- Traffic congestion main cause of air pollution in Hong Kong
- Quality of living between Hong Kong and Singapore close, despite large gap in rankings
- Hong Kong’s relatively low ranking partly due to accelerating APAC rivals
Air pollution is the main factor separating quality of life between Hong Kong and Singapore, according to research by Mercer.
Despite close scores in other factors, such as education and sanitation, Singapore’s cleaner air pushed it up to 25th in the global liveability rankings, while Hong Kong remained lower at 71st. Peter Chan, Career Consultant, Mercer Hong Kong, explained, “The major factor affecting Hong Kong and Singapore’s scores is air pollution, which is consistent with data from the last two years. From our research it seems that traffic congestion is the main factor affecting air pollution in Hong Kong.”
Mario Ferraro, Global Mobility Practice Leader – Asia, Middle East, Africa and Turkey, Mercer also commented, “While Singapore continues to lead the region in terms of ranking, we have seen marked improvement in the rankings of other metropolitan hubs in the region due to continued investments in infrastructure and public services. We see concerted efforts on the part of governments and institutions in much of the region to improve the quality of living as a way to not only attract the best expatriate talent in the wake of increasing digitalisation, but also as a way of enhancing trade and investments.”
Paul Arkwright
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