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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore needs more tech talent and a recently announced job pass hopes to help the country attract “highly skilled” people in this field, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said late Tuesday (November 17). Delivering a keynote address at the 2020 Singapore Technology Forum, Lee said the Tech.Pass, launched …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Singapore School of Science and Technology (SST) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) will launch an Integrated Diploma (IDP) pilot program. It is for students who are academically strong and show aptitude in applied science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (Stem). They must also want to pursue a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Thailand has given Singapore 10,000 Covid-19 test kits in a gesture of goodwill that reflects the close bilateral friendship. Thai Ambassador Suriya Chindawongse presented the kits to the director of the biomedical research council of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A * Star), Ms Amanda …

[ad_1] BEIJING / GENEVA: Major food-producing countries are increasingly frustrated with China’s scrutiny of imported products and have asked it to stop aggressive testing for the coronavirus, which some say amounts to a trade restriction. China said it has found the virus in the packaging of products from 20 countries, …

[ad_1] Mon, Nov 16, 2020-9: 36 am CAPITALAND aims to increase its exposure to China in the “new economy” sector to S $ 5 billion in the coming years, from S $ 1.5 billion. This will be done by reallocating some of the capital from asset recycling to assets in …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Tighter movement restrictions will not be the answer to Malaysia’s battle against Covid-19, the country’s public health experts said, as the country’s ongoing partial lockdowns, which have lasted for the past month, will not they have succeeded in reducing daily infections. Despite the introduction of the …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is in the final stage of talks with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers and hopes to obtain and put into use a vaccine by the first quarter of next year, authorities said on Monday (November 16). Malaysia is in talks with 10 COVID-19 vaccine producers that are in …

[ad_1] CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday (November 15) in the first full taxi flight for NASA by a private company. The Falcon rocket thundered into the night from the Kennedy Space Center with three Americans and a Japanese, the second crew …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Four astronauts were ready to launch the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Resilience” to the International Space Station on Sunday (November 15), the first of what the United States expects to be many routine missions following a successful test flight to late spring. Three Americans, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore has been a difficult place to live for a smoker. It seems that smokers cannot take a break, particularly with the suggestion to ban smoking near the balconies and windows of houses by Nee Soon GRC, Member of Parliament and Committee of Parliament of the Group for …