SINGAPORE – Building firms Ong&Ong and Woh Hup, as well as two projects, Paya Lebar Quarter and the Kallang Polyclinic and Long Term Care Facility, have received top accolades at the inaugural Integrated Digital Delivery (IDD) Awards of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), announced on Wednesday (Sept 8). The awards recognise those who have […]
JTOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan should strive for a new form of capitalism to reduce income disparity that has worsened under the coronavirus pandemic, says former foreign minister Fumio Kishida who hopes to become leader of the ruling party and next prime minister. Mr Kishida is the only Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member to announce his […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s Victoria state reported on Wednesday (Sept 8) 221 new locally acquired cases, down from the year’s record high of 246 a day earlier, as the authorities try to ramp up vaccinations to begin easing some tough restrictions. About 62 per cent of people above 16 in the state have had at […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Wednesday, Sept 8. Immediate 14-day WFH for firms if worker with Covid-19 was in office in week before testing positive Employers should implement the work-from-home regimen no later than one day after the positive test result. READ MORE HERE New Covid-19 cluster at madrasah in […]
KABUL (AFP) – The Taliban on Tuesday (Sept 7) announced key posts for its new government in Afghanistan, after the hardline Islamist movement seized control of the country and ousted the previous regime last month (August). Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund was named as leader while Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will be his deputy. The Taliban’s inner workings and leadership have long […]
Immediate 14-day WFH for firms if worker with Covid-19 was in office in week before testing positive
SINGAPORE – Firms with employees who were in the workplace at any time in the seven days prior to testing positive for Covid-19 must require all employees able to do so to work from home (WFH) for 14 days. Employers must also take active steps to guard against potential outbreaks at the workplace by requiring […]
NEW DELHI – A plan to revamp Sabarmati Ashram, where India’s independence hero Mahatma Gandhi once lived, has stirred controversy, with opponents denouncing it as an attempt at “disneyfication” of the revered site. Gandhi set up the Sabarmati Ashram in the state of Gujarat – the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi – after […]
SINGAPORE – A pilot travel scheme to allow travellers vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter Singapore without quarantine will take off as planned on Wednesday (Sept 8). The first flight under the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL), SQ325, is expected to depart Frankfurt in Germany at 10pm local time on Tuesday (4am on Wednesday, Singapore time), and land […]
SINGAPORE – The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) on Tuesday (Sept 7) threatened to take enforcement action against The Online Citizen (TOC) if it did not give good reasons for repeatedly failing to declare all its funding sources for last year. IMDA said this was in spite of reminders and extensions, and it has asked […]
HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, extended Covid-19 restrictions on Monday (Sept 6) for a further two weeks, as the authorities launched a plan to conduct tests on the city’s eight million people to try to curb a climb in infections that started in late April. The South-east Asian country dealt successfully with the virus for […]