Unwelcome to Phnom Penh: A city where forced eviction can happen anytime, courtesy of Hun Sen's regimeMost liveable city in SEA
June 9, 2009
By Reico Wong
The Straits Times (Singapore)
SINGAPORE is the most liveable place in South-east Asia, according to survey of 140 countries.
It also ranked number 54, above New York in 56th place, as the world's easiest city to live in in the latest survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
In the survey which examined five categories - stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure - Singapore got an overall score of 88.5, with 100 being the ideal rating.
A score of 80 or more indicates that the city will have 'few, if any, challenges to living standards'. A city which scores 50 or less will present 'daily challenges to living standards'.
Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta were placed 79th and 123rd respectively.
One interesting fact the survey revealed was the stark contrast in the liveability among Asia-Pacific countries.
While three countries in the region - Australia, New Zealand and Japan - accounted for eight out of the top 20 cities worldwide, nine Asian countries took the 10 spots in the bottom 20 cities in direct polarisation.
Dhaka, Bangladesh fared the worst in 138th place, and among the Southeast Asian city, Phnom Penh, Cambodia ranked the lowest in 128th place.
'The performance of Asian cities reflects the diverse levels of development throughout the region,' said Jon Copestake, editor of the report.
'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,' he added.
It also ranked number 54, above New York in 56th place, as the world's easiest city to live in in the latest survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
In the survey which examined five categories - stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure - Singapore got an overall score of 88.5, with 100 being the ideal rating.
A score of 80 or more indicates that the city will have 'few, if any, challenges to living standards'. A city which scores 50 or less will present 'daily challenges to living standards'.
Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta were placed 79th and 123rd respectively.
One interesting fact the survey revealed was the stark contrast in the liveability among Asia-Pacific countries.
While three countries in the region - Australia, New Zealand and Japan - accounted for eight out of the top 20 cities worldwide, nine Asian countries took the 10 spots in the bottom 20 cities in direct polarisation.
Dhaka, Bangladesh fared the worst in 138th place, and among the Southeast Asian city, Phnom Penh, Cambodia ranked the lowest in 128th place.
'The performance of Asian cities reflects the diverse levels of development throughout the region,' said Jon Copestake, editor of the report.
'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,' he added.
20 comments:
Good news, this is to wake the government up, hope this could serve as a catalyst to a reform in land management.
Unreliable sources, on what basis do they survey?
This is shit survey...no reality.. if we base on this survey result, meaning there is no any alive khmer people living in Phnom Penh.. ha ha funny....it should be somewhere else or other city are in civil war that could be in the lowest rank of that shit survey...unbelievable...
Khmer
Unsurprisingly, given the nature of a minority of the countries that are disproportionately and partially have negative sentiments toward the government and the country aided by negative semtiments for the assumed downtrend, which, in fact, very biased.
Given the imperfections of a minority of the countries that have proclivity for exaggerating, again, there's nothing to be surprised here. And I'm not squandering my (value) time to elaborate on this baseless survey.
PPU
PPU, I live in Phnom Penh and I love this city, but I do accept outside view and second opinion, this is the only way to improve ourselves. Tell me if in Phnom Penh you can park your luxurious car (probably you get one) outside home at night time? Every main cities in SEA,yes you can. Yesterday night the robbers tried to break the lock of my neighbour to get his old motobike with which he earns his daily bowl of rice.
PPU you are not a Khmer who loves your country but you are trying only to get your own interests and favours from your masters who run the country currently. Look, it is so ridiculous that you try to convince people that corruption is not significant in Cambodia. You know very well that the figure given by the US ambassador was under the reality. Your masters and their family and cronies enjoy so well this situation and they are ignoring the sufferings which are the consequences of corruption of the majority of your countrymen. Accept critism, and please do not use bad words. Shame on you as Kon Khmer to use the insults and bad words when you talk to your compatriots.
I am an old man, I was student at your universty 35 years ago, I cannot believe that you are a very bad offspring of our country like this. Please together we rebuild our nation!!!
6:14 PM
Oh, come on, pal! Don't be so judmental about the city (and my country)where you're resding; also, it is a privilege to have you lived there -- not a right. Remember, it's a right and not a privilege.
Therefore, don't make your decision predicated on your negnative view, opinion, or feeling based on your ignorance. In fact, if you're discontent of your whereabouts, you're free to move around the globe; you do have a "freedom of movement."
PPU
To PPU
Son, the Khmer Rouges forgot to kill me, I look with tear now how your masters are enjoying at will the power they have got on the sufferings of our people,I will go nowhere. Your insolent remarks remind me this saying: the stupid dog follows its master behaviour.
Screw ah PPU's mother!
Ah PPU , Ah Leech , Ah YOun Dog , AH HUn SEn Slave , Ah BUn Rany Cunt Licker .
Me undoubtedly think, therefore me strongly believe that PPU aien't Khmer, not only physically but also heartily and spiritually!
Not surprisingly, the family of poor and miserable Khmer inevitably continues to suffer greater and greater misfortunes.
Looking at the picture, Khmer is Good in killing Khmer! but pussycat to Thai and Viet!
Indication
In the survey which examined five categories - stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
I do agree with the survey, as if we look deeply in PP, healthcare?? environment??? education??? and infrastructure???? terrible, terrible!!!
Just screw ah PPU's mother formely known as "Ph.D from Hanoi"! It's that simple!
Ah Sihanouk,
Did, does, and will you know hown your subjects had suffer, live in poverty, and now khmers are viet slaves in their ancestors'lands, because of your damned political leadership.
Ah s'dach lourk srok do num kom yuon
Ah s'dach kheatakor reas khmer.
Ah s'dach CHAM ti pi
How you will save your monkey throne ???
Cambodia will be a state of Viet Indochinese Federation in the near
future.
Ah s'dach chh'ker Viet puppet.
Ah s'dach Preah Pak ra mouk.
Ah Pee Pee You,
Ah kor Mee Chone!
Kandear Mae Vuoy!
On the contrary, I find Cambodia as one of the best countries to live on a long term basis in SE Asia.
7:22 PM
First and foremost, I like to begin my introduction by saying "fuck you" to you and YOU PEOPLE have dissension and negative sentiments against me and my government.
For your personal information, I'm not your son. I was fighting along the borders when you were socking your moother's tits.
Now, get the fuck out of my face!
Pi Anh: PPU
Correction and verification:
"Sucking" not "socking," Ah Jkuot Scum Rainsy. Yes, as "sucking" your mother's tits.
Pi Anh: PPU
6.38
Shut!
Pi Anh: PPU (your superior)
6.38
Your love and admiration confounded me perplexedly.
Pi Anh: PPU
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