Singapore rises to 8th most-desirable place to relocate in world: survey

Singapore rises to 8th most-desirable place to relocate in world: survey

Singapore’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic could help lure overseas talent, according to the people behind a newly released survey.

Singapore was more popular than 182 other nations among respondents who said they would relocate for work last year, according to a labor mobility survey, though it found fewer people overall interested in working abroad. Malaysian agency JobStreet credited the pandemic response for Singapore’s climb from 24th to eighth place since last year.

“The 2020 list now sees a total of four Asia-Pacific countries,” JobStreet said today of Singapore, Australia, Japan and New Zealand in the annual report by U.S. firm Boston Consulting Group. “This is likely due to the countries’ management of COVID-19, which have largely registered low mortality rates and kept infection cases in check.”

That analysis was shared by Boston Consulting Group, which polled about 209,000 people online for the results.

“The changes to the list of top-ten destinations largely reflect different countries’ success in managing COVID-19 outbreaks. Almost all of the countries that have fallen lower on the list or disappeared from it – including the US, France, Italy, and Spain – have struggled, at some point in the last year, to ‘flatten the curve.’” 

The United States was knocked off the top spot by Canada.

Residents of China, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Switzerland found Singapore especially desirable, according to the findings, who noted interest in its high quality of life.

Meanwhile, fewer Singaporeans said they were willing to work abroad amid the pandemic.

According to the survey, only 44% of Singaporeans expressed interest in doing so, down from the nearly 80% who did in 2014. Singaporeans who wanted to work abroad had their eyes on Australia, followed by China, Taiwan and New Zealand. Singapore and Australia are currently in talks to establish a safe travel agreement.

Singapore’s once-raging COVID outbreak has diminished to only a trickle of daily new cases since September, averaging 12 new cases a day in the past week. A dozen were logged today; the official death toll stands at 29. Currently, employees are strongly encouraged to work remotely or split into small teams if that’s not possible.

调查显示，新加坡升至全球最令人向往的第八位

据最新发布的一项调查显示，新加坡对COVID-19大流行的反应可能有助于吸引海外人才。

根据劳动力流动调查，新加坡比其他182个国家更受欢迎，他们表示，去年他们将移居工作，尽管总体而言，对海外工作感兴趣的人数有所减少。马来西亚机构JobStreet将大流行反应归因于新加坡自去年以来从第24位攀升至第八位。

JobStreet今天在美国公司波士顿咨询集团的年度报告中对新加坡，澳大利亚，日本和新西兰表示：“ 2020年名单上共有四个亚太国家。” “这很可能是由于该国对COVID-19的管理，这些国家在很大程度上已经实现了低死亡率，并控制了感染病例。”

波士顿咨询集团（Boston Consulting Group）共享了该分析结果，该调查结果在线调查了约209,000人。

“排名前十位的目的地列表的变化在很大程度上反映了不同国家在管理COVID-19暴发方面的成功。在去年的某个时候，几乎所有跌落榜单或从榜单上消失的国家（包括美国，法国，意大利和西班牙）都在努力“拉平曲线”。 

美国被加拿大淘汰。

调查结果显示，中国，卡塔尔，阿拉伯联合酋长国和瑞士的居民发现新加坡特别理想，他们对新加坡的高质量生活产生了兴趣。

与此同时，在大流行中，他们愿意在国外工作的新加坡人减少了。

根据调查，只有44％的新加坡人表示愿意这样做，低于2014年的近80％。想要在国外工作的新加坡人关注澳大利亚，其次是中国，台湾和新西兰。新加坡和澳大利亚目前正在商讨建立安全的旅行协议。

自9月份以来，新加坡曾经风靡一时的COVID疫情已减少到每天一小滴，每天，过去一周平均每天有12例新病例。今天记录了十二个；官方的死亡人数为29。目前，强烈建议员工进行远程工作，或者在不可能的情况下分成小团队。