Hong Kong, with its sky-high housing costs, retains its place atop the rankings for a third straight year as the world's most expensive city for expats. – EPA pic, June 9, 2020.
HONG Kong retains its place atop the rankings for a third straight year as the world’s most expensive city for expats, according to the latest Mercer annual report today. The consultancy found Hong Kong, with its sky-high housing costs, was still ahead of 208 other cities while Asia provided six of the top 10 – Turkmen capital Ashgabat notably edging Tokyo out of second spot.
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