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SINGAPORE – With so much information competing for eyeballs, it is a common assumption that Singaporeans are reading less.

But the National Library Board’s 2021 National Reading Habits Study showed a rise in reading among adults: 95 per cent consumed reading materials such as the news, online articles and books in their spare time more than once a week – up from 88 per cent in 2018.

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