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06-Feb-18 Malaysia's IHH is said to be competing with Singapore sovereign fund Temasek Holdings to acquire a controlling interest in India's Global Health for an estimated value of around INR5,800 crore (USD904 mn). [image: The Malay Mail Online]
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02-Feb-18 Healthcare spending in Singapore is expected to grow to USD10 bn in 2018 and will overtake education expenditure in the next 10 years, due to the ageing population, as more hospitals, polyclinics and nursing homes will be needed. [image: Singapore Business Review]
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02-Feb-18 By 2030, 25% of Singaporeans will be 65 or older and according to Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, "With an ageing population, Singapore must transform the way it delivers healthcare by taking a multidisciplinary, person-centric approach." [image: Today]
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31-Jan-18 E-commerce in Singapore comprises 5% of total retail. However, the number is lower in other ASEAN countries: 3% in Indonesia, nearly 2% in Malaysia and Thailand, and 1% in Vietnam and the Philippines. [image: Credit Suisse / Singapore Business Review]
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31-Jan-18 Singapore Medical Group and South Korea’s CHA Healthcare have together bought a majority stake in Australia’s fourth-largest fertility clinic operator, City Fertility Centre. Falling fertility rates across the region are spurring growth in the in-vitro fertilisation industry. [image: Reuters]
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