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News updated on 5 June 2020

• Singapore’s private home prices likely to rebound after Covid-19 – www.edgeprop.sg
• The reimagined office – www.edgeprop.sg
• HDB resale volume hits new low, but prices hold steady – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 4 June 2020

• Singapore Landlords Need a Post-Covid Remake – www.washingtonpost.com
• Transaction volume by foreign home buyers fall 26.1% in 1Q2020 – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 3 June 2020

• Singapore’s private home prices likely to rebound after Covid-19 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Landlords to give SME tenants more rental relief under proposed amendments to COVID-19 laws – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Law for landlords to provide rental waiver for affected businesses during Covid-19 to be introduced in Parliament – mothership.sg

News updated on 1 June 2020

• Why Singapore's private residential market will remain attractive in the long term – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 31 May 2020

• A look at Stanley Ho’s foray into high-end Singapore property – www.scmp.com
• Singapore agrees to further extend KL-S'pore High-Speed Rail project suspension till Dec 31 at Malaysia's request – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 29 May 2020

• Property sector in limbo as projects’ sales galleries stay closed – www.edgeprop.sg
• Positioning investment strategies in a post-Covid world: BlackRock – www.edgeprop.sg
• 7,800 BTO flats will be offered in August 2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• 2nd residential site up for sale, tender extended due to Covid-19 – www.straitstimes.com
• Wealthy buyers continue to shop for luxury homes in Singapore even as overall private home sales plunge – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 28 May 2020

• New Bill could level playing field between landlords and tenants – www.straitstimes.com
• JTC launches six Industrial GLS sites for 2H2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Government land site in Tanah Merah could see healthy demand despite Covid-19 pall – www.edgeprop.sg
• Prices of residential properties fall 0.6% m-o-m in April: NUS – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 26 May 2020

• Parliament: Banks approve 90% of applications to defer mortgage payments amid Covid-19 – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 25 May 2020

• Singapore Among Favourite Destinations For Chinese Property Buyers – www.propertyguru.com.sg

News updated on 22 May 2020

• Changing landscape for office sector after Covid-19 – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 21 May 2020

• Show galleries to remain closed until further notice: URA – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Oxley Holdings sells retail podium of former Chevron House for $315 mil – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 20 May 2020

• Potential buyer for Chevron House's retail, banking units offers $315m – www.straitstimes.com
• Commentary: COVID-19 will reshape the Singapore office property market outlook – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 19 May 2020

• LOGOS SECURES SINGAPORE SITE AFTER CLOSING S$1.2B IVANHOE, CPPIB FUND – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 17 May 2020

• Resales of small HDB flats slipped 10% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 16 May 2020

• New private home sales fall to five-year low in April – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 15 May 2020

• Singapore new private home sales plunge 58% in April amid COVID-19 circuit breaker – www.channelnewsasia.com
• ‘Fire sales’ of penthouses in prime districts – what you can get for under $8.8 mil – www.edgeprop.sg
• Million-dollar HDB unit at SkyTerrace @ Dawson sold during circuit breaker – www.edgeprop.sg
• Post-Covid-19 recovery in private residential market expected to be similar to post-H1N1 rally – www.edgeprop.sg
• CBRE’s Moray Armstrong sees ‘a raft of opportunities’ post-Covid-19 – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 14 May 2020

• Singapore posts 78% fall in property investment volume in Q1: report – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Property investments down 78% YoY to $613.79m in Q1: study – sbr.com.sg
• Home buyers turning to virtual viewings of property during circuit breaker period – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 13 May 2020

• Property buyers get temporary reprieve from making payments under Covid-19 law – www.straitstimes.com
• Frasers Property CEO warns 'business as usual' is not an option as 2Q earnings drop – www.edgeprop.sg
• Home buyers active in April despite circuit breaker: Knight Frank – www.edgeprop.sg
• Condo, HDB rental volumes plunge more than 36% in April from March – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Condo rents up 1.8% in April – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 12 May 2020

• Singapore condo resales plunge 57% in April amid circuit breaker period: SRX – www.straitstimes.com
• CDL sells more Singapore properties in Q1 but at lower sales value; shuts 30% of hotels amid Covid-19 lockdowns – www.straitstimes.com
• April home sales dive 62%; May unlikely to see improvement – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Prime grade office rents down 1.1% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 11 May 2020

