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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Individuals may choose to temporarily suspend education, renewal and motor vehicle loan payments, in a move by the financial sector to ease cash flow concerns stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Those with commercial or industrial property loans, as well as mortgage capital withdrawal loans, may also request …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: People will soon be able to apply for deferment of loan payments for industrial and commercial properties, students, renovation and motor vehicles. This comes after the Singapore Monetary Authority (MAS) and the local financial sector launched a second aid package on Thursday (April 30) to support those facing …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A recall was issued for two brands of bamboo mushrooms, Xiong Mao Pai and Fei Long Pai, after an unsafe level of sulfur dioxide, an allergen, was detected in samples of the product, the Singapore Food Agency said (SFA) on Thursday (April 30). Sulfite is commonly used as …

[ad_1] REUTERS: Video conferencing provider Zoom said Thursday that it had mistakenly published a blog last week that put its daily users at 300 million people when the figure referred to the number of participants in the meeting. Zoom’s April 22 blog has now been edited to say that the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – No effort will be spared to ensure that Singapore Airlines and the aviation sector will overcome the current crisis, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Thursday (April 30). “The Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) has been severely affected. Like our national airline, SIA has supported our efforts to …

[ad_1] Investment Thesis Facebook (FB) will see some irregularities in 2020. Facebook’s first quarter results from Facebook were largely unaffected by our work environment from home, as Facebook was only significantly affected in the last few weeks of the first quarter 2020. By April, Facebook revenue is unlikely to record …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: McDonald’s Singapore fast food chain extended its closure after it would initially reopen on May 5, the restaurant said in a Facebook post on Thursday (April 30). McDonald’s did not specify when its stores would reopen, but said they would remain closed “just a little longer” in light …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Society will see major changes in the job, workforce and workplace after the coronavirus crisis, President Halimah Yacob said in his May Facebook message on Thursday (April 30). He added: “Businesses and workers should make the most of this period to plan, rethink their strategies and enhance …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Customers visiting shopping centers and supermarkets are encouraged to bring their ID cards to enter, Enterprise Singapore said Thursday (April 30). In response to CNA questions, the agency said many shopping malls and supermarkets have already implemented temperature sensing and contact tracking, and that the rest will do …

[ad_1] Shares in Asia rose Thursday afternoon after positive developments overnight in a possible new treatment for Covid-19. Shares in Japan, which returned to trading after a holiday on Wednesday, led gains regionally. The Nikkei 225 rose 2.9% as robot maker Fanuc’s shares soared about 8%. The Topix index also …