[ad_1] HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government risks reigniting last year’s political unrest by pushing a controversial bill banning insults to China’s national anthem, opposition lawmakers said on Tuesday, May 12. Lawmakers warned that history was repeating itself, noting that speeding up a bill last year to allow extraditions to …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A devastating fire broke through a warehouse in Tuas early Wednesday morning (May 13), causing the collapse of some of its walls. Firefighters responded at 6.20 am to the fire at 2B Tuas Avenue 12, which engulfed the second floor of a two-story warehouse, the Singapore Civil Defense …
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[ad_1] By Anshuman Dagger and Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Two EY executives in Singapore have been appointed interim judicial managers of Ocean Tankers, the accounting firm said on Tuesday, following a Singapore court hearing to consider the shipping company request to appoint independent managers. Ocean Tankers (Pte) Ltd (OTPL) …
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[ad_1] The family of the man who was fatally stabbed on Sunday night at Punggol Field was too late to hear his last words at the hospital. The man has been identified as Mr. Tay Rui Hao, 38 years old. He is believed to be married and lived a few …
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[ad_1] MONTREAL: Airlines and airports are recommending a layered approach to temporary security measures as air travel resumes, warning that no measure can mitigate all risks during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an information document seen by Reuters. The plan established by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A new mobile swab station has been implemented to make it quicker and safer for healthcare workers testing Covid-19 swabs in dormitories of foreign workers. The mobile swab station (MSS) integrates a cabin system developed by the Singapore General Hospital, called SG Safe, in a field ambulance …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Catch up on the hottest topics on The Straits Times talk show. The Big Story, broadcast every day of the week at 5.30 p.m. On Facebook and YouTube, he has top-level reporters and editors discussing the day’s main stories, in the heart of the newsroom. The show …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE (The Straits Times / ANN): There has been a dramatic drop in the number of people who see doctors in the past two months for infectious diseases that are generally passed from person to person, and some doctors say good hygiene and Social distancing measures are important factors …
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[ad_1] GENEVA: Anchoring the source of the COVID-19 pandemic should help determine how COVID-19 has “invaded the human species” so quickly, a senior official at the World Health Organization told AFP. The outbreak has sparked a fierce diplomatic dispute between China and the United States, with the WHO at the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Telco M1 said its fiber Internet services have been restored on Wednesday morning (May 13), more than 24 hours after thousands of users experienced outages. Still, some customers said they still faced connection problems. In a Facebook post at 6 a.m., the telecommunications company said that all …
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