[ad_1] SINGAPORE (TNP) – Selected karaoke venues can be allowed to reopen without their customers having to take a Covid-19 swab test as part of the pilot program, the Home Office (MHA) said. But these outlets must observe a different set of rules, such as a maximum group size of …
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[ad_1] Singapore Watch the Singapore Parliament’s first live stream of its full proceedings. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong and Education Minister Lawrence Wong will give an update on the government-wide response to COVID-19. House of Parliament, Singapore. (Photo: Hanidah Amin) January 04, 2021 01:09 pm (Updated: January 04, 2021 01:31 …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: A French-Irish teenager with learning difficulties died of “misadventure” after disappearing in the Malaysian jungle on a family vacation and there were no signs she was murdered or sexually assaulted, a coroner ruled Monday (Jan.4 ). The body of 15-year-old Nora Quoirin was discovered without clothes after …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The two groups of COVID-19 families identified in recent days are a “sobering reminder of how easy it is to break up the clumps,” Education Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday (January 4). Speaking to reporters at Waterway Primary School in Punggol, he said it is a reminder …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, reported zero local coronavirus cases on Monday (January 4) for the first time in nearly three weeks as Sydney battled multiple outbreaks and authorities urged tens of thousands people to get tested. New South Wales’ daily test numbers have dropped to …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore will start broadcasting Parliament sessions live from Monday’s session (January 4), the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) said in a press release. Members of the public can tune in to the original and translated versions of the proceedings in real time on the ministry’s YouTube channel. …
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[ad_1] TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday (January 4) that the government would consider declaring a state of emergency for the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area as coronavirus cases escalate and strain the country’s medical system. The possible declaration of an emergency would mark a reversal, as Suga …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A teenager on probation on multiple charges of sexual abuse and insulting a woman’s modesty repeated by unbuttoning his pants at a Popular bookstore and sexually abusing a woman in line at the cashier. The 18-year-old, who cannot be identified because he was under 18 at the time …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Amid a Covid-19 pandemic that has disrupted learning, Singaporean students who sat for International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma exams last November have once again managed to outshine their global counterparts. The Switzerland-based IB Organization, which conducts the exams, said Singapore produced 55 of the 99 perfect scores, more …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Private property prices in Singapore increased 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 from the previous quarter, according to preliminary estimates from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday (January 4). This compares with a 0.8 percent increase in the prior quarter, URA said. Ad Ad For …
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