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Daily Briefing: HDB issues $675m, 5-year fixed rate notes; HDB flat value held by households drops 0.7%
And Singapore activists warn of surging xenophobia.
- The housing board has issued five-year Fixed Rate Notes valued at $675 million under its Multicurrency Medium Term Note (MTN) programme. Read more here.
- The value of HDB flats held by households dipped by 0.7 percent to $412.8 billion in 2013 due to higher supply and the series of property curbs imposed in recent years, according to media reports. Find out more here.
- Guest workers and expatriates are increasingly the target of "xenophobic" attacks on social media, Singapore's leading activists groups warned Wednesday. Know more here.