Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Quality of Living Quality of Life
Good morning,
Singapore ranks 32nd. this year,
up two places higher than the 34th. in 2007,
in this Quality of Living survey.
This is about the quality of living.
On the quality of life, I found out that
Singapore has 1807 registered charities
as at 31 December 2005
These 1807 registered charities raised
a total of $4.35 billion in total income.
(albeit outdated figures).
S$4,350,000,000 by 1807 registered charities
gives quite a tidy sum to distribute.
Now how much does each charity dependant get ?
This gives a dingdong result;
if the sum is big, then each gets too much;
but if the sum is small, then there are too many poor people.
If one recipient gets S$4,350 say,
then there are 1,000,000 poor people.
This figure when compared with Singapore's population
does not make this Quality of Living data
much joy to jump about, is there ?
Is quality of living over quality of life what nations aim for?
Ron
Mercer's 2008 Quality of Living survey highlights
European cities dominate the rankings of locations with the best quality of living, according to Mercer's 2008 Quality of Living survey.
Zurich retains its 2007 title as the highest ranked city,
followed jointly by Vienna (2), Geneva (2),
then Vancouver (4)
and Auckland (5).
Auckland (5) is the city in Asia Pacific with the best quality of living, followed by Sydney (10) and Wellington (12).
Elsewhere in Asia, Singapore (32) ranks two places higher than in 2007, slightly higher than Japanese cities such as Tokyo (35).
Hong Kong and Beijing retain their 2007 rankings,
respectively 70 and 116 in 2008.
Bangalore (140) is India's most highly ranked city
followed closely by Mumbai (142).
Both have seen a marked improvement in their rankings since 2007. Elsewhere in Asia, Kuala Lumpur ranks 75,
followed by Taipei (84), Seoul (86),
Bangkok (109) and Jakarta (146).
According to the index, Auckland,
the city with the best quality of living in Asia Pacific,
scores 107.3 while Dhaka,
the city with the region's worst quality of living, scores 38.9.
Singapore ranks 32nd. this year,
up two places higher than the 34th. in 2007,
in this Quality of Living survey.
This is about the quality of living.
On the quality of life, I found out that
Singapore has 1807 registered charities
as at 31 December 2005
These 1807 registered charities raised
a total of $4.35 billion in total income.
(albeit outdated figures).
S$4,350,000,000 by 1807 registered charities
gives quite a tidy sum to distribute.
Now how much does each charity dependant get ?
This gives a dingdong result;
if the sum is big, then each gets too much;
but if the sum is small, then there are too many poor people.
If one recipient gets S$4,350 say,
then there are 1,000,000 poor people.
This figure when compared with Singapore's population
does not make this Quality of Living data
much joy to jump about, is there ?
Is quality of living over quality of life what nations aim for?
Ron
Mercer's 2008 Quality of Living survey highlights
European cities dominate the rankings of locations with the best quality of living, according to Mercer's 2008 Quality of Living survey.
Zurich retains its 2007 title as the highest ranked city,
followed jointly by Vienna (2), Geneva (2),
then Vancouver (4)
and Auckland (5).
Auckland (5) is the city in Asia Pacific with the best quality of living, followed by Sydney (10) and Wellington (12).
Elsewhere in Asia, Singapore (32) ranks two places higher than in 2007, slightly higher than Japanese cities such as Tokyo (35).
Hong Kong and Beijing retain their 2007 rankings,
respectively 70 and 116 in 2008.
Bangalore (140) is India's most highly ranked city
followed closely by Mumbai (142).
Both have seen a marked improvement in their rankings since 2007. Elsewhere in Asia, Kuala Lumpur ranks 75,
followed by Taipei (84), Seoul (86),
Bangkok (109) and Jakarta (146).
According to the index, Auckland,
the city with the best quality of living in Asia Pacific,
scores 107.3 while Dhaka,
the city with the region's worst quality of living, scores 38.9.
# posted by chunmu @ 7:52 PM 