• Rent regulation needed to sustain Singapore’s competitiveness – theindependent.sg
• Ikea to launch new concept store in Jem next year – www.edgeprop.sg
• HDB resale prices tipped to decline 1.3% in 2020 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 10 May 2020

• 2020 posts highest first-quarter resale volume in eight years – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 9 May 2020

• Some expats in S'pore asking for rental cuts – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 8 May 2020

• Urban farming in Singapore – www.edgeprop.sg
• Expats in Singapore ask for rent cuts as employers face squeeze – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• HDB resale flat volume falls 78.3% in April; only 423 units changed hands amid circuit breaker measures – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 7 May 2020

• Developers get reprieve on completion, sale, ABSD, QC deadlines – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 6 May 2020

• Singapore Unveils Temporary Relief Measures for Property Firms – www.bloomberg.com
• Govt rolls out temporary relief measures for property sector amid pandemic – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Residential mortgage auction listings jump 61% in 2019 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Home prices may further drop in Q2 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 5 May 2020

• Half of developers likely to cut prices of Singapore new launches – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Occupancy of homes in OCR rose to 95.9% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 4 May 2020

• Cheap condos dominate Q1 sales to top three foreign buyers – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 3 May 2020

• Foreign buyers bought fewer homes in Q1 – sbr.com.sg
• Luxury condo sales surged 72% in Q1 despite weak property market – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 30 April 2020

• HDB launches exec condo site in Yishun, extends tender period to 6 months due to Covid-19 – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore’s Reits continue to be squeezed by coronavirus fallout and measures, with government support bringing little relief – www.scmp.com

News updated on 28 April 2020

• Singapore home prices set for first decline since 2016 as economic recession bites, Colliers says – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 26 April 2020

• Auction listings dipped 3.5% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 25 April 2020

• S'pore retail and office prices, rents fall in Q1 – www.straitstimes.com
• Q1 private home prices fall 1%, less than initially estimated – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 24 April 2020

• Cooling measures may have spared property market greater pain – www.straitstimes.com
• Industrial prices, rents face coronavirus pandemic pressure – www.straitstimes.com
• Opportunistic buyers snap up deals amid circuit breaker lull – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 23 April 2020

• Industrial rents, prices face downward pressure due to coronavirus spread: JTC – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 22 April 2020

• Tenants in limbo as some coworking firms work out arrangements for rental rebates – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Prime rents in Orchard Road fall 1.4% in 1Q2020 – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 21 April 2020

• Secondary condo sales slumped 25.3% in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 18 April 2020

• Perennial sells 30% stake in 111 Somerset to Shun Tak for $155m – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 17 April 2020

• Sales galleries and showflats go online – www.edgeprop.sg
• Singapore Residential Sales Rose 20% In Q1: Huttons Asia – www.propertyguru.com.sg

News updated on 16 April 2020

• Industrial rents in Singapore to moderate in 2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Coronavirus: New measures to give Reits more flexibility in raising funds, managing cash flow – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 15 April 2020

• Singapore home sales set for harder hit as lockdown tightened – www.nst.com.my
• New home sales down 37.4% in March: URA – sbr.com.sg
• Condo rents up 3.2% in March – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 14 April 2020

• Singapore property investment sales may dive up to 70% in 2020 – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Property investment sales plunge 37% in Q1 amid virus crisis: Report – www.straitstimes.com
• Lendlease rolls out Covid-19 community relief efforts across Asia – www.edgeprop.sg
• Condo resale prices up 0.4% in March – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 13 April 2020

• Property investments fell 37% to $3.02b in Q1 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 12 April 2020

• Singapore property investment sales take coronavirus hit with 37% Q1 drop: Report – www.straitstimes.com
• Coronavirus: Singapore property prices set to tumble, fire sales ‘unlikely’ – www.scmp.com

News updated on 9 April 2020

• HDB resale prices up 0.7%in March – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 7 April 2020

