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Defying an economic recession, 2021 was decidedly a bullish year for the Singapore property sector. Prices and demand for all property types soared, and property
cooling measures were announced in December.

In Powering Your Property, Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque spoke to Dr Tan Tee Khoon, Country Manager, PropertyGuru Singapore about Property Guru's 'Singapore Property Market Report Q1 2022' and the impact of property rate hikes announced in Budget 2022.

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The implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine for Asia was discussed at a roundtable session organized by ST on Tuesday.

Joining ST foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar was a panel of eminent experts - ST global affairs correspondent Jonathan Eyal, ST associate editor Ravi Velloor and Professor Kishore Mahbubani. Prof Mahbubani is a veteran diplomat and distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Assistant Video Editor Quay shares the highlights from the roundtable session.

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The Ukrainian military said today that Russian troops had made repeated attempts to storm the outskirts of the capital, but failed to capture it. Officials have described Sunday's fighting as "difficult" as Russian troops "continued shelling in almost all directions". 

In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque spoke to Rich Preston, Senior World News Reporter/Presenter, BBC News on the latest developments in Ukraine.

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Though Russia's attack on Ukraine has roiled markets and boosted volatility in recent days, DWS thinks that their base case for markets has remained fairly intact. Still, they do acknowledge that tail risks have emerged. JP Ong spoke to Sean Taylor, CIO for the Asia-Pacific region at DWS, about their outlook on markets, current risks, and how best to prepare against prevalent volatility.

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On SGExtra , Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque spoke to Zakir Hussain, Singapore Editor at the Straits Times on the Budget debates which kicked off in Parliament today. 

They also discuss the impact of the Ukraine crisis on Singapore. Earlier today, Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "clear and gross" violation of international norms and sets a completely unacceptable precedent.

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