Philippines is the most emotional society -US poll
By Camille Diola (philstar.com) | Updated November 21, 2012 - 3:54pm
MANILA, Philippines - Filipinos are the most likely to report emotions including anger, pain, tiredness, laughter, enjoyment and stress, a United States-based polling body reported on Tuesday.
With 60 percent of respondents answering "Yes" to straightforward questions such as "Did you feel well-rested yesterday?" "Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday?" "Did you experience anger yesterday?", Filpinos have been found to be the "most emotional society" around the globe by research agency Gallup.
The Philippines is also the only Southeast Asian country among the 15 most emotional nations in the world, with South American country El Salvador at a close second with 57 percent positive responses to the survey and Bahrain in the Middle East with 56 percent.
The numbest society, on the other hand, is Singapore with only 36 percent admitting to experiencing the emotions enumerated in the survey.
Gallup partner Jon Clifton said in a statement that Singaporeans, who are among the wealthiest in the world, are not laughing as much as the rest of the world.
"If you measure Singapore by the traditional indicators, they look like one of the best-run countries in the world. But if you look at everything that makes life worth living, they’re not doing so well," Clifton said.
The second most emotionless societies, according to the survey, are a tie between European states Georgia and Lithuania, with 37 percent of respondents admitting to feelings.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
S'pore most emotionless society in world: survey
S'pore most emotionless society in world: survey
Posted: 21 November 2012 1711 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore has been ranked as the most emotionless society in the world, according to a Bloomberg News report on a Gallup survey.
The survey polled more than 140 countries to compare how people felt about their lives. Respondents were asked questions such as "Evaluate your life on a scale of zero to 10" and whether their life would be better or worse five years from now.
Singapore came in ahead of countries such as Georgia, Lithuania and Russia, for being the most emotionless society.
"If you measure Singapore by the traditional indicators, they look like one of the best-run countries in the world," Gallup partner Jon Clifton was quoted by Bloomberg as saying. "But if you look at everything that makes life worth living, they're not doing so well."
According to the report, not many Singaporeans answered "yes" to negative questions, and to questions measuring happiness, such as, had they smiled yesterday, had they learnt something interesting or felt respected or well-rested?
Only 36 per cent of Singaporeans responded affirmatively to either the positive or negative questions.
According to Gallup's research, only 2 per cent of the country's workers feel engaged by their jobs. The global average is 11 per cent.
"We are taught to keep going and not make too much of a fuss," research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies Leong Chan-Hoong told Bloomberg.
Singaporeans still "take ourselves a bit too seriously," said general secretary of the Singapore Kindness Movement William Wan.
Other results from the survey showed that the Danes are the most satisfied, while people from Togo in West Africa are least satisfied, according to the news report. The most pessimistic society is Greece, while people most likely last year to report feelings of stress, anger, sadness, worry or pain were Iraqis.
- TODAY
Why are Singaporeans ranked the most emotionless society? It is because of the environment? kiasu culture?
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Posted: 21 November 2012 1711 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore has been ranked as the most emotionless society in the world, according to a Bloomberg News report on a Gallup survey.
The survey polled more than 140 countries to compare how people felt about their lives. Respondents were asked questions such as "Evaluate your life on a scale of zero to 10" and whether their life would be better or worse five years from now.
Singapore came in ahead of countries such as Georgia, Lithuania and Russia, for being the most emotionless society.
"If you measure Singapore by the traditional indicators, they look like one of the best-run countries in the world," Gallup partner Jon Clifton was quoted by Bloomberg as saying. "But if you look at everything that makes life worth living, they're not doing so well."
According to the report, not many Singaporeans answered "yes" to negative questions, and to questions measuring happiness, such as, had they smiled yesterday, had they learnt something interesting or felt respected or well-rested?
Only 36 per cent of Singaporeans responded affirmatively to either the positive or negative questions.
According to Gallup's research, only 2 per cent of the country's workers feel engaged by their jobs. The global average is 11 per cent.
"We are taught to keep going and not make too much of a fuss," research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies Leong Chan-Hoong told Bloomberg.
Singaporeans still "take ourselves a bit too seriously," said general secretary of the Singapore Kindness Movement William Wan.
Other results from the survey showed that the Danes are the most satisfied, while people from Togo in West Africa are least satisfied, according to the news report. The most pessimistic society is Greece, while people most likely last year to report feelings of stress, anger, sadness, worry or pain were Iraqis.
- TODAY
Why are Singaporeans ranked the most emotionless society? It is because of the environment? kiasu culture?
