Collectors can pre-order the 2021 Year of the Ox coins, which were unveiled by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) last week. The coins will be sold by The Singapore Mint, with the last day of pre-orders on Dec 20. Coins that are oversubscribed will be allocated by balloting, said MAS. The coin features an […]

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SINGAPORE – With the Covid-19 pandemic dominating the agenda on the first day of the Riyadh Group of 20 (G-20) summit on Saturday (Nov 21), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called on world leaders to work together to ensure the equitable distribution of vaccines, and to boost surveillance networks for diseases. Speaking at the first […]

SINGAPORE – Mr Lee Hsien Yang’s role in his father’s last will was set out by a Court of Three Judges, which noted more than once in its judgment that his wife Lee Suet Fern had simply acted on his wishes and focused on what he wanted done. The court had examined Mr Lee Hsien […]

Tallin, Estonia / NOVEMBER 19, 2020 / The YUI Finance project was listed on Uniswap on 17th November 2020. After listing on the Uniswap platform and its liquidity locked for 6 months, the project has also successfully listed on Bilaxy, Coingecko, CoinMarketCap and Blockfolio. Furthermore, the team behind YUI Finance is happy to inform users that we have entered into […]

SINGAPORE – Bees are the most important pollinator, playing a crucial role in producing the succulent fruits and vegetables that feed the people, yet little is known about their species distribution and hot spots outside of North America, Europe and Australia. To plug the gaps and make way for comprehensive biodiversity studies and conservation policies […]

The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has warned about fake documents circulating on WhatsApp claiming to be from the agency. In a statement yesterday, the CPIB said it is aware that some members of the public had received such documents which indicate that certain bank accounts of individuals, companies and third parties will be frozen […]

There were five new coronavirus cases confirmed yesterday, all of them imported. Those infected had been placed on stay-home notice on arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). There were no new locally transmitted cases, for the eighth day in a row. The new imported cases take Singapore’s total to 58,135. Three of […]

Abandoned railway tracks leading into the forest, seen below Clementi Road, opposite Maju Camp, on Oct 21. Singapore had two sets of railways in the past – one was northbound towards Malaysia, and the other ran westward towards Jurong. The train tracks were once part of the Jurong Railway Line, a 14km railway that opened […]

Travellers arriving in Singapore can now purchase insurance coverage for Covid-19-related costs incurred during their stay here. Changi Airport Group and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said in a joint statement yesterday that three insurance companies have developed travel insurance products which provide at least $30,000 in coverage for Covid-19-related medical treatment and hospitalisation costs. […]

Bigger Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in Bishan and Toa Payoh (Bidadari) have been oversubscribed just one day after their launch, even as buyers faced issues submitting applications on the Housing Board website. The HDB website was hit by glitches for more than 24 hours after it launched some 5,700 BTO flats and 5,220 Sale of Balance […]

TORONTO, Nov 17, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – RIWI Corp. (TSXV: RIWI) (OTC Pink: RWCRF) (the “Company” or “RIWI”), a global trend-tracking and prediction technology firm, announces that BofA Securities has awarded an initial contract order to RIWI for over US$650,000 under its new three-year long-term agreement (the “Agreement”). BofA Securities represents the Bank of America’s institutional broker-dealer businesses, […]

Thailand has given Singapore 10,000 Covid-19 test kits in a goodwill gesture reflecting the close bilateral friendship. Thai Ambassador Suriya Chindawongse handed the kits over to the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*Star) director of the biomedical research council Amanda Ang in a symbolic ceremony in A*Star’s Fusionopolis office yesterday morning. Dr Chindawongse said […]

For Mr Ganesh Singh, who has been selling teh tarik for over 30 years at Tekka Centre, the expert panel’s recommendation for Singapore’s hawker culture to be included on Unesco’s intangible cultural heritage list is a “dream come true”. The 54-year-old, who was featured in a video produced last year as part of the country’s […]

A Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) student met a schoolmate on campus in June last year to pass her a piece of lysergide or LSD as she was curious about the hallucinogenic drug. Ally Tan Ya Teng, 18, gave a token sum of $1 to Saahil Mahesh Thadani for the drug. In a separate incident at NYP, […]

Following recent reports that Sars-CoV-2 – the virus responsible for Covid-19 – was found on frozen beef and tripe in China, The Straits Times looks at how frozen food and food facilities could be possible modes of transmission and the risk of contracting the virus in such a manner. Q: Should I be worried about […]

The incoming Biden administration represents an opportunity for the US to engage China constructively, working on areas of common interest while constraining the areas where they disagree, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at a Bloomberg forum yesterday. He expressed hope that President-elect Joe Biden will seek such a framework for ties with Beijing.

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SINGAPORE – The economic fallout from Covid-19 has affected not just the most vulnerable workers, but also a broad swathe of the middle-class around the world. This means relying on traditional solutions to inequality, such as passive and redistributive measures, “is not going to change the game”, said Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Instead, it is […]

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