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In some sort of real estate demand, this is where I will detract slightly   I will now move the presentation to the green bond market in   Session I
 and talk about commercial real estate as well, if we have what we call   Singapore. Now Singapore views itself as a financing hub in Asia,
 the result of a control residential mortgage market, we see on the other   complementing the rest of our partner countries in the Asia Pacific
 side of the coin, that the commercial real estate market continued to see   region and the ASEAN region, and what we, the government, do
 inflows in Singapore. So, this is defined as office and commercial real   is to work with the private sector to promote what we call the right
 estate, and we see basically new money coming from outside Singapore,   way of financing. Now we've talked about incentives and I would say
 investing in commercial real estate. This is evidence in the donut (chart)   encouraging private sector to embrace green, and we have now expanded
 on the right. So, this is a snapshot of the Singapore real estate market.   green to sustainable.
 I've taken a deeper dive on where the residential mortgage market is,
 and how Singapore controls affordability in the residential mortgage   So, in Singapore, we have had green bonds issued by a large part the
 market. Just as an aside, the affordability rate in Singapore comes in   real estate companies and the banks or financial services sector. The
 about 50 percent, so it is a ratio that we monitor quite closely, to provide   government's partnership intent is to provide what we call financial
 affordable housing from a social standpoint.   incentives. We are devious. We have aligned our sustainability according
               to responsible banking, responsible corporate citizenship, we are talking
               about creating social impact, and we want to be the employer choice and
               these are the pillars in the sustainable development goals.









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