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(Clockwise from left) ABR Holdings' group business development director Teo Tong Loong, Tung Lok Restaurants chief executive Andrew Tjioe and Mr Takahashi Kenichi, executive chairman and CEO of Japan Foods Holding.

(Clockwise from left) ABR Holdings' group business development director Teo Tong Loong, Tung Lok Restaurants chief executive Andrew Tjioe and Mr Takahashi Kenichi, executive chairman and CEO of Japan Foods Holding.

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SINGAPORE – Veteran economist Song Seng Wun tracks the pulse of the Singapore economy in his own special way that might be best described as bellynomics.

Mr Song trusts his gut on how the country is faring by regularly eating at a range of eateries around Singapore to get an on-the-ground view of how companies and individuals are coping.

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