[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 40 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Friday (September 4), bringing Singapore’s total to 56,948. They included three imported cases that had been placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. There were no new community cases. The …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Retail sales in Singapore fell 8.5 percent year-on-year in July as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the sector. This is an improvement from the 27.7 percent drop in June, the Statistics Department (SingStat) said on Friday (September 4). Ad Ad Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales fell 7.7% …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The government agrees “in principle” with the live broadcast of parliamentary proceedings, and the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) will study the technical and implementation details, the Minister of Justice said on Friday (September 4). Communications and Information, S Iswaran. “Our goal, as always, will be to …
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[ad_1] GENEVA: China’s national security law for Hong Kong poses a serious risk to the city’s freedoms and violates international legal obligations, warned UN special human rights rapporteurs. Beijing has faced a barrage of criticism over the law, which was imposed in late June after protests rocked the semi-autonomous city …
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[ad_1] WELLINGTON: New Zealand recorded its first death from COVID-19 in more than three months on Friday (September 4) when a man in his 50s succumbed to the virus. Health officials said the man was part of a cluster of second-wave infections that emerged in Auckland last month, ending a …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Naming companies that are on the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) watch list is “counterproductive” as it thwarts local hiring efforts by suspect companies, Human Resources Minister Josephine Teo said in Parliament on Friday (September 4). Ms Teo spoke on the fifth day of Parliament in response to calls …
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[ad_1] WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday (September 4) that current restrictions to combat the spread of the coronavirus would be in place until at least mid-September. Auckland, the country’s largest city and the center of a new outbreak, will remain at alert level 2.5 which …
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[ad_1] Friday, September 04, 2020 – 1:10 pm SINGAPORE’s retail sales were on track for recovery in July, the first full month with stores reopening, after the second-quarter closure of “circuit breakers.” On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, turnover was 27.4 percent higher than the previous month, which the Department …
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[ad_1] Friday, September 04, 2020 – 1:37 pm To account for the Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) proposed stake purchase in AsiaRetail Fund (ARF), as well as its potential sale of Bedok Point, CGS-CIMB has increased its counter price target to S $ 2.83, from S $ 2.78 previously. The investigation …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A man accused of murdering his wife in Boon Lay will be sent for psychiatric observation. On Friday (September 4), the prosecution requested that 24-year-old Chinese citizen Cui Huan be sent to the Changi Prison Complex Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation. Cui is accused of murdering …
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