Singapore to allow more cars

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SINGAPORE, (Reuters) : Singapore will allow its car population to grow at a faster pace in the next few months, it said on Wednesday, a move expected to ease inflationary pressures in the city-state.

Inflation in Singapore accelerated to 5.4 percent year-on-year last month, with private road transport prices rising 8.2 percent.

Private road transport, which includes car prices, has a 11.66 percent weighting in the consumer price index (CPI).

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it will allow the vehicle population to grow at an annualised pace of 1 percent from August 2012 to January 2013, before slowing the pace to 0.5 percent per annum.

Singapore’s car population is around 600,000, excluding taxis. The lighter restriction translates each month to an additional 390 certificates of entitlement (COEs) that motorists need to own a car in Singapore, according to the LTA.

The LTA had originally planned to reduce the vehicle growth rate to 0.5 percent from the current 1.5 percent per annum from August, causing a spike in the cost COEs.

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