Despite economists surveyed by the MAS predicting an economic contraction for Singapore in the 1st quarter, advanced figures showed the country's GDP surprised to the upside, with growth of 0.2% year on year. Hak Bin Chua, Maybank Kim Eng's regional co-head of Macro Research, joined us on Across the ASEAN to discuss what he made of the figures, and how it may influence Maybank's economic outlook for Singapore.

<p>Despite economists surveyed by the MAS predicting an economic contraction for Singapore in the 1st quarter, advanced figures showed the country's GDP surprised to the upside, with growth of 0.2% year on year. Hak Bin Chua, Maybank Kim Eng's regional co-head of Macro Research, joined us on Across the ASEAN to discuss what he made of the figures, and how it may influence Maybank's economic outlook for Singapore.</p>

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