• Parliament: Law compelling landlords to pass on property tax rebates to tenants 'doesn't make them worse off', says DPM Heng – www.straitstimes.com
• MAS waives TDSR limits for borrowers seeking to defer mortgage repayments – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 6 April 2020

• Mandarin Orchard Singapore to rebrand as Hilton property – www.businesstraveller.com
• More rental support for govt's industrial, office, agri tenants – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• City Development's retail tenants get full rental rebates in April, 50% in May – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Bigger rent waiver for industrial, office, agricultural tenants: Heng Swee Keat – www.straitstimes.com
• Will co-living survive in Singapore's fast-changing rental market? – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 5 April 2020

• Kopar at Newton sees 77 units sold ahead of enforced shut down of all sales galleries – www.edgeprop.sg
• Over 9,000 home units set to launch in 2020 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 4 April 2020

• Developers told to suspend all showflat galleries for a month – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 3 April 2020

• Covid-19: New laws to compel landlords to pass on property tax rebate – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Retail unit facing Tanglin Road sold for S$43m – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Reits sold down as investors fret over challenges facing landlords – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Co-working firm JustCo rolls out rebate for members – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 2 April 2020

• Government to introduce legislation to make landlords pass on property tax rebates to tenants 'in full' – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Tenants need ‘unprecedented’ rent relief amid COVID-19 outbreak, say retail and F&B groups – www.channelnewsasia.com
• ASCENDAS REIT BUYS OUT MITSUI STAKE IN SG BUSINESS PARK FOR S$103M – www.mingtiandi.com
• DBS says Singapore retail Reits 'in for rough ride' – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Analysts predict up to 8% full-year drop in private home prices – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Data centre, industrial, healthcare Reits most resilient in recent sell-off – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• HDB resale prices flat in Q1 amid Covid-19 outbreak – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• HDB resale price index remains unchanged for 1Q2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Malaysians bought less condos from fringe districts in 2019 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 1 April 2020

• Private property prices fall 1.2% in Q1: URA flash estimates – www.channelnewsasia.com
• HDB resale price index remains unchanged for 1Q2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• IPS proposes to sell Kallang factory to StorHub for S$26m – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Ascendas Reit takes 25% stake in Galaxis for S$102.9m – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Analysts don’t expect private property prices to tumble, despite fall in Q1 based on prelim data – www.todayonline.com
• Average monthly rent for Singapore expats swells 1.4% – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 31 March 2020

• Coronavirus: Individuals can apply to defer property loan, insurance premium payments; Singapore SMEs to get cash flow support – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 28 March 2020

• Singapore hotels 51% full in Feb, room revenues drop 40% – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 27 March 2020

• Chip Eng Seng tests Kopar at prices from $2,100 psf – www.edgeprop.sg
• Higher property tax rebates to keep businesses afloat – www.edgeprop.sg
• China tycoon sells S$14m of ESR-Reit and IReit units in a fortnight – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 26 March 2020

• OUE to rebrand Mandarin Orchard as largest Hilton hotel in Asia-Pacific – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Higher property tax rebates to keep businesses afloat – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 25 March 2020

• Coronavirus closures may hit Singapore Reits harder than the global financial crisis – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 24 March 2020

• Sengkang EC OLÁ sells 30% of units on first weekend – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 23 March 2020

• Singapore's Growing Home Price Divide Continues in 2020 – www.worldpropertyjournal.com

News updated on 19 March 2020

• 15% of OLÁ units to be priced under S$1m – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Covid-19 may amplify attractiveness of Singapore’s real estate market – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 18 March 2020

• Coronavirus: Singapore housing projects using prefab parts stalled by Malaysia lockdown – www.straitstimes.com
• Flexspace: winning the long game – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 17 March 2020

• Despite looming global recession, Singapore private residential property market still a safe-haven – www.theonlinecitizen.com

News updated on 16 March 2020

• New home sales up 114% in Feb, amid virus outbreak – www.straitstimes.com
• New private homes sales up 57.3% in February amid COVID-19 situation – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Singapore home sales jump, defying Asia property weakness – www.thestar.com.my

News updated on 13 March 2020

• Dawson HDB flats cross million-dollar threshold soon after MOP – www.edgeprop.sg
• Real estate still attractive despite short-term turbulence – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 12 March 2020

