2 percent in the first quarter, faster than the 5.
4 percent expansion recorded in the previous three months, the government said Thursday.
But economists said the growth is likely to taper off in coming months amid a widely-expected US-led global slowdown.
Last quarter's performance was also better than economists' average growth forecast of 6.
4 percent expansion in Southeast Asia's most advanced economy.
On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted annualised basis, real gross domestic product for the first quarter of this year expanded by 16.
9 percent after dropping 4.8 percent in the fourth quarter last year, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore, the city-state's de facto central bank, said in a separate statement it will tighten monetary policy in an attempt to rein in inflation which accelerated to 6.
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6 percent in January-February.
Growth in the first quarter was powered by the manufacturing sector which expanded an annual 13.
2 percent, picking up sharply from the 0.
2 percent recorded in the previous quarter, the trade ministry said.
"This was largely due to a surge in