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Katong Plaza tries for en bloc sale again at $188m
Katong Plaza tries for en bloc sale again at $188m
It can yield up to 300 hotel rooms with an average size of 215 sqft.
LTA to roll out account-based ticketing system SimplyGo on 4 April
Commuters can use their contactless bank cards as their travel card on public transport.
Daily Briefing: Singtel to buy stocks worth US$525m in Bharti Airtel; Auction sales slumped 46.5% to $55.3m in 2018
And Singapore residents can get a free preview of Jewel Changi Airport from 11-16 April.
Chart of the Day: Retail pipeline supply to taper off in 2020-2022
The 1.9m sqft of new retail space that will come online in 2019 will mark a peak.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.21%
Don't expect gains today.
Singapore tops Asian outbound real estate investment in 2018
It accounted for 40% of the overall Asian outbound investment.
Home Office Scheme pushed home-based businesses to grow 23%: study
The most popular businesses are involved in computer programming and consultancy.
CPF loan rules for older HDB resale flats to be relaxed
Further changes will be announced in May.
Tourism receipts up by 10% to $3.44b from January to September 2018
BTMICE visits increased by 14% to 2 million arrivals during this period.
Singapore slides to fourth place in Knight Frank's City Wealth Index
It lagged London, New York and Hong Kong.
COE premiums mostly up in early March
Prices for small cars rose to $26,309.
Singapore bank NIMs to widen despite rising costs
SIBOR has risen 6bps YTD and is expected to rise further due to Singapore Savings Bonds.
HDB's resale volume dipped 15.8% to 1,313 units sold in February
Its resale price index remained flat as compared to its index in January.
Keppel and SPH to buy all remaining shares of M1
The two firms will then proceed in delisting M1 from SGX.
Daily Briefing: Singapore is home to 3,598 ultra-high net worth individuals; Symantec identifies hacking group behind SingHealth's cyberattack
And Singapore-based field service automation platform Zinier bags US$22m in a funding round.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.35%
Don't expect gains today.
Chart of the Day: S-REITs' dividend yields lag Eurozone and Hong Kong
S-REITs' overall dividend yield stands at 2.7%.
Commentary
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