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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A new plan is being worked on to help veteran street vendors turn their businesses over to aspiring street vendors. State Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Amy Khor said on Tuesday (Nov 24) that a Hawker Succession Scheme (HSS) will be implemented early next year, with more …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: More than 12,000 information and communications technology (ICT) jobs are available under SGUnited’s Skills and Jobs Package to help drive a growing digital economy, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in his latest employment status report on Tuesday (Nov 24). . Since 2015, 17,000 locals have joined the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Prominent businessman and community leader Ameerali R. Jumabhoy died Tuesday morning (November 24) at the age of 94. Mr. Ameerali founded Scotts Holdings Limited in 1982, the business that was previously behind the Scotts Mall and Ascott serviced residences. “He was a visionary and a pioneer, always …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – It was her son’s degenerative eye disease that put ophthalmologist Dr. Audrey Looi and her husband, neurosurgeon, Dr. Ang Beng Ti, on the path of philanthropy. The couple were devastated a decade ago to discover that James, now 19, suffered from Stargardt’s disease, which causes progressive loss …

[ad_1] NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Roger Ng has called for the overseas bribery case against him to be dismissed, saying he “warned” the bank not to do business with Malaysian financier Jho Low. Ng, who says he told Goldman that “Low could not be …

[ad_1] Tue, November 24, 2020-9: 39 am SINGAPORE shares opened higher Tuesday morning, reflecting regional markets and following overnight gains on Wall Street, where shares rose following more positive news about Covid-19 vaccines. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.7 percent or 21.1 points to 2,869.88 as of 9:01 a.m., …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as U.S. Treasury Secretary, breaking a 231-year-old gender barrier and putting a seasoned economist and labor market expert to Charged with pulling the country out of the steepest recession since the Great Depression. The move, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A woman who sued the national water agency PUB after falling into a 6-foot-deep sewer five years ago added her diagnosis of schizophrenia in February this year to the list of injuries she allegedly suffered as a result of the accident. Ms. Chan Hui Peng, 47, believes …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to appoint former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as US Treasury Secretary, putting a woman in office for the first time, according to two allies. Democrats. With Yellen, 74, Biden has chosen a seasoned lawmaker respected by Congress, international finance officials, progressives …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: An empty savings account and a handful of cash from pawned jewelry are the only assets left for a retail store attendant whose family has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. S Rajeshwari, who works at a retail store in Lebuh Ampang, told CNA that her …