[ad_1] SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Sembcorp Marine’s (SembMarine) share rights issue to recapitalize the company was not subscribed, with valid acceptances and excess requests received for 9.4 billion shares of rights, or 90.2% of the almost 10,500 million shares of rights available. According to the results of the application …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) personnel rescued an injured worker from a tower crane at a construction site along How Sun Drive around 4.25pm on Monday (September 7). The male worker was working on the crane, 40 meters in the air, when he injured his leg and …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The merger of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) with Muafakat Nasional (MN) to form a “larger coalition” was a necessary step to help Malaysia “move forward”, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Tuesday (8 September) at night. Speaking in his capacity as party chairman, Mr. Muhyiddin said …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Yishun residents can look forward to a new integrated development in the city of Chong Pang that will have swimming pools, a gym and fitness studios, as well as an improved hawker center and community club. Construction of the 0.9ha development is scheduled for completion in 2027. …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Motorists appreciate the added features of the next-generation electronic road pricing system, but feel its three-piece on-board unit (OBU) is clunky, inelegant and takes up too much space. Eugene Ong, 50, said: “Singaporeans love their cars and want to preserve their original appearance as much as possible. …
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[ad_1] Photographer: Ivan Abreu / Bloomberg Photographer: Ivan Abreu / Bloomberg The most popular Chinese-owned social networks, from WeChat to TikTok, are increasingly censoring content in the US and elsewhere, bringing practices honed over years behind the Great Firewall to an international audience. ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok often buries or hides …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on Monday (September 7) that a coronavirus vaccine could be ready in October, vowing it would be “very safe and very effective.” This is a promise that Trump has repeatedly made. But the American public remains deeply skeptical of the claim, and …
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[ad_1] Zhong Shanshan Photographer: Jiang Xin / VCG via Getty Images Photographer: Jiang Xin / VCG via Getty Images It was the most popular IPO in the city. Now Rising shares of Nongfu Spring Co. have made its founder the third-richest person in China. Shares of the bottled water maker …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The number of private non-real estate homes resold hit a two-year high last month, while prices firmed up slightly in what observers see as another sign of the growing recovery in Singapore’s housing market from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. An estimated 1,052 condos and resale …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Three locations at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) were added to the list of public places visited by COVID-19 cases in the community during its infectious period, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday (September 8). Two of NTU’s locations are restaurants in the university’s North Spine Plaza: the food …
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