Why than people rush to migrate to USA but rather flee Singapore?
Singapore No. 1 <!--10 min-->
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr></tr> <tr></tr><!-- headline one : start --> <tr></tr><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --> <tr> <td class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colspan="2">By Tan Dawn Wei </td></tr></tbody></table>
When it comes to making a good impression, no one does it better than Singapore. So says a survey of 200 countries and territories, which ranked the Republic tops in a 'nation brand perception' exercise done last year. The first-time study, named the East West Global Index 200 and released last Tuesday, was based on an analysis of news coverage in leading media.
Hong Kong was in second place and Malaysia in third. China ranked 32nd, the United States was in 131st place while Afghanistan rounded up the long list.
East West Communications, a Washington-based consultancy which specialises in nation branding and government communication, analysed references to all the countries and territories in various news sources from the second to last quarter of last year.
Its president Thomas Cromwell said the indexes help a country see how it is viewed in the world compared to other nations.
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Singapore No. 1 <!--10 min-->
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr></tr> <tr></tr><!-- headline one : start --> <tr></tr><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --> <tr> <td class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colspan="2">By Tan Dawn Wei </td></tr></tbody></table>
When it comes to making a good impression, no one does it better than Singapore. So says a survey of 200 countries and territories, which ranked the Republic tops in a 'nation brand perception' exercise done last year. The first-time study, named the East West Global Index 200 and released last Tuesday, was based on an analysis of news coverage in leading media.
Hong Kong was in second place and Malaysia in third. China ranked 32nd, the United States was in 131st place while Afghanistan rounded up the long list.
East West Communications, a Washington-based consultancy which specialises in nation branding and government communication, analysed references to all the countries and territories in various news sources from the second to last quarter of last year.
Its president Thomas Cromwell said the indexes help a country see how it is viewed in the world compared to other nations.
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