[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated many large-scale social, economic and technological trends, and this will have lasting effects on the way people live, work and interact with each other, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong. To better prepare students for this rapidly changing environment, the Ministry of Education …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – The CEO of Grab, the Singapore carrier, told employees in an internal note on Thursday (December 3) that the company is in a position to make acquisitions, following a report that is close to a merger with regional rival Gojek. The two firms have made …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Dec 3): The chief executive of Singapore passenger transport company Grab told employees in an internal note on Thursday 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. The two companies have …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: About 91.1 percent or 1.4 million foreign workers in Malaysia do not receive accommodation that meets the provisions of the Minimum Standards of Housing and Services for Workers Act 1990 or Act 446, said Thursday Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Saravanan (Dec. 3). Saravanan said she found …
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[ad_1] JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor state government launched an initiative to send 1,000 food baskets to needy Malaysians who are based in Singapore, Chief Minister Hasni Mohammad said on Thursday (December 3). In a statement, Hasni said the initiative, which was first announced when he presented the Johor State Budget …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The lawyer who prepared six wills for the late founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew will appear in High Court on Thursday (December 3) to testify in a defamation lawsuit against The Online Citizen (TOC) editor Terry Xu. Ms. Kwa Kim Li, who did not handle the …
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[ad_1] One diner was horrified when what felt like crunchy cabbage in his mouth turned out to be a baby cockroach. Stomper Anonymous said he visited the Food Republic at Causeway Point last Thursday (Nov 26), around 1 p.m. He placed a take-out order of chicken rice with soy sauce …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Catering company Spize and its related company Spize Events were fined $ 32,000 in total on Thursday (December 3) for a mass food poisoning incident that sickened more than 60 people and killed an auxiliary police officer. The Attorney General’s Office (AGC) and the Singapore Food Agency …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Nine new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Thursday (December 3), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,239. Eight were imported cases that had been placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, and one case from a worker’s bedroom, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. No …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia’s parliament passed legislation on Thursday (December 3) giving the federal government the power to veto any deal reached with foreign states, a move that is likely to enrage China and escalate a bitter diplomatic dispute between the two countries. The law allows the Commonwealth to block any …
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