Singapore heads Asia's best city for business: Fortune

Agence France Presse. November 30 1999

Related: Hong Kong still world's freest economy

SINGAPORE has been selected Asia's number one city to do business for the second consecutive year in a poll by US-based Fortune magazine.

Singapore topped five cities -- Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Taipei -- because of its clean streets, English-speaking work force and lack of corruption, Fortune said Tuesday in its annual listing of the best cities for business.

London was ranked number one for the second year in a row as the best city for business in Europe, Dallas, Texas, took the top spot for business in North America, and Monterrey, Mexico, in Latin America.