Tuesday 24 April 2012

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

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