SINGAPORE – The closure of Jurong Fishery Port has affected fish suppliers and market stalls, and also caused a bit of anxiety among shoppers, who were seen snapping up fish in wet markets on Saturday (July 17). Fish suppliers took to social media to announce that they would not be taking in any new orders, […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – China’s foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong said new US sanctions on Chinese officials and its updated business advisory on the city are “extremely rude” and “extremely unreasonable” bullying acts with “despicable intention”. The United States imposed sanctions on Friday (July 16) on seven Chinese officials over Beijing’s crackdown on democracy […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China has financed the setup of a fund under Apec to fight Covid-19 and fuel economic recovery, President Xi Jinping said during a virtual meeting of the Asia-Pacific trade group on Friday (July 16), according to Xinhua news agency. Mr Xi also said that China supported waiving the intellectual property rights on […]
SINGAPORE – Like Indonesia and Thailand, the rest of South-east Asia is also in a race against time to get as many people inoculated as possible, as a Covid-19 surge rips through the region of over 650 million people. Malaysia is struggling with record-high cases despite a lockdown that started on June 1, and health […]
SINGAPORE – The option for unmarried partners of Singaporeans or permanent residents to enter the Republic through familial ties was removed in March, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Friday (July 16). It was through this option that the first known case in a growing cluster linked to KTV lounges, a short-term visit pass […]
SINGAPORE – Deep cleaning was carried out at a vaccination centre in Yew Tee Community Club after it was visited by a Covid-19-positive individual who was there to be inoculated. In a Facebook post on Friday night (July 16), an MP for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, Mr Alex Yam, said cleaning was also carried out in […]
SINGAPORE – The Covid-19 cluster linked to KTV outlets has grown to 120 people since the index case was identified five days ago, and poses a “major setback” to Singapore’s reopening, said Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong on Friday (July 16) at a press conference held by the multi-ministry task force on Covid-19. […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – Hong Kong’s national security police on Friday (July 16) raided buildings at the city’s top university after its student leaders paid tribute to a man who stabbed a policeman. Anti-police sentiment has been running high in Hong Kong, a deeply polarised city since huge, often violent pro-democracy protests that took place […]
SINGAPORE – A 24-year-old man was arrested on Friday (July 16) for suspected involvement in at least 15 cases of e-commerce scams involving the sale of computer graphics cards. Preliminary investigations revealed that the scams amount to more than $200,000, said the police, who received several reports early this month. The victims said an online […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has reported 12,541 new Covid-19 cases on Friday (July 16), a slight dip from the record 13,215 cases reported on Thursday. This brings total cases to 893,323, the Health Ministry said on Twitter. Malaysia continues to battle surging infections fuelled by the Delta variant despite imposing a lockdown since June 1. […]