Singapore Stays International’s Maximum Habitable City for East Asian Expats
For 15 consecutive years, Singapore has to be rated as the world’s most populous city for East Asia expatriates from ECA International.
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“Singapore is high in the liveability positions for its 15th year in a row because its exceptional infrastructure, low contamination and large expatriate communities are still appeal to overseas employees,” explained Lee Quane, Regional Director — Asia in ECA International.
“Additionally, while Singapore enforced a circuit breaker to handle the outbreak of COVID-19 in its boundaries in 2020, the scale of its own lockdown was less intense compared to other places in the area.”
Wellington in New Zealand was rated second, although the 3 Japanese cities of Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo were tied in third location.
Meanwhile, the Hong Kong significantly rebounded in positions, jumping to 58th area from 93rd in 2019, as COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on town was softened from the decrease in socio-political worries and crime prices.
“Hong Kong has rebounded within our most recent liveability rankings following the protests seen during 2019 abated last year. Disruptions to the transport network on account of the protests recovered while crime rates dropped,” explained Quane.
“Additionally, Hong Kong was spared from typhoons of a scale like those who caused disruption to the city in 2019.”
Adelaide and Brisbane dropped from the top 10 most liveable areas, while Sydney dropped from third place to take the 21st place this season.
Many European towns tumbled down the ranks as COVID-19 restrictions dampened liveability scores. Important cities such as Lisbon and Rome fell by over 20 areas from 2019, while Paris dropped from the top 100 most sought after areas for the very first time.
Cities over the USA climbed up the positions on lack of rigorous steps. Eight US cities caused it on the top 50 and 27 were recorded in the top 100 most liveable places.
Beirut in Lebanon registered the largest change in rank since it dropped by over 40 places.