[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The CEO of Singapore’s ride-sharing company Grab told employees in an internal note on Thursday (Dec. 3) that the company is in a position to make acquisitions, following a report that it is close to a merger with its regional rival Gojek. He said that Grab, which has …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A doctor is accused of insulting the modesty of hundreds of women in various places on the island. Chu Ben Wee, who is now on remand, appeared in district court via video link on Thursday (December 3). The 28-year-old Singaporean allegedly used a GoPro camera attached to …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A batch of bottled water imported by Cold Storage of Malaysia was recalled after bacteria were detected during routine sampling of the product, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Thursday (Dec. 3). The affected batch of Meadows Pure Drinking Water comes in 1.5-liter bottles, with an expiration …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Most of the landowners on 60-year leased land located at Geylang Lorong 3 have found new homes, and the remaining few are still considering their options. The land will be returned to the State when its lease agreements expire on December 31 of this year for remodeling. …
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[ad_1] Seoul: Nearly half a million South Korean students nervously began a hypercompetitive college entrance exam on Thursday (December 3), with COVID-19 students taking the exam at the hospital and others separated by transparent barriers. South Korea is battling a third wave of coronavirus infections, forcing authorities to take stringent …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A construction worker was performing his duties on the first floor of the Shaw Plaza shopping center on November 14 last year when he fell nearly 5 meters through a fragile floor covering that was hidden by concrete dust. Mr. Ramakrishnan Ravichandran was pronounced dead at the …
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[ad_1] It appears that the Midview City landlord-tenant drama that made headlines recently has another twist: The ‘landlord’ charged with illegal sublet has responded to his tenant’s allegations. The man, who is accused of lying about owning and entering the unit, had obtained the owner’s verbal consent to sublet the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Evidence in the High Court defamation trial brought by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong against the editor-in-chief of the sociopolitical website The Online Citizen (TOC) concluded on Thursday (December 3), when the late Lee’s attorney Kuan Yew took the stand. Madam Kwa Kim Li, who prepared the founding …
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[ad_1] BRUSSELS (NYTIMES, BLOOMBERG) – Doses of the vaccine manufactured by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and a small German company BioNTech, the first rigorously green-light-tested coronavirus vaccine for use, are being packaged in Belgium for shipment to Great Britain this week. Pfizer plans to ship 800,000 doses to Britain in …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A foreign worker who had been working in Singapore for more than 10 years fell through a board at a workplace, fell 4.7m in the basement of Shaw Plaza, and later died from his injuries. A coroner ruled on Thursday (December 3) the death of 30-year-old Indian citizen …
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