Singapore (Rank 79) Has Poor Quality of Life Index

last SG · 2008-07-02T00:05:24+00:00

Hong Kong has been the freeest economy in the world for 10 years.U ask the graduate there.U will know the choice of jobsless than SG. Ranking cant put foods...

maurizio13 SG

Singapore ranks 79 in terms of Quality of Life Index 2008 according to International Living.

Singapore falls behind countries like, Turkey, Jamaica, Tunisia, Albania, Seychelles, Honduras, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Paraguay, Macedonia, Cayman Islands, Taiwan, Grenada, Bolivia, Ukraine, Namibia, Antiquan & Barbuda, Cyprus (Greek), Moldova, Israel, Mauritius, Ireland, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Colombia, South Africa, Chile, Dominica, Belize, Romania, Latvia, South Korea, Andorra, Estonia, Slovakia, Brazil Croatia, UK, Monaco, Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, Poland, Greece, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Bulgaria.

http://www.internationalliving.com/

http://www.il-ireland.com/il/qofl2008/

robertteh SG

So what does this indicate? Are we a first-world country? Is the government truly first class?

maurizio13 SG

So what does this indicate? Are we a first-world country? Is the government truly first class?

It only means that having a high GDP per Capita, Best Airport, Best Port, Best Minister, etc. does not necessarily translate to higher quality of life.

sunnytv SG

Other country is catching up faster than you expected.

zenden9 SG

It reflect a very stressful country. Why are we stressful and what causes it???

maurizio13 SG

If we look at it positively, we are still 2 ranks ahead of Malaysia.

16/f/lonely SG

It reflect a very stressful country. Why are we stressful and what causes it???

Pri 4 streaming. Laughing

SingaporeTyrannosaur SG

Behind Australia as well... lionnoisy will have some explaining to do...

kramnave SG

Singaporeans should aim to migrate.

Midlusionz SG

Singaporeans should aim to migrate.

Yup, totally agree.. Grab the chance when u got one.

will4 SG

Yup, totally agree.. Grab the chance when u got one.

It is sad to hear locals migrating to other countries. The other day, we went to visit a flat n the agent told us that the owener have migrated to Australia.

Midlusionz SG

Well, actually i am happy for them .. Whole new living environment and such but then again there's not perfect place in this world just somewhere better.

youyayu SG

to me i am enjoying life..

charlize SG

Singapore is one of the few places in the world where you are close to everybody.

Taking the bus or MRT to school or to work will show you how close Singaporeans are with each other.

Really.

robertteh SG

So what does this indicate? Are we a first-world country? Is the government truly first class?

It would be interesting to see of the mean wages earned per capita how much in percentages were taken away by the government through direct and indirect taxes and fees and charges charged on basic services and the final disposable wage left for each citizen to spend on basic necessities like housing, transportation, medicare, utilities and food etc.

No doubt such an analysis will be good to display in the rally in the next GE.

skythewood SG

The ratings for afghanistan is half that of singapore, with cost of living having full marks. But I am damn sure that they would value safety much more than cost of living. I think this is not a good way to rate countries though.

domonkassyu SG

So what does this indicate? Are we a first-world country? Is the government truly first class?

it only indicates the statistics govt has shown is a facade. nothing more to draw a false picture. 1st world country on the outside, nth more than a 3rd world in reality. selfish barbarians as leaders.

Pitot SG

subjective.

i rather live here than many other countires listed above singapore.

maurizio13 SG

subjective.

i rather live here than many other countires listed above singapore.

Subjective because it didn't produce a ranking to your liking?

If this article was produced by organisations that are against Singapore, then perhaps they might have a reason to discredit Singapore. But this report was produced by International Living, they are related to travel and living, non political agenda.

Have you stayed in any of the countries listed above Singapore for a long duration of time? If you haven't, then how do you know if it's better or worse than Singapore?

skythewood SG

Actually, I don't really care where Singapore ranked... But I am more interested in the way they rank. Read about some maslow hierarchy of needs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs

Basically, you will want to fill up the needs at the bottom before filling up those at the top, so you basically don't care about culture and arts unless you can fulfill your food and safety needs.

Which is why arts and culture is a consider a good gauge of a country's wellbeing, as they actually have the luxury to care about them. Just imagine the importance the iraqis give to arts compare to safety.

Think france deserved to be top in standard of living, with it's free and leisurely culture and relative shorter work hours. If you think of it that way, Singapore is somewhere in the middle, with it's stressful life in general.