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Hong Kong, with its relatively good quality of living, ranked asthe third most livable city among 49 Asian cities for expatriateemployees in 2012, up from the fifth place in 2011, followingSingapore and Japan's Kobe, according to a survey released onTuesday. However, Hong Kong's rise in the ranking was not the result of anyimprovement in the quality of living here. "Unfortunately, it'sbeen due to deterioration in the quality of living elsewhere," saidLee Quane, regional director, Asia, of ECA International, a humanresource consulting company that initiated this annual survey. Quane explained in a press briefing that Hong Kong came third afterovertaking Japan's Tokyo and Yokohama, which both dropped one placein the ranking as inevitable fallout from the devastatingearthquake and tsunami hitting Japan in March 2011. Meanwhile, Hong Kong still has a relatively good quality of livingcompared to other locations in Asia, Quane added. The survey,conducted by this Britain-based company, has 49 Asian citiesassessed under ten categories including climate, health risks, airpollution, goods and services, infrastructure, housing, educationand so on. Singapore maintained the number one spot in the ranking, with itsgood air quality, solid infrastructure and healthcare facilities,low crime and low health risks. "Other cities are unlikely to takefirst place from Singapore in the near future," Quane said. Compared with Singapore, Hong Kong, almost equally good ininfrastructure, goods and services, and housing, is believed moreaffected by natural disasters like typhoon, which will have animpact on people's daily lifestyle. "But Hong Kong's main issuethat really separates it from Singapore is its air pollution, "Quane said. Scoring most in line with Singapore in most factors, Hong Kong'sair quality was among the least favorable, compared with placeslike New Delhi and other developing locations that are prone topoor air quality. "This is where Hong Kong really fails," Quanesaid. Meanwhile, scores remain steady among Chinese mainland cities,though ranking far below Hong Kong. Shanghai, ranked 12th, was themost livable of mainland locations, followed by Beijing, Nanjingand Guangzhou. Infrastructures, goods and services, and airpollution are among the fields where the Chinese cities should putmore efforts, according to the survey. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Prepainted Steel Coil , Tin Plate Coil for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Tin Plate Sheet.
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