[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The authorities have seized more than 11,180 cartons and 200 sticks of contraband cigarettes that were hidden in a container shipment. The amount of duty and goods and services tax (GST) evaded was $ 954,772 and $ 77,305.23 respectively, or just over $ 1 million in total. …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: China’s health authority said on Tuesday (May 12) that the reappearance of local groups of COVID-19 cases in recent days suggests that measures against the epidemic have yet to be relaxed. While prevention and control efforts have been normalized, that does not mean that measures can be facilitated, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has suspended all large-scale overseas exercises – including its biggest overseas exercise, Exercise Wallaby held in Queensland, Australia – because of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement on Tuesday (May 12), the Ministry of Defense (Mindef) said: “When conditions improve, Singapore may …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The roofs of a handful of multi-storey car parks in Singapore will be converted for use in vegetable and other food crops starting later this year. The tender for nine of those sites was launched on Tuesday (May 12) by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). They include …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Twenty buses from transport operator SMRT have been adapted to help with the massive transfer of COVID-19 patients between places such as hospitals, migrant worker dormitories, and various community care and recovery facilities. The buses, called COMET MAXI (Enhanced Transporters for Multiple Passengers COVID-19), can carry more than …
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[ad_1] BRASILIA: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday (May 12) declared gyms and hair salons as essential services that can stay open through the new coronavirus outbreak, easing measures to control the disease despite new cases and deaths surging in the country. Brazil has now registered a total of 168,331 …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG: The Hong Kong Police Chief said on Tuesday (May 12) that his officers should have been more professional in dealing with the media during protests in which they sprayed journalists and knelt some in one area. cordoned off. Police arrested about 230 people after Sunday’s protests in …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: People living on Housing and Development Board (HDB) farms from Tampines to Sembawang will soon be able to see food production on their doorstep, after the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) launched tenders for nine sites of urban agriculture on Tuesday (May 12). Located on the rooftops of multi-storey …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – UK-based payment financial technology firm Revolut has appointed Mr. James Shanahan, formerly Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Insurtech Singapore Life, as its Chief Executive Officer of Singapore to lead the growth of your business in Asia. The firm also hired former Credit Suisse managing …
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[ad_1] Business China announced on Tuesday a new list of 79 U.S. products eligible for waivers from retaliatory tariffs imposed at the height of the bilateral trade war, amid continued pressure on Beijing to boost imports from the United States. FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, …
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