[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) industry has not been spared from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the supply (event organizers and exhibitors) and the demand (corporate attendees and tourists) have literally evaporated. Ad Ad Borrowing the best-selling change management fable from famous author …
Read More »Chipmaker Kioxia Cancels $ 16 Billion IPO After Huawei Fallout
[ad_1] A Huawei factory in Dongguan, China, last year. Sales to Huawei make up a significant portion of Kioxia’s revenue. Photo: Kin Cheung / Associated Press September 27, 2020 9:01 pm ET A Japanese semiconductor maker canceled what was to have been one of the largest share offerings this year, …
Read More »More than 400 social services training opportunities created for new graduates under the SGUnited initiative
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Social service agencies have created more than 400 training opportunities for recent graduates in recent months through SGUnited’s Internship Program, Minister of Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli said on Monday (September 28). The program, announced in March during the Resilience Budget, aims to help recent and new …
Read More »Senior Leaders at Singapore Universities Receive Pay Cut Amid Covid-19; crisis-affected students get financial aid, educational news and news highlights
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The top management of Singapore’s six autonomous universities (AUs) have recently suffered a pay cut in response to the adverse impact Covid-19 has had on the economy. Institutions have also stepped up financial aid in recent months by encouraging donations and establishing funds for students affected by …
Read More »Why some in Singapore are reluctant to return to the office, Singapore News
[ad_1] More employees have been given the green light to return to their workplaces, but there are still many challenges facing companies and staff preparing to return to the office. These range from the need to reconfigure work areas to maintain safe distancing to the mental readjustment that workers have …
Read More »Two men praised for stopping passenger attacking bus captain
[ad_1] – Advertising – Singapore – Two men have been praised for stopping a passenger attacking a bus captain on Pasir Ris Drive 6 on September 15. SBS Transit held an appreciation session on September 25 to thank Mr. Muhammad Mu’tasim, 25, and Mr. Clement Tan, 29, for assisting the …
Read More »Comment: Are the best days of Big Tech over?
[ad_1] LAUSANNE: Although ByteDance is getting closer to its TikTok deal with Oracle and Walmart, the global tech industry is getting more confusing than ever. The forced sale of TikTok and the US threat to shut down WeChat last week represent an unprecedented attack on global connectivity, which has delivered …
Read More »Judge to rule on Trump TikTok download ban
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: A judge was set on Sunday (September 27) to decide whether to allow a Trump administration ban on downloads of the popular video-sharing app TikTok, which seeks a court order to prevent what it said could be a hit devastating. US District Judge Carl Nichols has promised to …
Read More »China Boosts Emergency Use of COVID Vaccine Despite Concerns
[ad_1] BEIJING (AP) – After the first shot, he didn’t react. But Kan Chai felt dizzy after the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in China.
Read More »The world needs more cooperation, not less, to defeat Covid-19 and rebuild, Vivian Balakrishnan tells the UN, United States News & Top Stories
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Warning that protectionism and unilateral action will ultimately backfire, Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan told the 75th UN General Assembly (UNGA) that no nation, large or small, will be safe. Unless everyone is safe together “What we need now is the multilateralism of vaccines,” he stressed. “We …
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