SINGAPORE (XINHUA) – Retail sales in Singapore rose 0.6 per cent year-on-year in August, following the one-per-cent growth in July, the Department of Statistics said yesterday.
Motor vehicle sales grew 17 per cent in August from a year earlier. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales fell 1.5 per cent.
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