[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Most Malaysians have been trapped in their homes for almost two months due to the partial closure of the country that helped curb the coronavirus outbreak but cost the economy billions of ringgit in losses. However, many of them still support the government’s measure on Sunday …
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[ad_1] Mon, May 11, 2020 – 5:51 PM THE Singapore Exchange will soon do away with its minimum trading price rule for mainboard-listed companies, after finding “broad support from market participants” in last year’s public consultation, its regulatory arm said on Monday. Since 2016, companies on the mainboard must have …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: When it was announced on April 6 that Basic Military Training would be temporarily suspended in accordance with Singapore’s COVID-19 “circuit breaker” measures, training at the Officer Cadet School (OCS) was saved from suspension. The training school is necessary to maintain the operational readiness of the Singapore Armed …
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[ad_1] MOSCOW: Russia’s coronavirus cases surpassed Italian and British infections on Monday (May 11) to become the third highest in the world after a record daily rise in hours before President Vladimir Putin reviewed the blockade regime from the country. The official count increased to 221,344, meaning that Russia now …
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[ad_1] A group of four men were caught ignoring safe distancing measures after they created a riot while smoking and drinking together in a pavilion in Toa Payoh on Saturday (May 9). Stomper Sandy He shared photos of the incident that occurred in a park near Block 69 Toa Payoh …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A total of 100,000 KN95 masks and five tons of hand sanitizer have been donated to frontline health care workers in Batam, the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) said. Thirteen companies partnered with EDB to make the donation on Monday (May 11) to the Batam city government to …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Within half an hour of leaving his home with a knife, a man cut the arm of a runner, threatened a cyclist, then entered a mosque and disrupted a packed religious class. Before leaving his home earlier this year, Fadhil Yusop, 35, had asked his wife to …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: China rebuked New Zealand on Monday (May 11) for its support for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization (WHO), saying the country should “stop making wrong statements” on the issue to avoid damage bilateral relations. Taiwan, with strong support from the United States, has stepped up its …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA: Hundreds of people in central Jakarta gathered on Sunday night (May 10) to say goodbye to the first McDonald’s store in Indonesia, in what some have said is a possible violation of COVID restrictions- 19. Sarinah, a state-owned mall where the flagship store was located, announced last week …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The former boss of the popular Zam Zam restaurant and his friend were jailed for conspiring to assault a rival restaurant’s supervisor on Thursday (9 April). Zackeer Abbass Khan, 49, was jailed six years and given six strokes of the cane, while his long-time friend Anwer Ambiya …
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