NEWS
Australian cities occupy five of the top 20 places in a British survey ranking the liveability of 140 of the world's major centres.
It assessed 140 cities based on stability, health care, education, infrastructure and culture and environment, giving each one a rating out of 100.
The highest-ranked Asian city was Osaka in Japan (13th). The next highest was Hong Kong (equal 39th with Madrid, Spain) followed by Singapore (54th) and Seoul, South Korea (58th).
"Australian cities represent many of the best aspects of liveability, while instability in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh means that cities in South Asia fare much worse.''
The Economist Intelligence Unit is a branch of The Economist Group, which publishes "The Economist", a weekly news magazine, in London.
Source: news.com.au
Published: 11 June 2009
