[ad_1] Wed, Oct 21, 2020 – 9:53 AM SINGAPORE shares opened slightly higher on Wednesday after US markets posted modest gains amid renewed hopes for a stimulus package. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.3% or 6.52 points to 2,535.16 at 9.04 a.m. M. The winners outnumbered the losers 71 …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Workers’ Party (WP) said on Wednesday (October 21) that it had tabled a full motion in Parliament to discuss issues related to the Parti Liyani case. Ms. Parti worked for the former chairman of the Changi Airport Group, Liew Mun Leong, and was acquitted last month of …
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[ad_1] Wed, Oct 21, 2020 – 8:22 am UPDATED Wed, Oct 21, 2020 – 9:58 am The trust scheme for the merger of CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT) and CapitaLand Commercial Trust (CCT) became effective and binding on Wednesday. Consequently, CCT participants will receive payment of the scheme consideration, comprising 25.9 …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid who hit a one-month-old baby so hard that it could be heard on closed-circuit television camera footage did so to “vent her stress,” the court heard on Wednesday (October 21) . Lana Ngizatul Mona, 26, was sentenced to nine months in jail Wednesday after pleading …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday (October 21) that it will cut 5,900 jobs and end its regional Cathay Dragon brand, joining its peers in cutting costs while dealing with a drop in demand due to coronavirus pandemic. The airline will also seek changes to the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A group of Tembusu College students has formed a Community Support Working Group (CSWG), following criticism of the university’s response to the firing of fellow university student, Dr. Jeremy Fernando. The National University of Singapore (NUS), of which Tembusu College is a part, fired Dr. Fernando after an …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump spent a decade unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for president and forging a partnership with a major government-controlled company, The New York Times reported on Tuesday (May 20). October). China is one of only three foreign nations, …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday (October 20) that his country will provide 50 billion yen ($ 473 million) in low-interest loans to Indonesia to support its fight against COVID-19. The offer was made to Indonesian President Joko Widodo during talks at the presidential palace in …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Indonesian parliament passed a new law that aims to boost employment prospects in the country. The job creation law, passed on October 5, is a product of a “blanket” bill that seeks to be blanket legislation that revises a multitude of existing employment and investment laws and …
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[ad_1] ERIE, Pennsylvania: President Donald Trump campaigned in the crucial battlefield state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday (October 20), telling his supporters that he needed a second term in the White House to ensure a successful recovery of the new coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences. At a rally at the …
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