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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Ikea Singapore will hire 200 people for its new Jurong store in suburban Jem shopping center despite a drop in revenue in its final financial year, the firm announced on Tuesday (October 6). The store, Ikea’s third store here, is scheduled to open next year and will …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Experts have cast doubt on Indonesia’s recently passed bus law, raising concerns about whether it can effectively create jobs and attract investment, while bureaucratic reforms are not addressed. The Employment Creation Law reviews more than 70 existing laws and regulations and promises to simplify business permits and land …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: With the aviation sector hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, “now is not the time” to talk about imposing an environmental tax on Singapore Airlines (SIA), Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said at the Parliament on Tuesday (October 6). ). Doing so will make the situation worse for the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Twenty-one diners have been fined $ 300 each for disobeying Covid-19 measures at food and beverage outlets, such as not wearing a mask immediately after eating or drinking, mingling between tables, and sitting in groups of more than five diners. These violations were noted at Resorts World …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Two restaurants have been ordered closed after failing to comply with measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment (MSE) said on Tuesday (October 6). At the traditional Tong Xin Ru Yi Hotpot located at 6 Lorong Telok, nine customers sat at …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Seeking more green lane deals and negotiating air transport bubbles with countries whose COVID-19 infection rates are low were some of the plans outlined by Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung on Tuesday (October 6) to “revive” Changi Air Hub. Mr. Ong delivered a ministerial statement in Parliament on …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The public’s response is that the on-board unit (OBU) to be installed in the vehicles next year is too bulky, but the Minister of State for Transport, Amy Khor, said on Monday (October 5) that the authorities will go ahead with the device. , even as they …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Covid-19 has decimated the Changi Airport business. Compared to pre-pandemic times, the airport now serves just 1.5% of its usual passenger volume and 17% of the total number of flights. It has also plummeted to the 58th busiest airport, compared to the seventh, and now has direct …

[ad_1] Tue, Oct 06, 2020 – 10:07 am GOH Jin Hian has resigned as chairman of Cordlife Group effective immediately, although he continues to serve as an independent director. This is because Inter-Pacific Petroleum (IPP) judicial managers (JM) sued Dr. Goh in connection with an alleged breach of the director’s …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: DBS Group and Standard Chartered are leading a group of 12 other banks in Singapore to create a digital trade finance registry in a bid to mitigate the risk of trade fraud and increase transparency. The decision by commodity trading financiers in Singapore to create a central database …