ASIA NOW   east asia   southeast asia   south asia   central asia   australasia  TIME ASIA  ASIAWEEK   current issue   intelligence   daily briefing   magazine archive   newsmap   technology    internet index   web features   customer service   subscribe  BIZ ASIA  SPORTS ASIA  SHOWBIZ ASIA  ASIA WEATHER  TRAVEL WATCH asia's best cities  1999 | 1998 | 1997 |  1996 web features <<		ASIA'S BEST CITIES The Asiaweek Quality of Life Index Which are the best Asian Cities to Live in? We looked at 40 of the region's key centers. The results from the number crunchers: Want to know how we did it? Click here. 1999 rank c i t y population points 1 Fukuoka 1,329,503 73 2 Osaka 2,593,933 72 2 Taipei 2,639,169 72 4 Tokyo 11,937,433 68 5 Singapore 3,893,600 66 6 Bandar Seri Begawan 45,900 65 7 Georgetown 1,250,000 64 8 Kuala Lumpur 1,420,000 63 9 Hong Kong 6,843,000 62 9 Shanghai 13,075,000 62 11 Chiang Mai 425,800 60 11 Kaohsiung 1,462,674 60 13 Bangkok 9,114,852 59 13 Seoul 10,147,101 59 15 Kuching 350,000 58 15 Pusan 3,773,138 58 17 Beijing 12,234,000 57 18 Davao City 1,134,000 56 19 Cebu City 662,299 54 20 Guangzhou 6,741,400 53 21 Chongqing 30,596,900 52 21 Colombo 935,000 52 21 Hanoi 2,356,000 52 24 Macau 435,317 51 25 Metro Manila 10,208,290 49 26 Bangalore 5,200,000 48 26 Islamabad 810,000 48 28 Bandung 1,839,755 47 29 Jakarta 9,489,024 46 30 Delhi 13,418,000 45 31 Ho Chi Minh 3,600,000 43 31 Phnom Penh 999,804 43 31 Surabaya 2,824,838 43 34 Yangon 3,518,444 42 35 Kathmandu 657,341 40 36 Vientiane 531,800 39 37 Chittagong 3,300,000 36 38 Dhaka 9,400,000 34 38 Karachi 9,300,000 34 40 Bombay 14,800,000 32 Asiaweek Features home | Asiaweek home Quick Scroll: More stories and related stories Asiaweek Newsmap: Get the week's leading news stories, by region, from Newsmap  Search AsiaNow TIME Only Asiaweek Only CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNfn.com The Web

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