Hong Kong remains world's most expensive expat city: survey

Hong Kong remains at the top of an annual global survey of the world's most expensive cities for expats, according to a report published last week. Asian cities made up six of the top 10, the survey found. A surprise entry was Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, in 2nd place, ahead of Tokyo at number 3 and Singapore at 5, down from 3 in last year's survey. Other Asian cities appearing in the top 10 of Mercer's costliest cities for expatriates are Shanghai (7) and Beijing (10).  In...