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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Surbana Jurong (international) CEO Teo Eng Cheong resigned, the Temasek-owned company said on Wednesday (September 2). “Eng Cheong has decided to leave Surbana Jurong to pursue other interests,” Surbana Jurong Group CEO Wong Heang Fine said in a statement. Ad Ad His last day at the company will …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore has done well in handling the coronavirus pandemic so far in terms of health outcomes, although its response was not without shortcomings, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. Joining the debate on the president’s speech in Parliament on Wednesday (September 2), he noted that the country’s …

[ad_1] The board of directors of the embattled Axington company has been reduced to a shell after a series of abrupt resignations in recent days, including that of Chinese gem trader Evangeline Shen. Shen, the non-independent and non-executive chairman of Axington, is linked to a company that manipulated images of …

[ad_1] TAIPEI: Fed up with being confused with China amid the coronavirus pandemic and Beijing’s redoubled efforts to assert sovereignty, Taiwan said on Wednesday (September 2) that it would redesign its passport to give the island’s name greater prominence. Taiwan has complained during the outbreak that its citizens have had …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Ler Teck Siang, the doctor involved in the HIV data leak in January last year, has been removed from the medical record, the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) disciplinary court said in its decision published on Tuesday (1 May September). The 39-year-old Singaporean, who was the former head …

[ad_1] TAIPEI (REUTERS) – Fed up with being confused with China amid the coronavirus pandemic and Beijing’s intensified efforts to assert sovereignty, Taiwan said on Wednesday (September 2) that it would redesign its passport to give greater prominence to the name of the island. Taiwan has complained during the outbreak …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The White House on Tuesday (September 1) rejected concerns raised by the World Health Organization after a US health official said a coronavirus vaccine could be approved without completing full testing. The Washington Post newspaper reported that President Donald Trump’s administration will not join a global effort to …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said he would hold a press conference on the election of the ruling party leadership later on Wednesday (September 2), almost confirming his plan to announce his candidacy in a race that would be highly favored to win. Suga, a former aide …

[ad_1] SEOUL: More than 40 percent of new coronavirus cases in South Korea are in people over the age of 60, contributing in part to an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients who are seriously or critically ill, health authorities said on Wednesday (September 2). South Korea is fighting …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore-listed Axington Inc announced shortly after midnight on Monday (August 31) the resignation of its non-independent non-executive chairman, Ms. Evangeline Shen, and three other directors. Shen, also known as Shen Che, is the co-founder of the Singapore-registered Bellagraph Nova (BN) Group, which has drawn increasing scrutiny following …