April 14, 2021 A ship docks at Keppel terminal in Singapore. The country’s manufacturing sector has grown, even though the services and construction sectors are still sluggish, according to economists. Reuters Singapore's economy exited negative territory in the first quarter of this year after three consecutive quarters of contraction, signalling that the trade-reliant city is set to recover steadily. The country's export-dependent economy grew 0.2 per cent from the same period last year, according to advance estimates released by the trade ministry on Wednesday, rebounding from -2.4 per cent in the fourth quarter. On a quarterly seasonally adjusted basis, the economy grew 2 per cent.