Taipei world’s 7th smartest city: IMD

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei is the world’s seventh smartest city, ahead of Tokyo and New York, according to the Smart City Index 2019 published by Switzerland’s IMD Business School.

The world’s smartest city, Singapore, was the only other Asian city to finish in the top 10, which also included seven European cities.

The review was based on interviews with 120 residents in 102 cities about the use of technology in their daily lives, the UDN reported. Question topics included the use of the Internet to register for hospital visits, attitudes toward closed-circuit TV cameras in fighting crime, and satisfaction with transportation.

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