SINGAPOREANS have the fastest pace of life, according to a study of walking times in 32 cities by Professor Richard Wiseman and the British Council. They covered 60 feet (18.3 metres) in 10.55 seconds. People walk more quickly in richer countries, although those in the Chinese city of Guangzhou also bustle along. The most leisurely strollers were in Blantyre, Malawi's commercial city. Yet a short hop away in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, residents kept moving twice as fast.

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