[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singtel launched 5G trial services in Singapore on Tuesday (September 1), the second telecom company after StarHub to enable consumers to browse a faster mobile network. Singtel’s 5G services are free to the first 20,000 customers with 5G-compatible smartphones as part of a three-month trial, and its …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A young man who threw a metal cup at his family’s maid, breaking her nose, was sentenced on Tuesday (September 1) to at least six months of reformative training. This means that Ng Jia Sheng, now 20, will be detained in a facility and will follow a …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesia hopes there will be a reciprocal green lane for essential travel with Singapore immediately, President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday (September 1). Speaking to journalists from foreign media, Mr. Widodo expressed his hope that the greenway will be a boost for bilateral ties, specifically in the economic …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: Tens of thousands of people in an ethnic Mongol region of northern China have joined rare protests and school boycotts against a new curriculum that they fear will erase their minority culture, residents said on Tuesday (September 1). The policy change in Inner Mongolia means that all ethnic …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Five Singaporeans were arrested in an operation at various locations in Singapore on Monday, the Central Bureau of Narcotics said in a press release on Tuesday (September 1). Authorities also seized 622 g of cannabis, about 21 g of ketamine, 22 ecstasy tablets, 17 Erimin-5 tablets and four …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – An Indonesian maid who killed and robbed an elderly couple in Bedok in 2017 will spend 20 years in jail in her home country after a trial there for the double murder. The Indonesian court ruling was revealed on Tuesday (September 1) in an investigation by a …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) intends to review the hiring practices of companies whose “Singaporean core has weakened”, as well as those whose Employment Pass (EP) and S Pass workforce is ” excessively concentrated “in a single source foreign nationality, said Labor Minister Josephine Teo. The move comes …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will ensure fair recruitment opportunities while preparing Singaporeans as leaders and specialists in the financial services sector, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Tuesday (September 1). Mr. Ong, who is also a member of the MAS board, cited concerns that some …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – An Indonesian maid who fled to her home country after the bodies of an elderly Singaporean couple were found at her Bedok Reservoir Road home in 2017 is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for the double murder, according to heard the forensic court on Tuesday (September …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has announced that long-term pass holders who are citizens of India, Indonesia and the Philippines will not be able to enter the country as of September 7. At a press conference on Tuesday (September 1), Chief Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the decision was …
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