SINGAPORE – The Singapore Nightlife Business Association (SNBA) worked with 34 KTV lounges to temporarily convert their operations from nightlife venues to food and beverage (F&B) outlets since November last year. However, the three venues that have emerged as part of an emerging KTV cluster of Covid-19 infections were not among them. The three KTV […]
SINGAPORE – All trams at the Singapore Zoo, River Safari, Night Safari and Jurong Bird Park will be converted to run on electricity by the end of the year, as Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) makes a major commitment to reduce its carbon emissions through more sustainable transport. The move will affect 30 trams in total […]
HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam will impose movement restrictions in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho for 14 days starting on Monday (July 12), the government said, as the South-east Asian country battles its worst outbreak of the pandemic. The city of 1.23 million people in the far south has reported seven infections over the […]
TAIPEI (REUTERS) – BioNTech SE had planned to send Taiwan five million Covid-19 vaccine doses by July under an original deal which collapsed in January, Taipei’s top diplomat in Berlin said on Tuesday (July 13), detailing how the highly politicised agreement came apart. Taiwan had tried for months to get the vaccine from the German […]
TAIPEI (REUTERS) – BioNTech SE had planned to send Taiwan five million Covid-19 vaccine doses by July under an original deal which collapsed in January, Taipei’s top diplomat in Berlin said on Tuesday (July 13), detailing how the highly politicised agreement came apart. Taiwan had tried for months to get the vaccine from the German […]
SINGAPORE – The Istana is reopening its grounds to the public on Aug 1, Sunday, to mark National Day. The last scheduled opening on May 13 to celebrate Labour Day and Hari Raya Puasa had to be cancelled when pandemic measures were tightened. With the gradual easing of the measures, ticket holders of the cancelled […]
SINGAPORE – The Istana is reopening its grounds to the public on Aug 1, Sunday, to mark National Day. The last scheduled opening on May 13 to celebrate Labour Day and Hari Raya Puasa had to be cancelled when pandemic measures were tightened. With the gradual easing of the measures, ticket holders of the cancelled […]
Last summer, as Major League Baseball reeled from coronavirus outbreaks and canceled games, its analog in South Korea became a poster child of how to successfully hold spectator sports in a pandemic. Now the roles are reversed. As M.L.B. prepared to hold its All-Star Game, canceled last year, in front of a capacity crowd in […]
SINGAPORE – A large tree collapsed in a carpark at Yishun on Tuesday (July 13) amid heavy rain that lasted for hours across the country. No one was injured and there was no damage to common property, Nee Soon Town Council posted on Facebook. The incident occurred near Block 645 Yishun Street 61 at around […]
SINGAPORE – A large tree collapsed in a carpark at Yishun on Tuesday (July 13) amid heavy rain that lasted for hours across the country. No one was injured and there was no damage to common property, Nee Soon Town Council posted on Facebook. The incident occurred near Block 645 Yishun Street 61 at around […]