SINGAPORE - The number of new charities here hit a 10-year low last year (2017), a decline experts say could be due to the rise of informal groups performing charity work and the sector reaching a saturation point.
The Commissioner of Charities' latest annual report, released last month, showed only 39 groups registered as charities last year.
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