[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Low- and middle-income workers affected by the pandemic will receive further assistance from the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) under a new grant. Called the Covid-19 Recovery Grant (CRG), the scheme announced Wednesday (December 16) is for those who continue to suffer significant job or …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Laboratory-grown chicken meat will make its debut in 1880, a private club for members on Robertson Quay, in a culinary first this weekend after the company behind the product announced its inaugural sale on Wednesday (December 16). ). The US company Eat Just announced earlier this month that …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A passenger on the SBS bus became enraged and repeatedly hit the driver who had told him to wear a mask. Ja’afally Abdul Rahim, 53, was sentenced on Wednesday (December 16) to 16 weeks in jail for assaulting the bus driver Low Kok Weng, 39. The unemployed …
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[ad_1] Five men and three women, aged between 22 and 27, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a violent altercation that broke out at a club in Boay Quay. Police said they were alerted to a fight in which a group of eight people were allegedly attacked by …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – More people rented condo units and apartments from the Housing Board (HDB) in November, even with border restrictions still in place. Condo rental volume increased 3.8 percent month-over-month to an estimated 4,443 units in November from 4,281 units in October, according to flash data from real estate …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG – Even with stricter measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, Hong Kong is getting no respite as the death toll rises and more groups erupt in different buildings, including the most recent in a domestic help dormitory. The territory is bracing for a grim Christmas and …
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[ad_1] MAJURO, Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands police found the largest cocaine booty ever recorded in the Pacific nation in an abandoned boat that reached a remote atoll after being adrift on the high seas, potentially for years. Attorney General Richard Hickson said the 5.5m fiberglass boat was found on Ailuk …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s government declared a state of emergency on Wednesday (December 16) to halt by-elections in two constituencies scheduled for next month, as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases in recent months. . The country has seen a sharp increase in cases since September, with …
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[ad_1] South China morning post Coronavirus: Thousands of Hong Kong Hotel Bookings Disrupted by Government Decision to Designate Quarantine-Only Facilities Thousands of hotel reservations for Hong Kong arrivals that need to undergo mandatory Covid-19 quarantine would have to be canceled or reorganized after the government dropped several popular properties off …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – For the first time since its launch some 40 years ago, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report has suspended its annual ranking of countries competitiveness. Faced with the need for new thinking about economic recovery, as well as the lack of data from international organizations …
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