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Singapore private sector firms see more business in Dec, hire more part-timers

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Published Thu, Jan 5, 2017 · 03:04 AM

    [SINGAPORE] Private sector companies here saw more orders and new business in December, but in a sign of the cautionary mood they coped by hiring more part-timers, the latest Nikkei Singapore Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) out on Thursday showed.

    The hiring was a record for the monthly survey, which began in in Aug 2012.

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