Singapore still the most liveable city in Asia: Mercer

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SINGAPORE continues to offer the highest quality of living among Asian cities, according to human resources consultant Mercer's 20th annual Quality of Living survey.

Globally, it came in at 25th place, based on analysis of data largely from September to November 2017.

The annual ranking, which tracked 231 cities in 2017, aims to enable multinational companies and other organisations to compensate employees fairly when placing them on international assignments.

Mario Ferraro, Mercer's global mobility practice leader Asia, Middle East, Africa and Turkey, said: "The best liveable cities can attract executives in multinational businesses, like Singapore which is the top ranked Asian city in Mercer's 2018 quality of living ranking. There are few success stories like Singapore, which went from third world economy to first world within a single generation and is pr…