[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Nine new COVID-19 cases were reported in Singapore at noon on Friday (October 16), including eight imported infections. The remaining case was discovered in a dormitory of foreign workers. No new cases were reported in the community. Ad Ad The eight imported cases were placed on stay-at-home notices …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: An experimental $ 60 double-dose COVID-19 vaccine is being made available to some residents in an eastern Chinese city, health officials said, the first details of a mass deployment of a yet untested vaccine. Jiaxing city officials said Thursday that residents between the ages of 18 and 59 …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The King of Malaysia on Friday (October 16) urged all citizens, especially politicians, to reflect together and not allow the country to return to political turmoil. This is especially important when the country faces multiple problems and a difficult future as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Internal Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) raised S $ 53.5 billion in tax revenue in financial year (FY) 2019/20, 2.1 percent more than the previous year. The sum represents 72 percent of the government’s operating income and 10.5 percent of Singapore’s gross domestic product, IRAS said in …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A member of the secret society allowed more than 10 people, including men from his gang, to attend his father’s funeral in April amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The men then carried out a ritual that ended up shouting gang slogans three times. Lim Wei Xuan, 26, was …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Forty-three schools will receive new principals as part of the annual reorganization exercise of the Ministry of Education (MOE). Of the schools involved in the exercise, 23 will be led by newly appointed principals, the Education Ministry said in a press release on Friday (October 16). Ten of …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Three retail establishments have voluntarily agreed to stop using misleading language in their ads, the Singapore Competition and Consumers Commission (CCCS) said on Friday (October 16). The operators of ABC Bargain Center, ABC Express and Valu $ said they would not use phrases like “close of sale” and …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – The cost of airfare between Singapore and Hong Kong rose within 24 hours after the two places submitted plans for a travel bubble that would not require people to self-quarantine upon arrival. The cheapest price for a return economy seat from Singapore Airlines to Hong Kong …
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[ad_1] Cheryl tehThe times of the straitOctober 15, 2020 One of seven people linked to the high-profile Orchard Towers murder in July last year received a conditional warning. Mr. Chan Jia Xing, 27, was originally charged, along with six other people, with the murder last year of Mr. Satheesh Noel …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Ten people were arrested and more than 2,600 boxes of smuggled cigarettes were seized in various operations on the island last week, Singapore Customs said on Friday (October 16). In two of the operations, authorities raided two Housing Board apartments at King George’s Avenue and Serangoon North Avenue …
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