[ad_1] BANGKOK: Thai authorities called for calm on Tuesday (December 1) as they rush to track down a possible coronavirus outbreak after at least four women tested positive upon returning from neighboring Myanmar. Since detecting the first case outside of China in January, Thailand has managed to keep COVID-19 infections …
Read More »13 hotels in Johor cease operations due to COVID-19 pandemic
[ad_1] JOHOR BAHRU: Thirteen hotels in Johor have ceased operations amid the spread of COVID-19 in Malaysia this year, the chairman of the state’s Tourism, Youth and Sports Committee said on Tuesday (December 1), without naming the affected establishments. . Onn Hafiz Ghazi told the Johor State Legislative Assembly that …
Read More »Jakarta Governor Contracts COVID-19 As Infections Rise In Indonesia
[ad_1] JAKARTA: Anies Baswedan, the governor of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, said on Tuesday (December 1) that he had tested positive for COVID-19, as the world’s fourth-most populous country struggles to contain a surge in the number of infections. . The 51-year-old governor of the largest city in Southeast Asia is …
Read More »S’pore-Hong Kong Travel Bubble Expected Further Delayed Due to New Covid-19 Wave in HK, East Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] HONG KONG – The launch of the travel bubble deal between Singapore and Hong Kong is expected to be further delayed as the Chinese territory sinks under tougher social distancing measures in anticipation of what health authorities have warned that it could be the worst wave of Covid-19 yet. …
Read More »CDL to report full-year loss as impact from Covid-19 persists, businesses and markets
[ad_1] CITY Developments Limited (CDL) expects to fall into the red in 2020 with a full-year loss, reversing from a net gain of S $ 564.6 million in 2019, dragged down by the prolonged impact of the coronavirus outbreak. He anticipates further impairment losses, and UK subsidiary Millennium & Copthorne …
Read More »Thailand Tracks 200 People As Infected Returnees Skip Covid-19 Quarantine, SE Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand was racing to locate about 200 people in its northern provinces on Monday (Nov. 30) to stop a possible coronavirus outbreak after three Thai nationals illegally entered the country from Myanmar and tested positive days later. . Three women bypassed immigration controls and entered through …
Read More »Once poor but now worth $ 200 million, Hong Kong actor Ray Lui credits his third wife for turning finances, Entertainment News
[ad_1] People often joke about “marrying the rich,” but for Hong Kong actor Ray Lui, he did. Well, the 63-year-old did not marry for money, but his third marriage turned out to be a ‘windfall’ as his wife changed her finances. The actor is now said to be worth NT …
Read More »Thailand tracks 200 people as 3 infected returnees skip COVID-19 quarantine
[ad_1] BANGKOK: Thailand was racing to locate some 200 people in its northern provinces on Monday (Nov 30) to stop a possible COVID-19 outbreak, after three Thai nationals illegally entered the country from Myanmar and tested positive days later. . Three women bypassed immigration controls and entered through natural border …
Read More »South Korea braces for bed shortage as coronavirus cases near nine-month high, East Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases for the second day in a row on Friday (Nov. 27), a level not seen in nearly nine months, as a third wave of infections swept across the country and authorities rushed to provide more hospital beds. …
Read More »HDT S’pore Taxi goes out of business, about 90 drivers laid off, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – HDT Singapore Taxi has become the first taxi business to close amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, and the Land Transport Authority this week accepted its request to close. The electric taxi operator said it had been “struggling with slowing growth” in the business since …
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