[ad_1] SYDNEY: The postponed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC Vice President John Coates told AFP on Monday (September 7), calling them the “Games that conquered COVID.” The Olympics have never been canceled outside of the world wars and Coates, speaking in a …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid who was convicted of stealing items worth S $ 34,000 from Changi Airport Group Chairman Liew Mun Leong and her family was acquitted by the High Court on Friday (September 4). Parti Liyani, 46, was sentenced in March 2019 to two years and two months …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Larger exhibitions and conferences with up to 250 participants are expected to return to Singapore. Organizers will be able to apply to pilot Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (Mice) events from October 1. Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing, announcing the move on Monday (September 7) …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Private sector economists expect Singapore’s economy to contract 6 percent this year, a slight downgrade from their previous forecast of a 5.8 percent drop after a worse-than-expected decline in the second quarter. This was according to the latest quarterly survey by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released …
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[ad_1] Mon 07 Sep 2020-9: 47 am SINGAPORE shares fell when trading began earlier in the week, with the Straits Times Index (STI) falling 4.51 points or 0.2 percent to 2,505.13 at 9.01am. This comes after a pullback in US tech stocks spooked Asian markets on Friday, and US stocks …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will begin accepting requests for pilot testing of large-scale meetings of up to 250 people from October 1, as part of plans to gradually resume economic activities in the country. Organizers of such Meeting, Incentive, Convention and Exhibition (MICE) events must demonstrate their …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Companies continued hiring during the second quarter of this year, albeit at a slower pace, despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy, according to a survey by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). Despite weaker hiring sentiments, laid off workers were able to find work …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia’s coronavirus hotspot, Victoria, reported nine deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours and 41 cases on Monday (Sept. 7), compared with five deaths and 63 cases a day earlier. The southeastern state on Sunday extended a lockdown on its capital Melbourne until Sept. 28, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Ang Mo Kio City Council said on Monday (September 7) that it is investigating the cause of a pipeline drowning after fecal matter overflowed onto an empty deck last week. A preliminary investigation showed that an “underground pipeline was clogged,” the city council said, causing fecal matter …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Axington Inc’s two-member board has extended the bidding period for a rights issue proposal as it expects “further clarity” from the company’s controlling shareholders, who also own the controversial company that made a offer for the English Premier League. club Newcastle United. The Catalist-listed company had said …
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