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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Aug 27, 2008
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Car numbers rising faster <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Christopher Tan, Senior Correspondent
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SINGAPORE's car population continues to rise, although higher fuel prices, parking charges and road tolls were expected to have put the brakes on growth.
According to the Land Transport Authority, there were 539,540 passenger cars here at end-July - 8.1 per cent more than at the same time last year.
In fact, the rate of growth is second only to 2007's record 9 per cent expansion over 2006's population. Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Car numbers rising faster <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Christopher Tan, Senior Correspondent
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
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SINGAPORE's car population continues to rise, although higher fuel prices, parking charges and road tolls were expected to have put the brakes on growth.
According to the Land Transport Authority, there were 539,540 passenger cars here at end-July - 8.1 per cent more than at the same time last year.
In fact, the rate of growth is second only to 2007's record 9 per cent expansion over 2006's population. Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times
