Asia's most liveable cities

Extracted from the website of ECA International, the world's leading knowledge and solutions provider for international HR professionals. This is their Asia ranking for 2012. Updated annually, ECA International says the Location Ratings system helps companies to establish appropriate expatriate allowances to compensate for the level of adjustment required to complete an assignment. It objectively evaluates a host of factors to form an assessment of the overall quality of living in over 400 locations worldwide. These factors include climate, availability of health services, housing and utilities, isolation, access to a social network and leisure facilities, infrastructure, personal safety, political tensions and air quality. Glad to know that George Town ranks above Kuala Lumpur, while the other so-called "cities" in the country were not considered at all.

Top most liveable Asian locations

Asia rank 2012	Location	Asia rank 2011	Global Rank 2012
1	Singapore	1	1
2	Kobe	2	5
3	Hong Kong	5	11
4	Tokyo	3	17
4	Yokohama	3	17
6	Taipei	6	60
7	Macau	7	63
8	George Town	8	73
8	Seoul	10	73
10	Kuala Lumpur	9	76
11	Bangkok	11	79
12	Shanghai	12	83
13	Bandar Seri Begawan	13	92
14	Beijing	14	99
15	Nanjing	15	104
16	Guangzhou	17	112
16	Xiamen	16	112
18	Shenzhen	18	123
19	Tianjin	19	128
20	Dalian	20	130
21	Ho Chi Minh City	21	133
22	Hanoi	21	136
23	Chengdu	23	139
24	Chongqing	26	145
25	Wuhan	24	147
26	Denpasar	24	152
27	Bangalore	29	156
28	Metro-Manila	27	157
28	Xi'an	32	157
30	Vientiane	29	161
31	Shenyang	31	164
32	Chennai	28	167
33	Mumbai	33	172
34	Colombo	35	174
35	Ulaanbaatar	34	177
36	New Delhi	37	182
36	Phnom Penh	36	182
38	Jakarta	38	195
39	Kolkata	39	211
40	Yangon	39	215
41	Surabaya	41	218
42	Kathmandu	41	225
42	Tashkent	43	225
44	Dhaka	44	238
45	Ashgabat	45	244
46	Islamabad	46	251
47	Pyongyang	46	252
48	Karachi	48	261
49	Kabul	49	263