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Chart of the Day: Old age dependency ratio on the rise in Singapore
Chart of the Day: Old age dependency ratio on the rise in Singapore
Singapore sees the most rapidly ageing population in Asia alongside South Korea and Taiwan.
Daily Briefing: LTA cuts number of shared bikes by half; Two weekend condo launches see 40% conversion rate
And a two-bedroom condo in the CBD are the world’s second costliest.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 1.18%
It could attempt to conquer the 3,260 hurdle.
Ascendas Reit to buy UK logistics properties for $459m
They have a gross internal area of 266,184 sq m and a full occupancy rate.
CBD Grade A office rents up 2.3% in Q3
Co-working operators remain as the most active space seekers in the area.
Hypermarket chain Giant to shut down Vivo City outlet in early 2019
The move will follow the closure of Giant’s Junction 10 and Jalan Tenteram outlets this year.
291 auction listings in Q3 highest since Q1 2011
But listings made by owners dropped 7.9% amidst the Hungry Ghost month.
Singtel gets Discovery after Starhub fallout
HGTV, AFC, and Food Network will have free previews on Singtel TV until 30 November.
Completed condo prices inched up 0.5% in August
Prices of small units rose 1%.
2.8 million Singaporeans to get SG Bonus in December
Eligible citizens will receive up to $3,002, depending on their assessable income in 2017.
Singapore population inched up 0.5% to 5.64 million in June
The citizen population grew 1% to 3.47 million, boosting growth.
CPF interest rates to remain unchanged until end 2019
Those with Ordinary Accounts will earn interest rates up to 3.5% per annum on their monies until end of Q4 2018.
DBS, OCBC, and SGX join ASEAN's corporate disclosure champs
They scored 10 in 10 points in a corporate disclosure index.
Singapore's economic freedom has been trailing Hong Kong's for 26 years
It also reported lower scores in government size and legal & property rights system.
NUS loses crown as Asia's best university
Singapore’s premiere university lost by just a mere 0.4 ppt to Tsinghua in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
Property auction sales shrink 77.1% to $10.44m in Q3
The highest transaction was priced at $3.25m.
58,000 oBikes removed from Singapore public spaces: LTA
The bicycles, which are designated for scrapping, are temporarily stored at holding sites.
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