SINGAPORE E-SPORTS COMPETITION WILL CONTINUE DESPITE POSITIVE CASES

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• E-sports competition M2 World Championship will continue as booked on Jan 18 even though three members from Brazil tried positive for COVID-19, the occasion's coordinator MOONTON said on Friday (Jan 15) 

One member was affir...

AMAZON GOES TO COURT IN INDIA REGARDING RETAIL DISPUTE

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• Amazon‘s Indian partner wants to sell its retail assets in India to Reliance Industries.
• Amazon has filed an appeal in an Indian court against this decision.

In an Indian court, Amazon.com Inc. has filed an appeal in...

NINE FRESH CANDIDATES TO BE APPOINTED IN SINGAPORE PARLIAMENT

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• Nine new Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) will be delegated by President Halimah Yacob for an over long term which begins on Jan 21

They incorporate Abdul Samad Abdul Wahab, labor union representative Mark Chay, previous nation...

SINGAPORE AIRLINE PLANS TO INVEST US$500 MILLION IN US BOND ISSUE 

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• Singapore Airlines (SIA) has raised S$660 million in its first US dollar bond issue, which the organization will use to purchase new airplane as the worldwide aeronautics industry plans for a post-pandemic travel bounce 

The tra...

MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE SUPPLY CHAIN PATHS UNINTERRUPTED DESPITE COVID FLARE UP OF MALAYSIA

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• There have been no disturbances to supply chains among Singapore and Malaysia after the last reported further strides to control the spread of COVID-19 this week, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said

Coronavirus cases in M...

SINGAPORE GOVT SPEED-UP THE VACCINATION PROGRAMME COVERED 6200 AS OF NOW

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• Singapore has immunized more than 6,200 individuals against COVID-19 and will keep on sloping up the number and speed of the nation's immunization program, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said after he got his first portion of the Pfizer-BioNTech ant...

UNDERPAYMENT TO EMPLOYEES COST S$119500 TO TWELVE CUPCAKES COMPANY SINGAPORE

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• Twelve Cupcakes was fined S$119,500 for coming up short on seven workers of about S$114,000 more than two years

The local brand, which was established by the previous DJ Daniel Ong and Jaime Teo in 2011 and later purchased over by In...

TEMASEK FOUNDATION SINGAPORE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ATHLETES

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• Temasek Foundation on Wednesday (Jan 13) announced it will support athletes who are not receiving the government’s grant

The Temasek Foundation Inspire Fund introduced last year intends to give an advantage to promising competi...

ENTERPRISE SINGAPORE LENT LOANS TO MORE THAN 20000 FIRMS 

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• Among March and December, a year back, about S$17.4 billion in advances were contacted more than 20,000 firms under plans maintained by Enterprise Singapore (ESG), familiar and updated with handling troubles introduced by the COVID-19 crisis

SINGAPORE JOBLESSNESS RATE DROPPED IN NOVEMBER 2020

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• Singapore's joblessness rate in November succumbed to the first run through in 2020, a sign that the most exceedingly awful could be over for the work market amid the COVID-19 pandemic

The general joblessness rate in November was...

SINGAPOREAN MINISTER REACTED TO USA’S FATEFUL DAY IN HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY

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• Singapore's Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean said he wants a serene end after dissenters raged the US Capitol on Wednesday (Jan 6), looking to drive Congress to turn around President Donald Trump's political race misfortune

In a...

HOUSE HELP DEMAND RISE IN SINGAPORE AS JOBS STARTS TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT

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• Request in Singapore for fresh domestic help is on the rise despite the additional costs engaged with getting them amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said employment agencies

Owners have to pay for the house help’s covid-19 test and s...

MALAYSIA WANTS COMPENSATION AMOUNT LESSER THAN SPENT BY SINGAPORE

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• Malaysia assumes money to be returned to Singapore for the end of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project is a lot lower than S$270 million, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy), Mustapa Mohamed

SINGAPORE BEGAN ONLINE PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS FROM JAN 2021

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• Singapore will start live streaming Parliament meetings, said the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) in an official statement

Individuals from society can see the first original procedures progressively on the service&#...

TRACE TOGETHER APP WILL GIVE DATA TO SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE FOR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

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• The Singapore Police Force (SPF) can acquire TraceTogether information for criminal examinations, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan in Parliament on Monday (Jan 4)

The SPF is enabled under the Criminal Procedure Cod...

S. KOREAN OIL REFINERS HIT WITH LOW PROFIT MARGINS DUE TO PANDEMIC IN FY 2020

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• S. Korean oil refiners hit with low profit margins due to pandemic in FY 2020.
• SK Innovation Co. and three other major oil refinery companies project a combined net loss.
• The benchmark Singapore complex gross refining mar...

SINGAPOREAN GOVERNMENT TO MAKE POLICIES FOCUSING ON FAMILY RAISING 

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• The Government wants the new generation of Singapore to raise families after the pandemic is over, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah, who regulates the National Population and Talent Division (NTPD), on Friday (Jan 1)

SINGAPORE BANS ENTRY OF TRAVELERS WITH SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY FROM 4 JAN 2020

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• Individuals coming from South Africa in the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter or travel through Singapore starting from 4 Jan, the Ministry of Health (MOH) declared

It will be applied to all those who were given a green signa...

SINGAPORE-KUALA LUMPUR SPEED RAIL TOOK A BACK SEAT AS TOLD BY TOP BOSSES OF BOTH GOVERNMENT

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• The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) undertaking will be suspended after the HSR agreement passed on Dec 31, 2020, the Prime Ministers of the two nations said in a joint articulation on Friday morning (Jan 1)

Both Singapo...

PM LEE ADDRESSED SINGAPOREANS ON THE NEW YEAR’S EVE

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• Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his New Year message enthralled a ray of hope in the hearts of people saying while 2020 has been an outstandingly testing year for Singapore, there is presently a promising end to current circumstances