At the recent World Cities Summit 2016, there was a dialogue session titled “Microsoft CityNext Asian Mayors’s dialogue session” whereby they revealed findings from a study titled “Microsoft CityNext Asia Pacific Survey: Your City, Your Future”.<\/p>\n
In this survey, there were some interesting findings that I would like to share with my readers and followers. Singapore comes out top as the most admired city in Asia Pacific from the Microsoft survey yet the majority of Singapore’s residents are not very optimistic about seeing further improvements over the next decade.<\/p>\n
Here are the information and findings from the press release –<\/p>\n
At the Microsoft CityNext Asian Mayors\u2019 dialogue session held at World Cities Summit 2016, Microsoft revealed findings from a study titled Microsoft CityNext Asia Pacific Survey: Your City, Your Future<\/i>, which showed that one in four residents in the Asia Pacific region named Singapore as their preferred city to live in, outside of their home country.<\/span> Key reasons for this preference include: the city\u2019s cleanliness (44 percent), discipline (22 percent), safety (18 percent), as well as Singapore being a modern and exciting city (13 percent).<\/p>\n Most Admired Cities in Asia Pacific <\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 1. Singapore<\/p>\n 2. Tokyo<\/p>\n 3. Sydney<\/p>\n 4. Melbourne<\/p>\n 5. Osaka<\/p>\n 6. Hong Kong<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 7. Seoul<\/p>\n 8. Taipei<\/p>\n 9. Bangkok<\/p>\n 10. Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n 11. Shanghai<\/p>\n 12. Ho Chi Minh City<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 13. Beijing<\/p>\n 14. Jakarta<\/p>\n 15. Manila<\/p>\n 16. Mumbai<\/p>\n 17. Delhi<\/p>\n 18. Others<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n However, despite Singapore coming up tops as the respondents\u2019 favourite city in Asia Pacific, the majority of Singapore\u2019s residents are not very optimistic about seeing further improvements to their quality of life over the next decade<\/span>.<\/em> 43.5 percent of the Singapore residents polled expect a decline in the quality of life, contrasting against the views of a smaller group of residents – 31 percent \u2013 who expect improvements in the quality of life in the next decade. In addition, 25.5 percent of Singapore\u2019s residents expect the city to maintain its status quo over the next decade. The residents polled also cited employment opportunities (73 percent), housing (71 percent) and transportation (70 percent) as the top three areas most in need of improvement in Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n
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