GE2020: Don't rock the boat, says ESM Goh Chok Tong, Singapore News,Growing up in Pasir Panjang meant that he knows a thing or two about the difficulties of rowing a sampan in rough waters, Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) Goh Chok Tong shared in a Facebook post yesterday (July 7). The 79-year-ol
About 30,000 work pass holders from China yet to return after Chinese New Year break: Josephine Teo, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – About 30,000 work pass holders who are of Chinese nationality left Singapore over the Chinese New Year break and have not returned, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on
Immune system has long-term defences after mild Covid-19; children may be key carriers of virus variants, Lifestyle News,The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the vi
5 things I learned from the 2020 Singapore Airlines AGM, Money News,The airline industry has been one of the hardest hit due to international border closures caused by Covid-19. For the first quarter of FY20/21, Singapore Airlines (SIA) reported a net loss of $1.123 billion.This is compared to the $
Hong Kong has effective anti-money laundering supervision: Regulator, China News,HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s banking regulator said the financial hub was committed to meeting international standards on anti-money laundering, after media reports that some leading banks had moved large sums of allegedly i
Children at lower risk from Covid-19, vaccines should go to poor: WHO, World News,GENEVA – As children and adolescents are at lower risk of severe Covid-19 disease, countries should prioritise adults and sharing vaccine doses with the COVAX programme to bring supplies to poorer countries, the World
Covid maths: All the virus in the world would fit in a coke can, World News,LONDON – All the Covid-causing virus circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum exposes just how much devastation is caused b
