Original sentence: As of September 2007, the unemployment rate is 1.7 percent, which is the lowest in a decade, having improved to around pre-Asian crisis level.It enjoys a relatively positive public image, and is credited for helping to arrest Singapore's civic unrests and lawlessness in its early years, and maintaining the low crime rate today.To compete with regional rivals like Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai, the government has announced that the city area would be transformed into a more exciting place by lighting up the civic and commercial buildings
Edited sentence: In September 2007, the unemployment rate was 1.7 percent, the lowest in a decade, having improved to around pre-Asian crisis level.It enjoys a relatively positive public image, and is credited for helping to arrest Singapore's civic unrest and lawlessness in its early years, and maintaining the low crime rate today.To compete with regional rivals like Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai, the government has announced that the city area will be transformed into a more exciting place by lighting up the civic and commercial buildings