[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Among travelers from higher-risk countries and regions who entered Singapore without pre-departure testing between November 18 and December 27, none of those who tested positive for COVID-19 resulted in local transmission, said the Monday Education Minister Lawrence Wong. (January 4). Providing figures during his ministerial statement in Parliament, …
Read More »A vision for 2021: what every fund manager is buying (or selling)
[ad_1] LONDON: Ditch the dollar! Buy emerging markets! Stay sustainable! These are among the consensus trades that investment banks and asset managers believe will dominate financial markets in 2021. Hopefully, vaccines will make 2021 the year of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted some sectors and strengthened the …
Read More »Vaccinating the population against COVID-19 requires ‘considerable resources’, to be a key focus in 2021: Gan Kim Yong
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A nationwide effort to vaccinate the Singaporean population will require “considerable resources” to implement and will be one of the government’s key focus areas in 2021, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in Parliament on Monday (4 of January). Immunization has already started after Singapore received its first …
Read More »Everyone who takes Covid-19 injections will receive a physical vaccination card, they cannot choose which vaccine to take, Politics News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – People who choose to take the Covid-19 vaccine will receive a physical vaccination card and will be able to check their vaccination records online, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Monday (January 4). He noted that nearly 60 percent of people indicated through surveys and other …
Read More »Hannah Quinlivan pregnant? Jay Chou appears to have tampered with a photo of his wife’s belly, Entertainment News
[ad_1] TAIPEI – Eagle-eyed fans of Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jay Chou saw that he had tampered with a photo of his wife’s belly, sparking speculation that he had done so to hide a pregnancy. The prospect of a third child for Chou, 41, and Hannah Quinlivan, 27, who married in 2015, …
Read More »Singapore Police May Obtain TraceTogether Data for Criminal Investigations: Desmond Tan
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore Police (SPF) may obtain data from TraceTogether for criminal investigations, said Interior Minister of State Desmond Tan in Parliament on Monday (January 4). The SPF is empowered by the Code of Criminal Procedure to get any data, and that includes the data from TraceTogether, Mr. Tan said. …
Read More »Malaysian man heroically saves his wife from floods, but is swept away in a car, SE Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] KLUANG, JOHOR (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – When strong currents of water washed over his Proton Waja, a concerned husband broke the car window to let his wife out, where she was later rescued by passersby. However, Md Rajihan Junaidi, 28, was not so lucky. Authorities have …
Read More »Singapore Releases GDP Advance Estimates for Full Year 2020 Q4
[ad_1] A woman, wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19, walks along the Marina Bay waterfront in Singapore on May 4, 2020. Facebook Facebook logo Sign in to Facebook to connect with Roslan Rahman AFP | fake images SINGAPORE – Singapore’s …
Read More »Singapore Changi Airport to open to the public with camping and dining facilities during the Covid era – travel
[ad_1] Singapore’s Changi Airport, routinely voted the best in the world and a key part of the city-state’s psyche, is reinventing itself for the Covid era and beyond. In an attempt to keep people engaged until life returns to normal, it offers glamping for families at Jewel, the nature-themed entertainment …
Read More »Small apartment sales skyrocket in Hong Kong, the world’s most expensive housing market
[ad_1] A sofa bed inside a nano-apartment pilot house in Hong Kong. Photographer: Anthony Kwan / Bloomberg Photographer: Anthony Kwan / Bloomberg In the world’s least affordable housing market, one in eight homes sold is a nano apartment, a term widely used to describe tiny houses in Hong Kong. A …
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