lot happier and you will be at peace with your inner self.

Keep posting positive messages about the PAP and within days, you'll notice a big change come over you. You'll be calmer and a feeling of well being will flood your senses.

If you have any health issues, you'll see a distinct improvement.

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krafty said:

agree...! thxs for your advice.:o

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At the rate things are going, it almost seems there is only one person talking.......

By giving accolades to the political party, you are taking credit from the businessmen, engineers, technicians, labourers who have also contributed to the modernisation of the city-state. The only thing the PAP has done was political victory at the elections. At the moment, they are losing favour from the tone of comments by netizens.

Cheers!

Leongsam said:

Once again I have to congratulate the PAP for a job well done.

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Agoraphobic said:

By giving accolades to the political party, you are taking credit from the businessmen, engineers, technicians, labourers who have also contributed to the modernisation of the city-state. The only thing the PAP has done was political victory at the elections. At the moment, they are losing favour from the tone of comments by netizens.

Cheers!

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The professionals and businessmen have played their part and should be congratulated. However, without the outstanding leadership provided by the PAP, Singapore would not be the success that it is today.

Agoraphobic said:

This survey shows Singapore taking the top spot in Asia for quality of life. Not too shabby. Might be expensive, but the stuff and services available here are among the best in the world. FYI.

Cheers!

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Cost of living rankings must be lower than quality of living to make the rankings not too shabby. No point being ranked as highest cost country in the world and 26th in quality of living, simply means that only the rich can enjoy the quality of life here. As it is, the rankings are shabby!

xebay11 said:

Cost of living rankings must be lower than quality of living to make the rankings not too shabby. No point being ranked as highest cost country in the world and 26th in quality of living, simply means that only the rich can enjoy the quality of life here. As it is, the rankings are shabby!

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If everybody enjoyed a good quality of life including the lazy and the useless, it would not be fair to those who are hardworking, intelligent and industrious.

It would be like a school where all the lazy kids who didn't do their homework and did not pay attention in class were given the same score as the diligent students when it came to the exams.

This would demotivate those who were top of the class and they wouldn't bother studying hard anymore.