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The economy is expected to grow a mere 6 percent in 1Q11 as a result of the political unrest in the Middle East and the twin disasters in Japan.

A fiscally strong country, Singapore passed with flying colors all the indicators of a healthy economy.

This is the highest bank lending activity since November 2008, rising to 17.3% this year.

Finally, Singaporean mobile customers can tell their operator enough is enough and limit their monthly data roaming fees to $100.

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This is compared to the 44% of U.S. respondents who consult the HR, according to the survey conducted by Aon Hewitt and University of Southern California.

Year growth is expected to come up to about 25%, reaching $2,500- 2,700psf by end 2011.

Despite 2.6msf of retail space over 2009/2010 falling to 0.9msf p.a over the next 2 years, landlords will still get a raise.

While 53% of those surveyed reported that their bonus was higher than in 2009, only 45% of respondents indicated they were satisfied with their bonus.

Funtasy Island Resort is 16 kilometres from the Vivocity Shopping Center, Singapore and only 20 minutes away by ferry from the Harbourfront, Singapore.

While the MAS is right that the bulk of the inflationary pressure previously came from high COE prices and accommodation costs, food and fuel prices will become more prominent factors in the inflation equation.

Inflationary risks are centainly rising and food inflation has also been steadily rising, said DBS.

The top 100 brands in Asia were ranked and among the top ten were Google (3) and Apple (4), Mercedes (5) and Rolex (6).

However, NODX to Indonesia and Hong Kong declined by 17% and 6% respecively, due to electronic and non-electronic NODX.

New launches have achieved decent take-up and developers are taking this window of opportunity to raise prices, although at a slower rate.

But over 90% of businesses have retained their staff, according to Antal Global Snapshot.