Temasek offers to buy out Singapore metro operator

The state investment fund's move to take SMRT private follows the publication of a new rail ownership framework.

Temasek's offer to buy out SMRT Corporation for about S$1.2 billion ($884 million) and unlist Singapore's largest metro operator underlines the state investment fund's unique social role. But it also sets back efforts to expose the city's transport network to market forces. 

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