[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The 191 units at Geylang Lorong 3 have been vacated and ownership of the land leased for 60 years has returned to the state, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) said on Friday (January 1). In June 2017, the statutory board announced that the land occupied by the …
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[ad_1] LONDON: Britain started a new year and life outside of Europe on Friday (January 1), after leaving the bloc’s single market trading rules to go on its own for the first time in nearly half a century. Brexit, which has dominated politics on both sides of the Channel since …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore residents will not be able to travel to Indonesia under existing travel corridor agreements, after the Indonesian government imposed a temporary ban on entry of all foreigners. The new regulation, which was announced earlier this week, will go into effect on Friday (January 1). Ad Ad It …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 30 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Friday (January 1). These include three community cases, two of them linked to family groups that involve workers in the marine sector. One of the community cases is a relative of the PSA Marine port pilot whose infection …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia wanted to advance the start of construction of the high speed rail (HSR) to Singapore by two years, one of several changes to the 350 km link to Kuala Lumpur that resulted in the project being abandoned after the deadline from Thursday. elapsed. Prime Minister …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – As many in the country were counting to bid farewell to the Covid-19 year at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, three couples in the delivery rooms of three hospitals were about to meet their newborns. At the stroke of midnight, doctors at Raffles Hospital, Mount Alvernia Hospital, and Mount …
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[ad_1] WUHAN: Thousands of New Year’s revelers packed the center of Wuhan, the Chinese city where COVID-19 was first detected, cheering and launching balloons to welcome in 2021. The police erected fences to try to avoid congestion around the clock tower of the city’s Customs, but the measure was ineffective …
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[ad_1] Seoul: Kim Jong Un thanked North Koreans for supporting his leadership in “tough times” in a rare handwritten New Year’s letter published on Friday (January 1) ahead of a crucial ruling party congress that will set the economic goals of the country. The personal message came after the isolated …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s motion control order (RMCO) recovery phase has been extended to March 31, 2021, Chief Minister (Security Group) Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Friday (January 1). He said that the decision was made after a risk assessment conducted by the Ministry of Health (MINSA), which found that …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK: Confetti fluttered over front-line workers scattered across Times Square after fireworks exploded over eerily quiet locations from the Sydney Harbor Bridge to Copacabana Beach, as the world ushered in the New Year with silent celebrations and bid farewell to 2020 plagued by pandemics. After a grueling year …
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