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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Two former nominee MPs (NMPs), social entrepreneur Anthea Ong and Singapore Chinese Orchestra Executive Director Terence Ho, are seeking a second term in Parliament. Other new candidates who have applied include Mr. Johann Annuar, CEO of the nonprofit Engineering Good, community artist Terence Tan, playwright and poet …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Social entrepreneur Anthea Ong has put her name in the ring for a second term as a nominated member of Parliament. The app was an “eleventh hour effort” after a friend’s suggestion last week, it said in a Facebook post on Monday (November 23). The deadline for submissions …

[ad_1] SHENZHEN, China: Huawei Technologies’ rival Chinese mobile phones, including Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo, are taking aggressive steps to seize market share from their giant rival, after intensified US sanctions hampered Huawei’s supply chains say industry experts. Last week, Huawei said it sold its economic sub-brand Honor for an undisclosed …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: SingapoRediscovers coupons, which can be used for stays, attraction tickets and tours, can be redeemed from December 1, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said on Monday (November 23). The vouchers, 100 Singaporean dollars for every Singaporean aged 18 and over this year, can be redeemed online through five …

[ad_1] Mon, November 23, 2020 – 8:47 am UPDATED Mon, 23 Nov 2020-11:02 am KEPPEL Corp announced on Monday a series of leadership changes in some of its key business units, including the property, infrastructure and investment branches. Effective February 15 of next year, the changes are part of succession …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: With tourist arrivals still in the doldrums, hipster hostels in Singapore have turned their attention to an entirely new clientele: the thousands of Malaysian workers in the country, who are unable to commute through the Causeway due to travel restrictions. travel. “It’s the only thing keeping us afloat, …

[ad_1] GENEVA: More than one in five Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 also contracts a bacterial infection. In the absence of effective antibiotics, those lucky enough to beat the coronavirus could be killed by these not-so-new pathogens. Ad Ad Unfortunately, the portfolio of new antibiotics is running low. Less than 100 …

[ad_1] Photographer: Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty Images Photographer: Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty Images Earlier this month, Royal Dutch Shell Plc disconnected its Convent refinery in Louisiana. Unlike many oil refineries closed in recent years, Convent was far from outdated: it is quite large by American standards …

[ad_1] Investors are reviewing their record holdings of mainland internet companies after Beijing proposed sweeping new antitrust rules for China’s tech industry. Leading groups such as Tencent, Alibaba and Meituan-Dianping have attracted record investments during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from Copley Fund Research, which tracks the investment activities …

[ad_1] TOKYO – Nikon plans to cut 2,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, mainly due to a recession in its core camera business and structural changes in the global semiconductor industry, highlighted by the sluggish performance of leading US chipmaker Intel. The Japanese multinational is conducting a price-cutting offensive …