| Rank | City | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | Japan |
| 2 | Osaka | Japan |
| 3 | Moscow | Russia |
| 4 | Geneva | Switzerland |
| 5 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 6 | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 7 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| 8 | New York City | United States of America |
| 9 | Beijing | China |
| 10 | Singapore | Singapore |
However, look at this 2009 richest city by purchasing power by UBS:
| Rank | City |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zurich |
| 2 | Sydney |
| 3 | Luxembourg |
| 4 | Dublin |
| 5 | Miami |
| 6 | Los Angeles |
| 7 | Geneva |
| 8 | New York |
| 9 | Chicago |
| 10 | Nicosia |
| 11 | Berlin |
| 12 | Montreal |
| 13 | Brussels |
| 14 | Helsinki |
| 15 | London |
| 16 | Copenhagen |
| 17 | Toronto |
| 18 | Amsterdam |
| 19 | Frankfurt |
| 20 | Munich |
| 21 | Lyon |
| 22 | Stockholm |
| 23 | Tokyo |
| 24 | Vienna |
| 25 | Madrid |
| 26 | Milan |
| 27 | Paris |
| 28 | Oslo |
| 29 | Barcelona |
| 30 | Auckland |
| 31 | Lisbon |
| 32 | Athens |
| 33 | Dubai |
| 34 | Tel Avi |
| 35 | Taipei |
| 36 | Ljubljana |
| 37 | Moscow |
| 38 | Manama |
| 39 | Rome |
| 40 | Johannesburg |
| 41 | Hong Kong |
| 42 | Seoul |
| 43 | Tallinn |
| 44 | Prague |
| 45 | São Paulo |
| 46 | Doha |
| 47 | Bratislava |
| 48 | Rio de Janeiro |
| 49 | Kuala Lumpur |
| 50 | Singapore |
And this 2009 richest city by personal earnings by UBS:
| Rank | City |
|---|---|
| 1 | Copenhagen |
| 2 | Zurich |
| 3 | Geneva |
| 4 | New York |
| 5 | Oslo |
| 6 | Los Angeles |
| 7 | Munich |
| 8 | Luxembourg |
| 9 | Frankfurt |
| 10 | Dublin |
| 11 | Brussels |
| 12 | Helsinki |
| 13 | Miami |
| 14 | Chicago |
| 15 | Amsterdam |
| 16 | Berlin |
| 17 | Stockholm |
| 18 | Tokyo |
| 19 | Vienna |
| 20 | Sydney |
| 21 | London |
| 22 | Paris |
| 23 | Lyon |
| 24 | Toronto |
| 25 | Montreal |
| 26 | Milan |
| 27 | Nicosia |
| 28 | Madrid |
| 29 | Barcelona |
| 30 | Rome |
| 31 | Athens |
| 32 | Lisbon |
| 33 | Ljubljana |
| 34 | Auckland |
| 35 | Tel Avi |
| 36 | Dubai |
| 37 | Hong Kong |
| 38 | Seoul |
| 39 | Taipei |
| 40 | Singapore |
If you look at the UBS personal earnings and purchasing power surveys for 2008, you will find that Singapore's ranking in those areas were higher in 2008 compared to 2009. It's also quite interesting that in the newest iPod survey, Singaporeans need to work 27.5 hours to buy an iPod Nano, ranked 40th in the list. First in the list by the way, only requires 9 hours of work.
So what does this signify? I believe the tables above are clear enough. We are increasingly being priced out of our own country. We're too productive?
2 comments:
It is a well known fact that we have high living cost but low living standard.
With the new campaign of promoting people to be more productive (doing more with less resource/$), i guess the gap will further widen...
LOL! We all know. But the pple up there are in denial.
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