Health

The banking and pharmaceutical giant among the companies that returned or donated wage subsidies from the Employment Support Plan

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: British bank Barclays and German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim are among the companies that have returned or donated the Employment Support Plan (JSS) payments. A total of 32 companies returned wage subsidies worth a combined S $ 35 million, the finance ministry said on Sunday (May 10). Ad …

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Singapore tackles costly setback

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Weeks after two of his roommates were diagnosed with COVID-19, Mohamad Arif Hassan says he is still waiting to be tested for the coronavirus. Quarantined in his room in a sprawling foreign worker dormitory that has become Singapore’s largest viral group, Arif says he …

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China rebukes New Zealand for supporting Taiwan at WHO

[ad_1] BEIJING: China rebuked New Zealand on Monday (May 11) for its support for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization (WHO), saying the country should “stop making wrong statements” on the issue to avoid damage bilateral relations. Taiwan, with strong support from the United States, has stepped up its …

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