You can be forgiven for scratching your head. Just three months after the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey classed Singapore as the world’s priciest city, another large organisation says it is anything but. This time, Singapore was ranked not as the most expensive city for expatriates to live in globally, but 31st out of over 440 locations, four places up from last year. It came in ninth in the Asia-Pacific region, behind several other Asian counterparts such as Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong. These results were unveiled by HR consultancy ECA Intl yesterday. And the big difference between the two survey findings boils down to one thing, the basket of goods used to calculate the cost of living... Continue Reading