SINGAPORE (Sept 26): Singapore's industrial production in August barely grew from a year earlier, as a slide in marine and offshore engineering output and a fall in pharmaceuticals production offset an expansion in electronics output.  

Manufacturing output rose 0.1% from a year earlier in August, data from the Singapore Economic Development Board showed. The median forecast in a Reuters survey was for an expansion of 0.6%.

On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, factory output was flat in August, weaker than the median forecast of an increase of 1.8%.

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