CORE inflation in Singapore rose to 1.9 per cent in July, although the consumer price index (CPI) for all items remained unchanged from the previous month, according to the latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).

SINGAPORE authorities are fully prepared to extend further assistance to their Malaysian counterparts on 1MDB-related transactions, the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in a statement yesterday.