- wong chee tat :)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Banks eye 'young professional' market
Banks eye 'young professional' market
By Jo-ann Huang | Posted: 11 April 2011 2230 hrs
SINGAPORE: More young professionals are climbing up the corporate ladder, and that emerging affluent market is a new consumer banking segment in Asia.
With as many as 500 million emerging affluent individuals in the region, banks are stepping up their efforts to capture this growing customer base.
Citibank is using customised banking to target the emerging affluent segment in Asia.
It has launched new services including a 24-hour online secure e-chat with customer service reps, free global fund transfers to other Citibank accounts, and dedicated personal bankers.
Catering to the needs of this segment is one way to retain customers in the long-run.
In the last three years, more than 50 per cent of customers from their Citigold banking segment, which comprises individuals with between S$200,000 to S$1 million in investible assets, have upgraded from the emerging affluent or the Personal Banking segment.
Citibank Singapore country marketing director Jacquelyn Tan said: "We've seen a lot of emerging trends where increasingly our customers within this segment are increasingly more mobile.
"Our customers as well in such a fast-paced environment demand.....a high responsiveness... accessibility as well as convenience and personalised services for their banking needs.
Citibank is targeting countries like China, India and Malaysia for their new emerging affluent services.
Other banks are also jumping in on this trend.
By targeting the emerging affluent segment, UOB for instance, expects profits from this segment as well as its high net worth individual market to reach 50 per cent from 35 per cent in four years.
Standard Chartered launched its preferred banking service for the region's emerging affluent individuals in August last year.
The bank is hiring 800 staff by early 2012 to cater to this growing customer base.
However, banks have differing standards and definitions for the mass affluent or the emerging affluent market.
Citibank considers individuals with a net worth of US$10,000 to US$100,000 to be "emerging affluent".
For Standard Chartered, emerging affluent individuals are required to have investible assets of US$100,000 and above.
For products and services, analysts said US and European banks currently dominate the Asian emerging affluent market.
Fitch Ratings director of Financial Institutions Alfred Chan said: "They have all kinds of sophisticated products; some risky, some are less risky as we have learned from this crisis, so asian banks really need to pick up".
Emerging affluent individuals make up one-third of Asia's consumer banking revenue,and banks forecast this figure to rise.
They project an eight to 15 per cent growth in revenue from Asia's emerging affluent segment annually for the next several years.
-CNA/wk
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By Jo-ann Huang | Posted: 11 April 2011 2230 hrs
SINGAPORE: More young professionals are climbing up the corporate ladder, and that emerging affluent market is a new consumer banking segment in Asia.
With as many as 500 million emerging affluent individuals in the region, banks are stepping up their efforts to capture this growing customer base.
Citibank is using customised banking to target the emerging affluent segment in Asia.
It has launched new services including a 24-hour online secure e-chat with customer service reps, free global fund transfers to other Citibank accounts, and dedicated personal bankers.
Catering to the needs of this segment is one way to retain customers in the long-run.
In the last three years, more than 50 per cent of customers from their Citigold banking segment, which comprises individuals with between S$200,000 to S$1 million in investible assets, have upgraded from the emerging affluent or the Personal Banking segment.
Citibank Singapore country marketing director Jacquelyn Tan said: "We've seen a lot of emerging trends where increasingly our customers within this segment are increasingly more mobile.
"Our customers as well in such a fast-paced environment demand.....a high responsiveness... accessibility as well as convenience and personalised services for their banking needs.
Citibank is targeting countries like China, India and Malaysia for their new emerging affluent services.
Other banks are also jumping in on this trend.
By targeting the emerging affluent segment, UOB for instance, expects profits from this segment as well as its high net worth individual market to reach 50 per cent from 35 per cent in four years.
Standard Chartered launched its preferred banking service for the region's emerging affluent individuals in August last year.
The bank is hiring 800 staff by early 2012 to cater to this growing customer base.
However, banks have differing standards and definitions for the mass affluent or the emerging affluent market.
Citibank considers individuals with a net worth of US$10,000 to US$100,000 to be "emerging affluent".
For Standard Chartered, emerging affluent individuals are required to have investible assets of US$100,000 and above.
For products and services, analysts said US and European banks currently dominate the Asian emerging affluent market.
Fitch Ratings director of Financial Institutions Alfred Chan said: "They have all kinds of sophisticated products; some risky, some are less risky as we have learned from this crisis, so asian banks really need to pick up".
Emerging affluent individuals make up one-third of Asia's consumer banking revenue,and banks forecast this figure to rise.
They project an eight to 15 per cent growth in revenue from Asia's emerging affluent segment annually for the next several years.
-CNA/wk
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