Feb 12, 2010 - The Straits Times by Jessica Lim
SINGAPORE scores highly in areas like infrastructure and
stability, but fares poorly in culture and living environment
indices.
As a result, it was ranked the 53rd most liveable city in the
annual survey by the The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which
compared 140 cities worldwide. Vancouver again topped the list,
followed by Vienna and Melbourne in Australia. Three other
Australian cities also made it to the top 10 list - Sydney, Perth
and Adelaide.
The Republic scored better than culture capitals New York and
London, which lost out because of crumbling infrastructure, but
lagged behind other Asian capitals like Hong Kong, Tokyo and
Osaka.
The survey examined 30 factors in five categories - stability,
healthcare, culture and environment, education as well as
infrastructure. Singapore obtained an overall score of
88.5/100.
The annual survey uses research involving resident experts and
its own analysts.
Singapore lost out in the environment and culture category, in
which it scored 75.7/100, lower than Hong Kong and South Korea. But
it got full marks for infrastructure. The Lion City also fared well
for stability, healthcare and education.