• Condo, HDB rents and volumes up in Feb: SRX – www.straitstimes.com
• Mortgagee sale listings could hit new record in 2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• How will Covid-19 outbreak impact the Singapore property market? – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 11 March 2020

• Singapore 2020 property auction listings may rise 10% – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Condo resale prices, volume fall in Feb – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 10 March 2020

• Condo resale prices and sales drop in February, hurt by coronavirus outbreak – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore property auction listings could rise 10% in 2020 due to coronavirus outbreak: report – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 6 March 2020

• What’s the difference between a ‘luxury branded’ EC and a regular EC? – cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 5 March 2020

• Singapore tops Asian outbound real estate investment for 2nd consecutive year: CBRE – www.retalkasia.com
• HDB resale market 'resilient' in February even though fewer flats change hands – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 4 March 2020

• Tenders for three housing sites close – www.straitstimes.com
• Tenders for three housing sites close – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 3 March 2020

• Are Singapore’s 99-year leases and falling property prices about to become an election issue? – www.scmp.com
• Buyer's market for private homes due to unsold units: CBRE – www.straitstimes.com
• Buyer's market for private homes due to unsold units: CBRE – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 2 March 2020

• Retail property rents may take hit this year amid outbreak: Study – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 1 March 2020

• What Covid-19 does to already fragile residential market – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 29 February 2020

• DC rates change announced by Chief Valuer – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Development charge cuts could help developers – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 28 February 2020

• DC rates trimmed 0.2% on average for non-landed residential use – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Singapore hotels: A legacy of resilience – www.edgeprop.sg
• SPH Reit to offer tailored relief packages for tenants – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 27 February 2020

• The Porcelain Hotel in Chinatown up for sale at $115 mil – www.edgeprop.sg
• Singapore real estate market to remain resilient in 2020 amid muted economic performance and uncertainty – www.cbre.com.sg
• Rents in Singapore hit three-year high as expat demand surges – www.theedgemarkets.com

News updated on 26 February 2020

• Colliers outlines real estate opportunities by referencing trends during SARS outbreak – www.edgeprop.sg
• Here's what property owners can do amidst the virus crisis – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 25 February 2020

• JTC launches two Industrial GLS sites for 1H2020 – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 23 February 2020

• Wing Tai sells 70% of The M over launch weekend – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 21 February 2020

• UOL to pass property tax rebates on to tenants at its 3 malls – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Bukit Sembawang sells nearly two-thirds of homes at Luxus Hills' final phase – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Changi Airport tenants get 50% rental rebate for six months – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Bukit Sembawang sells 65% of final phase at 999-year Luxus Hills – www.edgeprop.sg
• Applying property investment lessons from SARS to the COVID-19 outbreak – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 20 February 2020

• Easing Singapore property curbs not on radar: DPM Heng – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Why there are no goodies for property developers in Budget 2020 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Singapore Budget 2020: Property tax rebates a key part of $4b support package: Analysts – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 18 February 2020

• IOB Building in Cecil Street up for sale with $217.7m guide price – www.straitstimes.com
• Parc Canberra EC sells 64% of units at launch – www.straitstimes.com
• Singapore Budget 2020: Property tax rebates a welcome boost, but will it be enough if outbreak, downturn are protracted? – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 17 February 2020

• New private home sales rebound after year-end holidays; strongest January showing in 7 years – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Singapore developers sell 618 private homes excluding ECs in Jan, up 14.9% from Dec – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• New home sales surged 41.4% in January: URA – www.msn.com
• Singapore considers floating structures as solution to land scarcity – www.asiapropertyawards.com
• Coronavirus threatens fragile gains in retail, industrial real estate – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 15 February 2020

• Singapore's property market can withstand the impact of Covid-19 – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 14 February 2020

• No award of tender for Woodlands industrial site – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Tech firms drive up premium office rents in Singapore – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 13 February 2020

• Leasing volume lower in January; market likely to slow down – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 12 February 2020

