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This bolstered net office take-up to 879,000 sqft, the highest since 2011.

Around 800,00 sqft of Grade A office space is expected to be completed by 2018 from 2.25m sq ft last year.

But spending in the market at $9.84b has breached 2017's total of $8.24b.

The Big 3 have posted a healthy set of results in Q2 despite bleak market conditions.

Singapore had the fourth strongest premier rental growth across Asia at over 4.1%.

Users will shoulder the increases, and airlines are not resisting.

The $9.78b achieved in the collective sales market for H1 2018 is unlikely to be repeated in H2.

Rents have been in a protracted three-year slump but analysts foresee a mild recovery in the coming months.

Buyers wait on the sidelines as new curbs could boost home prices above $3m.

Overall, there will be lower demand for office space allocated for bank branches, according to an analyst.

A mere 9.1% price rebound flag concerns that such an intervention may have been uncalled for.

Singapore is developing its air traffic control system for drones.

Financial institutions are discouraged from relying on the stolen information for customer verification.

The SingHealth cyberattack affected over 1.5 million Singaporeans, specifically 160,000 patients.

Some banks are looking to establish family offices to serve Chinese entrepreneurs; as a sizeable proportion will look to transfer their wealth to the next generation within the next five to ten years.

DBS fees from wealth are forecast to fall by 9.4%.