[ad_1] Those looking to see the waterfall spectacle at Jewel Changi Airport may have gotten more than they bargained for when water began to fall from roofs on December 22. Just four days before December 18, businesses ran into a problem when water began to gush from the ceiling of …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG: Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai had his bail revoked after prosecutors managed to ask the city’s highest court to return him to detention. Lai had been granted bail on December 23 after three weeks in custody on charges of fraud and endangering national security. His appeal …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The COVID-19 situation in Singapore, including questions about vaccines, will be discussed when Parliament meets next Monday (January 4). Health Minister Gan Kim Yong and Education Minister Lawrence Wong, who chair the multi-ministerial working group on COVID-19, will deliver ministerial statements including a third update on the government’s …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Moderate stormy rains and windy conditions are expected in the first two weeks of 2021, the Singapore Meteorological Service (MSS) said on Thursday (December 31). On most days of the fortnight, moderate torrential rains are expected in the afternoon. This can last into the evening on some days. …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore is off to a rainy and windy start to 2021, according to a weather advisory from the Singapore Meteorological Service (MSS) on Thursday (December 31). The first week of the year is forecast to be cool and windy with periods of medium to heavy rainfall over …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: The world braced itself to usher in the New Year on Thursday (December 31), with pandemic controls silencing the celebrations of billions of people eager to bid farewell to coronavirus-plagued 2020. After a grueling year in which at least 1.7 million people died from COVID-19, new waves of …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: While 2020 has been an “exceptionally testing year” for Singapore, there is now light at the end of the tunnel, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in his New Year’s message on Thursday (December 31). Singapore is in Phase 3 of its reopening, Mr. Lee noted. COVID-19 vaccines …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A total of 30 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Singapore as of noon on Thursday (December 31), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its daily preliminary update. Five community cases were reported and no new cases were found in the dormitories of foreign workers. Ad Ad …
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[ad_1] Thursday, December 31, 2020 – 11:33 am UPDATED Thu, Dec 31, 2020 – 12:28 pm ALMOST two years after its developer was slapped with a no-sale license, the Normanton Park private residential project can now go on the market. However, there are several conditions attached to the sale of …
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[ad_1] TOKYO: Tokyo reported more than 1,000 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday (December 31), a new record, as local and government officials warned that a state of emergency might be necessary to address the increasing cases. Japan’s Jiji news agency reported that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had called emergency talks …
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