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Living in Singapore is costliest now: Prices of food staples to recreational activities at all-time high

Food staples like flour and noodles also saw all-time highs.

Department of Statistics on Tuesday said, prices of recreational and cultural activities in Singapore in September soared the most in 40-years. 

Keeping that pet puppy or turtle now costs 5.2% more than a year earlier while holiday expenses rose by 8.4%.

Concerns about the rising cost of living has prompted four rounds of monetary policy tightening this year, as the city contends with the fastest inflation in 14 years. Singapore unveiled a S$1.5 billion ($1.05 billion) inflation-relief package earlier this month.

Food staples like flour and noodles also saw all-time highs. Chilled poultry prices jumped by a record 39% after a chicken export ban by neighboring Malaysia. The curb was lifted this month.

Dining out at hawker centers, which serves local street food such as chicken rice, is 7.9% pricier -- the biggest increase on record since the data was published in 2020.

(Wih inputs from agencies)

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