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[ad_1] JAKARTA: While Indonesia is currently cooperating with China to secure COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens, this initiative will not influence its position in the South China Sea, the foreign minister said on Tuesday (October 6), Retno Marsudi. Indonesia is not a claimant state in the South China Sea, but …

[ad_1] LONDON: Elon Musk’s SpaceX won a $ 149 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites for the Pentagon, the US Space Development Agency (SDA) said on Monday (October 5), in the first government contract company to build satellites. SpaceX, known for its reusable rockets and astronaut capsules, is ramping up …

[ad_1] RAZER Fintech, the fintech arm of gaming peripherals brand Razer, will launch a virtual prepaid card targeting youth and millennials in Singapore next January. The Razer card, created jointly with Visa, will be integrated into the Razer Pay e-wallet platform, Razer Fintech and Visa said in a joint statement …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Financial institutions will be allowed to use their Housing and Development Board (HDB) security interests in flats as a liquidity guarantee from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), as part of the Government’s plan to improve their access to the financing of the plant. bank in the midst …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: With the aviation sector hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, “now is not the time” to talk about imposing an environmental tax on Singapore Airlines (SIA), Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said at the Parliament on Tuesday (October 6). ). Doing so will make the situation worse for the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – One of the two antibodies in the cocktail used to treat US President Donald Trump for COVID-19 was developed using blood samples from three patients in Singapore, according to a report by Asian Scientist magazine. Trump had received a high dose of REGN-COV2 on Friday, a combination …

[ad_1] TOKYO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Tuesday (October 6) of Beijing’s “malign activity in the region” when he met with key Asia-Pacific allies in Tokyo, presenting a united front. against an increasingly assertive China. The top US diplomat will meet his Japanese, Australian and Indian counterparts …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A Covid-19 testing laboratory will be established at Changi Airport in the coming months, as part of measures to reopen Singapore’s borders to international travelers and reactivate its air hub. Announcing this on Tuesday (October 6), Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said that testing is the key …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The public’s response is that the on-board unit (OBU) to be installed in the vehicles next year is too bulky, but the Minister of State for Transport, Amy Khor, said on Monday (October 5) that the authorities will go ahead with the device. , even as they …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – While electronic road pricing (ERP) payments can be made technically via smartphone, operational and safety issues underlie the Land Transport Authority’s next-generation on-board units (OBUs) for ERP charges, said Minister of State for Transport Amy Khor. on Monday (October 5). In response to inquiries from Members of …