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That is if Singapore wants to increase real incomes for Singaporeans broadly, including those with low incomes.

Transaction volumes rose 8% from last quarter, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.

Modest and gradual appreciation of the S$NEER policy band will be continued.

Bad news ahead for the country’s economy as electronics exports may have contracted further by 12.3%.

Manufacturing rebounded by 13.2%, buoyed by the strong performance of the biomedical manufacturing segment.

Better get your act together soon, as sociability is expected to contribute 65% to a brand’s overall reputation in three years.

The Aussie dream draws closer with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission providing draft approval for SIA to fly into Virgin Territory.

SPRING plans to train and certify 1,300 workers through 16 new courses.

Rents are expected to drop to S$8.50-9psf, as the country’s employment and GDP growth is on the decline.

Now it has less distributable income to share, down to S$51.9m in the third quarter from S$56.2m in the same period last year.

The slow growth implies that the pace of global economic growth will remain disappointing at well below 3% in both 2011 and 2012.

DPM Tharman said the government will spend more in the next five years to sustain growth. MAS meanwhile will continue “judicious management” of the dollar to curb inflation.

Mass market unit prices are expected to drop from $1,000psf to $850psf next year.

Flood damages have forced the company to halt operations of Nidec Electronics and Nidec Precision in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

After China, Singapore has been the most active market this year, accounting for 27% of the total investment volumes.

The Ministry of Manpower said that once out of work, older Singaporeans were more likely to stay unemployed longer.