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Singapore overtakes Hong Kong in cross-border commercial property investments in Q1

Investment from the city rose 23% to US$21.8b in the 12 months to Q1 2019.

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Luxury homes buck residential sales decline in May

Sales have come to a relative standstill, with the exception of homes priced above $2,000 psf.

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Industrial property sales jumped 27.6% to $1.3b in Q1

Major transactions include factories in Tuas South Avenue and Banyan Drive being sold for $585m and $227.5m, respectively.

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Singapore's 2019 GDP growth forecast cut to 2.1%: MAS survey

The manufacturing as well as wholesale and retail trade sectors are tipped to contract 0.2% and 0.3% respectively.

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Businesses still bearish for Q3 2019

The business optimism index fell from +10.58ppt to +6.91ppt over a year.

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Singapore trails Hong Kong, Japan in ease of doing business

It ranks sixth in Asia as the burden of additional compliance requirements pull Singapore down.

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Singapore beats Hong Kong as Asia's top treasury location

More multinationals still prefer the Lion City with 4,200 regional headquarters based in Singapore, the largest in APAC.

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Residential unit sales up 0.1% in Q1 as luxury home transactions drive gains

Market launches in the core central region hit a five-year high at 363 units.

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Food factories are eating up Singapore's industrial space

Over 630,000 sqft of food factory space came on-stream in 2019 YTD.

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Dividend yields of companies linked to Asia's wealthiest family empires outpace benchmark STI

Their dividend yields hover between 7.1-7.7% compared to 4% for the STI.

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LTA mulls rail link between north and northeast Singapore

The Land Transport Master Plan 2040 also unveils plans to extend the Downtown and Thomson-East Coast Lines.

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How is Singapore bringing life back into dying industrial buildings?

habitat by honestbee which incorporates retail operations in an industrial setting is a key example.

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How Singapore is bringing the legal industry into the digital age

Legaltech innovations are now moving beyond document generation solutions towards blockchain application.

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Singapore's medical tourism ambitions falter as Malaysia steps up

Malaysia offers more competitive surgery costs with a heart bypass costing just US$14,000 compared to US$23,000 in Singapore.

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MTI downgrades Singapore's 2019 GDP forecast to 1.5-2.5% amidst weakening outlook

Growth in the manufacturing, wholesale trade, transportation and storage sectors will likely be subdued.

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Banks stand strong against bad loan wave in Q1

The formation of new bad loans in Q1 was the lowest in five years.

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Singapore bank NIMs up 3bps in Q1

UOB was the only weak link as margins shrunk 5bps.

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