[ad_1] Image copyright Silver Generation Office (SGO) Singapore has begun distributing Bluetooth contact tracking tokens to its five million residents to help contain the spread of Covid-19. The tokens, which can be worn on a lanyard or carried, are a hardware version of your existing contact tracing app that launched …
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[ad_1] MANILA: Experts described the Philippines’ decision to reduce the minimum social distancing to 12 inches in public transportation as dangerous and premature on Monday (September 14), as the country posted another daily record for recently confirmed COVID-19 deaths. Gradually reducing the distances between passengers to a third from the …
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[ad_1] The dating game can be a minefield, so much so that some prefer to entrust their quest for love to professional matchmakers. Unfortunately, it turns out that even seasoned professionals can’t conjure up a prince charming. A 49-year-old woman who said she asked the local Lunch Actually dating agency …
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[ad_1] ISKANDAR PUTERI – The Johor state government plans to build a 350m covered pedestrian walkway on the Malaysian side of the Causeway, at a cost of RM30 million (S $ 9.9 million), a senior Johor official said. Once completed, the project would make it more convenient for the hundreds …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Alibaba Group Holding is in talks to invest $ 3 billion (S $ 4.1 billion) in Southeast Asian passenger transport giant Grab Holdings, according to people familiar with the matter. The Chinese e-commerce giant, the only investor in the round, will spend a portion of the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 48 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Monday (September 14), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,454. There were five imported cases, which were placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. There were no new community cases. More …
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[ad_1] Photographer: Samsul Said / Bloomberg Photographer: Samsul Said / Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is in talks to invest $ 3 billion in the Southeast Asian passenger transport giant Grab Holdings Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. The Chinese e-commerce giant, the only investor in the round, …
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[ad_1] TOKYO: On Monday (September 14), Japan’s ruling party elected Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, assuring him that he will replace Shinzo Abe as the country’s next prime minister. Suga easily won the ballot, obtaining 377 of a total of 534 valid votes from legislators and …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Drunk and upset with the waiter for asking him to turn down the volume of the music coming from his portable speaker, a bar patron pointed and threw a shot glass at the waiter, hurting his jaw. On one count of willfully causing harm, 42-year-old Chin See Wai …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government will not intervene in the case of 12 city residents who were arrested by mainland Chinese authorities as they tried to flee by boat to Taiwan, despite pleas for help from family members, who said it was a matter under the jurisdiction of …
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