THE BEST CITIES IN ASIA BY ASIAWEEK http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/asiacities/topten.html

The Top Ten

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1. Tokyo, Japan
2. Fukuoka, Japan
3. Osaka, Japan
4. Singapore
5. Taipei, Taiwan
6. Georgetown (Penang), Malaysia
7. Hong Kong SAR, China
8. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
9. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
10.Beijing, China


The Complete Rankings

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11. Kuching --> my current city
12. Macau
13. Shanghai
14. Cebu City
15. Kaohsiung
16. Metro Manila
17. Pusan
18. Seoul
19. Davao City
20. Chiang Mai
21. Guangzhou
22. Hanoi
23. Ho Chi Minh
24. Colombo
25. Islamabad
26. Bangkok
27. Bangalore
28. Kathmandu
29. Chongqing
30. Yangon
31. Chittagong
32. Delhi
33. Dhaka
34. Karachi
35. Jakarta
36. Phnom Penh
37. Bombay
38. Bandung
39. Surabaya
40. Vientiane

oh those were the days of Asiaweek...I was very surprised why Seoul was so down in the list..below Malaysian, Chinese and Filipino cities. No idea what the factor was that pulled it down. :?

i think there were many criterias that they look in a city...if you look for example KL did pretty good in term of hospital beds per 1000 (families?...patients?...not sure though) it was ranked number 1 and other criterias which KL is in the top ten such as Average Income (US$) (ranked 10), State Educational Spending Per Cap/$ (ranked 10)and a Ratio of House Price to Income (ranked 8). Those plus other criterias made KL number 9 in overall ranking. I think Seoul must have gotten poor ranking in many criterias. Kudos to Georgetown and KL!!!! :applause:

Hoping that's next time we will do better.

its tgood Kuching also improves greatly with the city's ranking just a step behind before being in the top ten!!! :)

interesting list!!

i think this is a newer list

1 Fukuoka
1 Tokyo
3 Singapore
4 Osaka
4 Taipei
6 Hong Kong
7 Bandar Seri Begawan
7 Kuala Lumpur
9 George Town
10 Pusan
10 Seoul

http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/asiacities2000/index.html

interesting list!!

i think this is a newer list

1 Fukuoka
1 Tokyo
3 Singapore
4 Osaka
4 Taipei
6 Hong Kong
7 Bandar Seri Begawan
7 Kuala Lumpur
9 George Town
10 Pusan
10 Seoul

http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/asiacities2000/index.html

that's in the year 2000

i thought Asiaweek has seized operations? Means this is an outdated list?

What were the criteria for this list anyways?

I'm surprised Seoul is so far down--even more surprised that Beijing is above Shanghai. Beijing is still pretty chaotic in terms of pollution and infrastructure while Shanghai, at this time, has been more progressive environmentally (the air is much cleaner, although it still has a looong ways to go) as well as in the city planning/infrastructure department, it is not the huge mess that Beijing officials are currently trying to clean up before 2008.

It's great though that Malaysia has 2 cities in the top 10.

Asiaweek had since ceased its publication in 2001. the list provided was outdated. its probably answer yr question on why beijing scored higher than shanghai.

the listing recorded in 2000.