Good prospects for economy in 2018: PM Lee
Trade tensions a cause for concern as external environment will affect economic growth
Singapore
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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