Daily Briefing: Private home prices down 8% from 2013 peak; Here's where you could get your iPhone 6S in Singapore

And Indonesia defends haze-fighting efforts.

The Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) flash estimates for the private residential property price index for the third quarter this year stands at 142.3, down from 144.2 during the previous quarter. Read more here.

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Indonesia's disaster chief on Thursday defended the country's efforts to fight forest fires that have blanketed Southeast Asia in choking haze, and said he believed rains would arrive within a month to finally douse the blazes. Read more here.