The Week long celebrations for the 60th anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej Rama IX of Thailand begin this Friday the 9th of June. He is the world's longest reigning monarch and is reknowned worldwide for his benovelence and dedication to his subjects in the Kingdom of Thailand.
Rediff.com provides an insight into the life and times of the King and why he is and remains the single source of reverence and inspiration for all Thai people.
Worldwide Quality of Living survey conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting reveals India's two best cities Delhi and Mumbai are ranked at 150 -- 29 positions behind Colombo ranked at 121 and even behind Senegal's capital Dakar (144). Bangalore is ranked at 153 up one position from its 2005 ranking, while Chennai is ranked at 160. The top-ranking city in China is Shanghai in 103rd place (score 80.1).Bangkok city is ranked at 107 down one place from its 2005 ranking of 106.
Zurich ranks as the world's top city for quality of living,the city scores 108.2 and is only marginally ahead of Geneva, which scores 108.1, while Vancouver follows in third place with a score of 107.7. In contrast, Baghdad is the lowest ranking city in the survey, scoring just 14.5. Almost half the top 30 scoring cities are in Western Europe.
The analysis is part of Mercer's annual World-wide Quality of LivingSurvey, covering more than 350 cities, to help governments and multinational companies place employees on international assignments. Each city is based on an evaluation of 39 criteria, including political, social,economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education,transport and other public services. Cities are ranked against New York as the base city, which has an index score of 100.
