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[ad_1] JAKARTA – Former Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has used YouTube as a platform to criticize bad bureaucracy, rent seeking and systematic inefficiency in Indonesian state-owned companies. Speaking on the YouTube channel “Poin”, which has more than one million subscribers, Basuki, popularly known by his Chinese nickname Ahok, expressed …

[ad_1] Wed, Sep 16 2020 – 6:30 pm Stories that you may have missed Global connections, digitization crucial for Singapore to emerge stronger from pandemic: Iswaran GIVING the keynote address at the virtual DBS Digital Day 2020, the Minister of Communications and Information, S Iswaran, noted that Singapore has gone …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, is the son of a farmer with a reputation for inscrutability who has been a key adviser to the government and an enforcer of policy. The 71-year-old easily won the elections for the office on Wednesday (September 16) in parliament, where his …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A 35-year-old woman who violated her notice to stay home to meet friends under the pretext of visiting a doctor for a rash was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail on Wednesday (September 16). Rameswari Devi Jairaj Singh was charged with one count of failing to comply with …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Two construction sites received two suspension orders each for failing to prevent mosquitoes from breeding this year. In a statement on the local dengue situation issued on Wednesday (September 16), the National Environment Agency (NEA) said that enforcement action will be taken against the companies managing the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Dentist Daniel Liew Yaoxiang, who is serving a jail sentence for his role in a Medisave scam, has been removed from the official dental register after a disciplinary investigation by the Singapore Dental Council (SDC). You will not be able to practice after you get out of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 27 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of Wednesday noon (Sept. 16), bringing Singapore’s total to 57.515. They included two community cases, both with work passes, said the Ministry of Health (MINSA). There were also two imported cases that had been listed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Total coronavirus cases in India topped 5 million on Wednesday (Sept. 16), data from the Health Ministry showed, as the pandemic extends its grip over the vast country at an increasingly rapid pace. With its last 1 million cases recorded in just 11 days, a world record, …

[ad_1] Mosquitoes can be the nightmare of many Singaporeans’ lives, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was unfazed when he got up close and personal with a scourge of them on Tuesday (September 15). Documenting his visit to the Environmental Health Institute on his Instagram Stories, PM Lee shared a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A new collaboration between Mediacorp, real estate agency PropNex and real estate portal 99.co will see the launch of a virtual property exhibition next month. The Singapore Property Show 2020, which runs from October 10 to December 4, will feature nearly 20 recently launched projects. The collaboration was …