[ad_1] SINGAPORE: More private housing, community facilities, and even a retirement village – These are ideas that real estate analysts have come up with for large tracts of land in Jurong previously reserved for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, which since scrapped. Such developments will be in line …
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[ad_1] BEIJING – Travel between Singapore and China may resume soon if the two sides can work out a system to mutually recognize each other’s health certification and exchange personal information. Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said he had spent a considerable amount of time discussing this with his Chinese …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 22-year-old permanent resident studying in the UK was the only community case of Covid-19 announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday night (March 31). He is asymptomatic and was detected when he took a Covid-19 test before departure on Tuesday in preparation for his …
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[ad_1] ISMAILIA, Egypt: Divers inspected the hull of the Ever Given on Wednesday (March 31) when the man tasked with investigating how the giant container ship ran aground, disrupting international trade through the Suez Canal for nearly a week, boarded the vessel. Lead investigator Capt.Sayed Sheasha, who boarded the Ever …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore and China are discussing how travel ties between the two countries can be resumed, Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on Wednesday (March 31). Dr. Balakrishnan spoke at the end of a two-day visit to Fujian, where he met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA: A woman was shot dead by Indonesian police in a shooting at the force’s national headquarters in Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon (March 31). The 25-year-old was a “lone wolf” who believed in the ideology of the Islamic State, Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo said at a news conference …
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[ad_1] BERLIN: BioNTech-Pfizer said on Wednesday (March 31) that their vaccine showed 100 percent efficacy against coronavirus in children ages 12 to 15 as they seek approval for teens to receive the injections before next year. school. Phase 3 trials conducted in 2,260 adolescents in the United States “demonstrated 100 …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The government appreciates the growing importance of tudung to Singaporean Muslims and is considering how Muslim nurses can wear the headscarf with their uniform if they wish, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. Mr. Lee conveyed his views in a letter in response to the Mufti of Singapore, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 34 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Wednesday (March 31), bringing Singapore’s total to 60,381. There was one new case in the community and 33 imported. The 33 imported cases had been placed on notice of admission or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The designated dean of the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Law has resigned from his upcoming appointment for personal reasons, just over two weeks after his appointment was announced on March 12. Professor Simon Chesterman, who was appointed Dean of NUS Law on January 1, …
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