On top for a third year running

In the lead: The Smart City Index takes into account input from the cities’ residents of how technology improved their lives. One hundred and twenty Singaporeans took part in the survey. — AFP

SINGAPORE is the smartest city in the world for the third year running, according to this year’s Smart City Index.

Published by Swiss business school Institute of Management Development (IMD) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design on Oct 28, the index ranks 118 cities by how “smart” they are.