We like to think we’re the cleanest, safest city in the region. But we also complain that we don’t have enough sex and that we have to work really long hours. How do we actually compare to the other cities in the region? Are our trains really that crowded? Is our local film scene really flailing? I-S came up with a list of numbers to get the real picture on just exactly how we’re doing, kiasu style of course—by looking at everyone else.

The People | Our Quality of Life | Our Culture 
Our Economy | Various

The People

Population

Average income (per month)

 

Number of foreign workers

 

Legal age to have sex

 

Number of people per square km

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Our Quality of Life

Number of registered cars

Flagfall of urban cab

 

Amount of space devoted to parkland

Number of murders per year

 

Number of public holidays in 2006

Average amount of waste generated per capita

Hong Kong: 0.001 tonnes

Shanghai: 0.59 tonnes

Singapore: 0.5 tonnes

Bangkok: 9.340 tonnes

Average amount of sex per month per capita

Number of people per public toilet

Ranking in world’s most livable city survey

 

Number of local films made per year in 2005

 

Amount of money given by the government to the local film industry in 2005

Singapore: Approximately S$5 million.

Hong Kong: S$1.25 million

Shanghai: 0

Bangkok: Statistic unavailable

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Our Culture

Price of a fast food burger

 

Number of daily papers

 

Number of licensed brothels

Bangkok: 0

Singapore: Statistic Unavailable

Shanghai: 0

Hong Kong: 0

Number of registered marriages per year

Singapore: 22,189

Bangkok: 37, 808

Hong Kong: 43,034

Shanghai: 124,900

Number of divorces per year

Singapore: 1,855

Bangkok: 11,804

Hong Kong: 15,604

Shanghai: 72, 600

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Our Economy

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

Singapore: S$194 billion

Shanghai: S$146.81 billion

Hong Kong: S$52.59 billion

Bangkok: S$258,199 million

Average weekly work hours

Defense budget 2005

Hong Kong: S$47.7 billion (incorporated into Chinese budget)

Shanghai: S$47.7 billion (total Chinese budget)

Singapore: S$11.64 billion

Bangkok: S$4,263 million

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Various

Number of stories of tallest building

Number of Starbucks
           

Fine for dog fouling

 

Number of passengers through local international airport

Hong Kong: 111,616 daily

Shanghai: 49,334 daily

Singapore: 88,767 daily

Bangkok: 15,000 daily

Number of reported bird flu cases and number of birds slaughtered
         

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