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SINGAPORE'S economy grew 3.6 per cent last year, and it can look forward to healthy economic growth this year, too, if this momentum is maintained, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday.
Productivity growth last year reached its highest in seven years, and more jobs were created, including higher-paying ones, he said in his annual May Day message to workers.
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