• Condo and HDB rents rise in January on lower volume; coronavirus outbreak may hit leasings – www.straitstimes.com
• Condo and HDB rents rise in January on lower volume; coronavirus outbreak may hit leasings – www.straitstimes.com
• Condo rentals rose 0.9% in January – sbr.com.sg
• HDB rents up 0.8% in January – sbr.com.sg
• Tiong Seng bags two home development contracts worth $123.9m – sbr.com.sg
• Singapore Shopping Centre back on en bloc market with S$255m price tag – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 11 February 2020

• Condo resale prices and volume rise in January, ahead of any coronavirus impact – www.straitstimes.com
• Search HDB Launches 3,095 Flats in February 2020 BTO Exercise – www.hdb.gov.sg
• Aberdeen Standard adds first Singapore asset to global real estate portfolio – realassets.ipe.com
• Condo resale prices up 2.3% in January – sbr.com.sg
• HDB launches 3,095 flats in Toa Payoh, Sembawang in first exercise of 2020 – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 10 February 2020

• https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/frasers-property-unit-acquires-manager-of-singapore-malls-office-building – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 9 February 2020

• Coronavirus outbreak: Impact on Singapore real estate – www.straitstimes.com
• PHOENIX SELLS SINGAPORE SHOPHOUSES TO ABERDEEN STANDARD FOR S$54M – www.mingtiandi.com
• Half of all new two-room flexi flats bought by seniors, 40-year lease most popular: HDB – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 8 February 2020

• Exemptions for some listed developers unlikely to have major impact on property prices: Experts | Video – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 7 February 2020

• Singapore Property Rule Easing May Start Regulatory Shift – www.bloomberg.com
• Listed Singapore developers can get exemption from QC scheme – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 6 February 2020

• Hmlet launches more co-living properties in Tiong Bahru – www.straitstimes.com
• Long-time tenants at Sungei Kadut to move into new facilities as part of estate's revamp – www.straitstimes.com
• Chart of the Day: Foreigner-bought posh home sales held steady in 2018-19 – sbr.com.sg
• Enhanced CPF housing grants boosted HDB resale market in H2 2019 – sbr.com.sg
• HDB resale prices up 0.3% in January – sbr.com.sg
• Hmlet launches more co-living properties in Tiong Bahru – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 5 February 2020

• Yield from CPF may surpass that for private homes: Study – www.straitstimes.com
• Chart of the Day: Tech firms beat finance companies in filling office spaces in 9M 2019 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 4 February 2020

• Retirement savings may best real estate returns in Singapore – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 2 February 2020

• Low interest rates and high foreign capital bright spots in property capital markets: CBRE – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 31 January 2020

• Property investment sales to accelerate across all segments in 2020 – sbr.com.sg
• Newer HDB flats reach record sales in 2019 – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Wing Fong Mansions and Wing Fong Court in Geylang for sale – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Residential investment sales plunged 70% in Q4 2019 – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Private residential property market expected to ‘remain resilient’ in 2020: REDAS – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Private residential property market expected to ‘remain resilient’ in 2020: REDAS – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 30 January 2020

• Colliers forecasts Singapore property investment sales to cross S$31b in 2020 – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Property investment sales to accelerate across all segments in 2020 – sbr.com.sg
• Singapore home prices expected to grow 3% in 2020: Colliers – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 29 January 2020

• JTC launches tender for industrial site in Tuas South – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Singapore's real estate market is 9th most dynamic in the world, Sea Group buys Canadian game developer Phoenix Group – sbr.com.sg
• Chart of the Day: 2.2 million sqm of industrial space to be completed in 2020 – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 28 January 2020

• Chart of the Day: 170 uncompleted strata-titled industrial units up for sale in Q4 2019 – sbr.com.sg
• Home prices jumped 2.7% in 2019: URA – sbr.com.sg

News updated on 24 January 2020

• Why Singapore's property market is booming – www.asiaone.com
• Luxury Real Estate in Singapore Draws Rich Chinese – www.finews.asia
• Mortgagee sale listings in 2019 increase by 61% – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• ESR-REIT's CEO outlines merger benefits, growth plans – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Flight to quality continues in industrial property as tenants flock to limited high-spec space – sg.finance.yahoo.com
• Office rents in central region eases 3.2% in fourth quarter – www.straitstimes.com
• HDB rents inched up 1.3% YoY in December – sbr.com.sg

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