[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore should stay focused on containing COVID-19 and provide health assurances that it can safely host the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting next year, said the Minister of Trade and Industry on Wednesday (December 9). , Chan Chun Sing. The WEF Special Annual Meeting, usually held in the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Private sector economists surveyed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) expect the economy to contract 6 percent this year, unchanged from the previous survey released three months ago. The economy is likely to contract 4.5 percent year-on-year in the last three months of the year, following a …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A deputy director of the Singapore Football Association (FAS) and his wife allegedly worked together to cheat the sports body out of more than $ 600,000 in total between 2016 and 2018. Rikram Jit Singh Randhir Singh, 40, was in charge of business and business development at …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Local importer Yuan Sang was fined S $ 3,800 on Wednesday (December 9) for illegally bringing in imitation black moss from China. In a press release, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said it found 100kg of undeclared black moss during an inspection in November 2019. Ad Ad “All …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – The long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine does not need to be halal to be administered in Malaysia, said Health Ministry Director General Noor Hisham Abdullah, allaying concerns among local Muslims about injections containing substances banned by Islam. . “If they can get halal certified it would be better, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Royal Caribbean decided to cancel its Quantum of the Seas cruise on Thursday (December 10) “in an overabundance of caution,” after a passenger on a previous voyage tested positive for COVID-19. Departures will resume on December 14, Royal Caribbean said in an email Wednesday night. Ad Ad The …
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[ad_1] LONDON: Britain’s drug regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergic reactions should not receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech, after two people reported adverse effects on the first day of implementation. Britain began mass vaccinating its population on Tuesday (December 8) in a global campaign …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Passengers aboard Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas cruise ship, where a man tested positive for COVID-19, was allowed to disembark the ship about 12 hours after docking on Wednesday morning (December 9). The ship docked at Marina Bay Cruise Center Singapore at 8 a.m., a day ahead …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Dream Cruises’ World Dream cruise ship departure took place on Wednesday night (December 9), after a passenger aboard another Royal Caribbean cruise ship tested positive for COVID-19. Dream Cruises said its ship would leave earlier than scheduled Wednesday to facilitate the early disembarkation of Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Passengers aboard the Quantum of the Seas cruise ship reacted calmly to the news that a case of Covid-19 had been detected among guests on the third day of their three-night voyage. Those with whom The Straits Times spoke said they were aware of the risks when …
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