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Perennial Real Estate issues $170m notes at 5.95%

Some firm executives bought 26.4% of the entire issue.

Chart of the Day: $116.5m mid-August share buybacks beats July's total

It is the seventh successive month that the $100m buyback treshold has been crossed.

Singapore's domestic wholesale trade jumped 10.3% in Q2

The domestic retail trade of petroleum products inched up 23.3%.

New housing policies could make housing affordable to younger generations

It will give a boost to the ageing flats in the HDB resale market.

Government to roll out voluntary early redevelopment scheme for households

Flat owners may opt to reject the scheme and stay in their residences until their lease expires.

Sheng Siong opens two stores in Woodlands

The group is expected to open two more stores within this year.

Imposing freehold leases would be socially divisive: PM Lee

HDB leases last 99 years in order to be fair to future generations, Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said.

Singapore startup AirTrunk bags $851m funding for expansion

The company aims to fund their Australian data centres and expand into Asia.

CHAS to expand service to Singaporeans with chronic health conditions: PM Lee

They will be covered by the scheme regardless of their income.

230,000 HDB flats added to Home Improvement Programme

Singapore expects to spend $4b on all improvement projects.

MediShield Life payouts hit $800m in 2017: PM Lee

About 200,000 Singaporeans benefited from the payouts.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.08%

Wall Street gains could uplift the local bourse today.