[ad_1] SINGAPORE: On Tuesday (November 3), parliament approved several updates to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act, including granting greater powers to tax law enforcement officers to seize property when investigating tax crimes. New measures were also introduced to counter a fraud scheme used by unions, known as the …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Ant Group’s $ 37 billion (Singapore $ 50.3 billion) listing has been suspended in both Shanghai and Hong Kong in a dramatic move just two days ahead of what was supposed to debut. largest stock exchange in the world. The Shanghai Stock Exchange first announced …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG: A Hong Kong journalist was arrested on Tuesday (November 3) in an investigation linked to a recent documentary she co-produced in which she investigated an attack on pro-democracy by government supporters, a move her employers described as “chilling”. Public broadcaster RTHK said officers searched producer Choy Yuk-ling’s …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Democrats are the favorites to emerge from 14 U.S. Senate races with full control of Congress in Tuesday’s (Nov. 3) election, but the final results of at least five of those races may not be available for days, and in some cases, months. With President Donald …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Renowned veteran gynecologist Yvonne Marjorie Salmon, who served 44 years at the former Kandang Kerbau Hospital and was involved in Singapore’s first surgery to separate Siamese twins in 1961, died on October 28. He was 94 years old. Dr. Salmon, the longest-serving physician at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (XINHUA) – Election day voting began in the United States early Tuesday morning (November 3) with the first ballots cast in Dixville Notch and Millsfield, two small towns in the northeastern state of New Hampshire. CNN reported that Biden took all five votes cast for president in Dixville …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Several members of a family are accused of physically abusing a friend who has a mild intellectual disability. Pliers were used to twist the victim’s toes and a hammer to break his teeth. They hit her head with a baseball bat and doused her with boiling water. …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Shoppers hoping to make their last purchases and at the two Robinsons outlets here may have until at least mid to late December to do so. A document responding to customer frequently asked questions uploaded online by Robinsons appointed liquidators, KordaMentha, on Tuesday (Nov 3) read: “We …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The 11 institutes of higher education (IHL) in Singapore handled a total of 172 disciplinary cases related to sexual misconduct by students and staff from 2015 to 2019, Minister of State for Education Sun Xueling said on Tuesday (3 of November). Sun told Parliament that this translates …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The design consultancy tender for the new funeral complex in Bidadari, which is expected to be completed in 2025, has been awarded to a team led by LAUD Architects, it said on Tuesday (Nov 3). NEA and HDB announced in 2018 that funeral homes at the Mount Vernon …
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