However, “earnings growth was weighed down by start-up costs and pre-operating costs of expansion plans, both in home markets and new markets,” says DBS lead analyst Rachel Tan. “We expect these expansion plans would begin to unfold in phases over the next three to five years, starting in 2017.”

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