In Focus

Lower income families, middle income earners and SME Businesses biggest winners in this year's budget.

If trade grows by 1 per cent over  the government forecast of 8 to 10 %, SIngapore will have made it into the elte club of nations whose trade exceeds US$1tn.

The expansion was driven by the manufacturing sector which rebounded by 29.7 per cent in 2010.

New projects that were launched in January saw weaker take-up of less than 50 percent.

It is unnatural to expect property prices to remain strong, said MND Minister Mah.

According to a Michael Page survey cited in the BT, this is up from 23% in 4Q 2010.

Tourism receipts exceeded the $17.5-18.5 billion forecast, according to OCBC.

MAS will allow SGD to strengthen further to combat inflationary pressures.

Kirin's increased stake in Fraser and Neaves provides support to the share price, and possible provide catalyst for restructuring over the medium to long term.

The Indian telecommunications company is expected to contribute about 15-19% of SingTel’s earnings in FY11F/12F.

The improvement of rental performance and investor confidence is seen to boost the office prices.

An estimated 57,500 residents were unemployed in December 2010, according to the Department of Statistics Singapore.

Prices of multiple-user factory space increased by 6.3% in 4th Quarter of 2010, URA said.

The $2.7 billion 2-year bond re-opening is the largest 2-year SGS bond offering since February 2004.

Biomedical manufacturing dragged down the manufacturing output in December 2010 and for the whole of 2010.

The country's strong economic growth and brisk activity in the financial and high-technology industries pushed Singapore to top the rankings.