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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More than 4 kg of heroin was found in a toilet and other locations in a Bukit Batok Housing Board apartment during a Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) operation on Monday (September 21). Four men and two women were arrested for alleged drug-related activities in the operation at …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – IBM will train about 800 mid-career professionals over the next year in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity under a new program launched on Monday (September 21). The program is part of a broader government effort by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) to provide 30,000 training places for Singaporeans this year, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Around 18,000 training places have been committed under SGUnited’s jobs and skills package, meaning that training providers have agreed to offer them, Education Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday (September 22). Mr Wong said this shows that the Government is “on track” to meet its goal of having …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The National University of Singapore (NUS) will bring together two of its faculties, one of them the largest, to form a new interdisciplinary university starting next year. The College of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), which has the largest enrollment in NUS of 6,404 college students in …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Six suspected drug-related criminals were arrested and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) seized nearly S $ 700,000 worth of drugs in a series of raids on Monday (September 21). Another suspect, a 63-year-old man, died while trying to escape, the office said in a news release Tuesday. Ad …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: As of October 1, those who are unemployed and applying for the COVID-19 Support Scholarship must show that they have tried to find a job or start training programs. Also, they must not own more than one property. Ad Ad These are the new eligibility criteria announced on …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – If Singapore does not act now to transform its economy, it risks losing its status as a hub and seeing the competitive advantage of its companies and workers erode, said the Minister of Trade and Industry on Tuesday (September 22), Chan Chun Sing. He stressed that businesses …

[ad_1] LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell people on Tuesday (September 22) to work from home and impose new restrictions on pubs, bars and restaurants in a bid to tackle the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak that accelerates quickly. In a speech to parliament at 11:30 a.m. …

[ad_1] Tue, September 22, 2020-9: 38 am Shares in SINGAPORE continued their slide on Tuesday following a regional defeat on Monday driven in large part by pockets of Covid-19 resurgence around the world, particularly in Europe and the UK. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost about 0.3 percent or …

[ad_1] SHANGHAI: An agreement China’s ByteDance has reached with Oracle and Walmart on the future of its video streaming app TikTok is unlikely to receive approval from the Chinese government, the state-run Global Times newspaper said in an editorial. ByteDance has said it will create a US subsidiary, TikTok Global, …