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Singapore’s street vendor culture one step closer to being on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s falcon culture has a good chance of being inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, after an agency assessment body announced its recommendation on Monday (November 16) . The UNESCO Singapore submission met all the criteria required for enrollment, as assessed. The …

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Singapore School of Science and Technology and Ngee Ann Poly to Launch Integrated Diploma Program, News and Featured Stories on Education and Parenting

[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 …

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DBS Bank will implement a voluntary work-sharing plan in which 2 employees share a full-time position, banking news and highlight stories

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – South East Asia’s largest bank, DBS, will introduce a formal work-sharing scheme to support employees in need of more flexible work arrangements, among other initiatives aimed at transforming the way its staff work in a post-pandemic world. Two employees will share the responsibilities of a full-time position …

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Covid-19 virus survives in frozen chicken, fish and pork for three weeks: Singapore study, Singapore news and news

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – An ongoing study by local researchers found that the Sars-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, can survive, in high enough quantities, in frozen fish, chicken and pork for three weeks at refrigerated temperatures. Co-led by Dr. Danielle Anderson, Scientific Director of the ABSL3 Laboratory at the Duke-NUS School …

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