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::    Competition Commission seeks view on transaction notified under section 57 of the Competition Act  The CCS is seeking views from interested parties on the following transaction :  The transaction is the acquisition of all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of Singapore Food Industries by Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited.                                               Read more ::    CCS completes its Market Study on Retail Mall Rental Space in Singapore CCS finds that there are unlikely to be competition concerns in the retail mall rental industry. A summary report as well as CCS' evaluation of the findings are available.                                               Read more ::    CCS clears notified mergers  CCS has cleared the following notified mergers:   Acquisition of sole control by The Manitowoc Company Inc of Endonis plc; Proposed acquisition by W.C. Heraeus GmbH of the bonding wire business of Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc; and Partially completed acquisition by Computer Systems Holdings Pte Ltd of Singapore Computer Systems Ltd.                                                                       Read  more ::    CCS Consults on Changes to Leniency Programme  The Competition Commission of Singapore (‘CCS’) plans to enhance its leniency programme and is inviting public feedback on the changes.                                              Read More ::    CCS Receives Assurances on Pricing  The Competition Commission of Singapore (‘CCS’) has received assurances from six pest control companies1 (authorised applicators of a termiticide caled Agenda) that the prices for their services will be decided by the companies independently.                                                           Read More ::    CCS advises that the fees guidelines issued by the Institute of Estate Agents (IEA) are likely to be anti-competitive CCS has informed the IEA that its Professional Fees/Commission Guidelines are likely to infringe the Competition Act. The IEA has been advised to remove its recommendation on fees and fee structures.                                                  Read More ::    CCS advises the Singapore School Transport Association to take remedial action on its recommendation of a fuel levy CCS has no objections to fare increases per se, as long as these are decided independently by the individual bus operators.                                                  Read More