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Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are the first three jurisdictions in ASEAN to satisfy the requirements of the framework.

Subsector yielded the highest in S-REIT sector.

Every US$10/bbl rise in jet fuel price will result in an erosion of S$300m to SIA’s bottomline, says MayBank.

Analyst expects industrial REITs to post healthy YoY growth.

With machine-to-machine communicaton rising there is now a call for more supportive policies.

It could be filed as early as 3Q and once passed businesses will have to comply with stricter consumer data laws.

Annual net rents of CBD Grade A office space in Singapore fell 4.9% to US$65.81 per sq ft.

Consumers seem to take comfort in those LV and Hermes bags amid economic volatilities.

The annual growth rate for 2011 was only 13% which is a sharp contraction from 2010's recorded growth rate of 24.5%.

But question is, for how long?

Second aircraft will come by the end of March.

Competition is stiff within Singapore and project margins are low, says OCBC.

Arrivals from China spiked up 52.8% YoY to 201.7k.

Olam intends to develop 28,000 hectares of rubber plantations in partnership with the Government of the Republic of Gabon.

Its RevPAR grew  ~11.7%  while that of budget hotels  decline ~5.0%, thus proves that travelers from developing Asia are not budget travelers, says OCBC.

Bond funds enjoyed another record week as equity indexes breached key levels, according to EPFR Global.