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  • Singapores exports continue to fall

    Singapore's external trade continued to fall in the first quarter of this year, with declines for total trade, non-oil domestic exports (NODX) and non-oil re-exports (NORX), the city-state's trade promotion agency, International Enterprise Singapore, said Thursday. This is the third consecutive quarter of decrease for both total trade and NODX. According to the data, the NODX, a key gauge of ...

  • Fewer luxury homes sold to foreign buyers in Singapore

    home market of Singapore in the first quarter to a much greater extent than buyers from China, India and the United States. DTZ Research said Indonesian buyers bought 11 ...

  • Singapore posts surprise growth in first quarter of the year

    growth performing better than expected while inflation fell to levels not seen for more than three years. Economists say the numbers point to the resilience of the Singapore economy in the face of global headwinds and the dampening effects government policies are having on home and car prices. Workers struggling with cost- of-living pressures will welcome the news that inflation sank to 1.5 ...

  • Singapores April industrial production grows 4.7

    (MENAFN) Singapore witnessed a 4.7-percent growth in industrial production in April on year, reported Xinhua News citing the city- state's Economic Development Board (EDB).Biomedical production was the only industry to face a decline, which reached 2.7 percent during the month.April's figure is compared with a 3.8-percent fall in March and a 16.3-percent decline in February.It's ...

  • Singapores economy grows 0.2 in Q1

    (MENAFN) Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced that the city-state's economy expanded in the first quarter by 0.2 percent from a year before, reported Xinhua News.The figure is revised from the 0.6-percent decline estimated previously in April.Furthermore, it's compared with a growth of 1.5 percent recorded in last year's fourth quarter.On quarterly ...


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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [Blu-Ray]

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  • Agoda.com offers hotel deals in the lead up to the Great Singapore Sale

    SINGAPORE - Agoda.com, Asia's leading hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq:PCLN), has announced a variety of hotel deals in the leadup to the Great Singapore Sale, one of the island nation's biggest yearly events. Celebrating its 20th year and taking place from May 31 to July 28, the sale - often abbreviated simply as GSS - is an annual event centered ...

  • Frustrated family of American found dead in Singapore withdraw inquiry

    The parents of Shane Todd, the American engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment on June 24, 2012, announced Wednesday that they are withdrawing from the official inquiry into their son's death and will leave Singapore immediately. "We no longer have confidence in the transparency and the fairness of the system," the Todds said in a statement released to CBS ...

  • Father-child cooking sessions encourage family bonding

    Student Ho Mynn (left), 17, cooking with her father Mr Ho Soo Woon, 49, at the ToTT cooking studio on May 23, 2013. Twelve dads paired up with their children on Thursday evening at a hands-on cooking session organised by the Centre for Fathers.The event was held to commemorate next week's Eat With Your Family Day on May 31. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ ...

  • Singapore economy surprises with 1.8 growth in Q1

    SINGAPORE: Singapore on Thursday reported a surprise expansion in its economy in the first quarter, helped by a surge in financial services.Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded 1.8 percent in January-March on a quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted and annualised rate, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).The figure is much better than the government's advanced estimate of a 1.4 ...

  • Water Wally video draws flak from online viewers

    Singa the Courtesy Lion may have "resigned" to much online fanfare last week, but more recently, Water Wally, the Public Utilities Board's water droplet mascot, has been making his own waves online.Entitled 'The Water Wally Shower Dance', the clip shows Water Wally dancing to a rap, reminding children and adults to keep theor showers under five minutes.The video drew ...

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