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Daily Briefing: Singapore’s population hits 5.47 million; Auction sales jumped to $30m

And swimmer Schooling bags silver in Asian games.

Singapore’s population grew by 1.3 percent to 5.47 million at the end of June this year, the slowest yearly pace in a decade. View more here.

Nine properties were sold at a total of $30.46 million in Q3 2014 so far, according to JLL. This marks a significant leap in sales value, compared to the total of $9.28 million recorded inQ2 2014 for the same number of properties. View more here.

Joseph Schooling has clinched Singapore a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games, coming in second at the men’s 50m butterfly final at the Munhak Park Tae-Hwan Aquatics Centre today (Sept 25). View more here.

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