Singapore retains its lead in the transportation and infrastructure indicator in the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) study on global cities, which helped it edge into third position overall behind London and New York. "The city-state climbs four spots to third place and also finishes first in the two areas it is well-known for - transportation and infrastructure and ease of doing business," Bob...
Singapore Rankings
Singapore has been ranked the third most expensive city to live in Asia and the sixth in the world. This is according to the Worldwide Cost of Living 2013 survey conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit. The survey compares the cost of living among 131 cities worldwide using New York as a base city. Its findings show that the relative cost of living in Asian hubs like Singapore and Hong Kong has...
Singapore has been ranked the most competitive city in Asia, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The "Hot Spots: Benchmarking Global City Competitiveness" report also identified Singapore as the third most competitive city in the world, after economic and financial hubs New York and London. The report covered a total of 120 global markets, assessed on the basis of 21 qualitative and...
Singapore has been ranked as Asia's leading global city, according to a study released by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The study ranks cities of the world across a number of parameters such as ease of doing business and livability. Though Singapore took the top spot for an Asian city, it finished in ninth place among all the 26 cities surveyed. Results show Singapore to be doing well in key areas such as...
Singapore is the third most expensive location in Asia to live in, according to the latest accommodation reports from consultancy firm ECA international. Taking the top spot is Tokyo, followed by Hong Kong in the second place, and Seoul clinching the fourth spot. Rents have been on the rise in Asia, boosted by economic growth, strong Asian currencies and the region's growing expatriate numbers. ECA,...
Singapore is the third most competitive economy in the world, according to the World Economic Forum's competitiveness ranking published on Thursday. The city-state was also placed third in 2009. But within Asia, Singapore is still the most competitive economy. Japan is in 6th place while Hong Kong 11th. Singapore won points for its lack of corruption and for the efficiency of its government. Meanwhile...
Singapore has clinched the title of 'Top International Meetings City' for the third consecutive year, affirming its standing as a leading business events destination, ahead of some 1,700 cities. The latest 2009 global rankings published by the Union of International Associations (UIA) also showed that Singapore climbed a spot, from third position, to be placed as the second 'Top International Meetings...
Singapore has emerged as the most liveable Asian city in a new index. It was ranked third worldwide coming in behind Geneva and Zurich in the Global Liveable Cities Index. Published by Singapore's Centre for Liveable Cities, the index looked at 64 cities including 36 from Asia. When it comes to liveability, Singapore has been ranked up there with some of Europe's best cities. In individual rankings, it...
French trade credit insurer Coface said Singapore is the safest place for business in Asia. It has upgraded Singapore's country rating to A1 to better reflect the financial commitments of local corporates to repay their debts. This is up from a rating of A2 during the financial crisis last year. Ports are seeing more activity as global trade improves. Experts said corporates are also in a better...
A survey has ranked Singapore as the ninth most expensive location in Asia to live in. According to human resources consultant ECA international, Singapore's currency has been strong relative to other major currencies in the region. Furthermore, it said prices of goods and services commonly purchased by expatriates have risen at much faster rates here than in other developed locations. Globally,...