SINGAPORE – A record $33.5 million was doled out last year by the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) to help more Singaporeans in need. A total of 18,600 households benefited from the community self-help group’s programmes, up from 17,000 in 2019. The CDAC said on Friday (June 18) that new schemes this year will continue […]
TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan is expected to maintain its massive stimulus and may extend a deadline for its pandemic-relief programme on Friday, in a sign that a fragile economy and tepid inflation will keep any exit from its ultra-easy policy a long way off.FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks past […]
SEOUL (AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country needs to prepare for “both dialogue and confrontation” with the United States under President Joe Biden, state media reported on Friday (June 18). At a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea on Thursday, Mr Kim […]
SINGAPORE – Apart from the traditional areas of cooperation on defence and trade, Singapore and the United States can work on newer areas such as climate change, the digital economy, and global healthcare needs, said Ambassador-at-Large Chan Heng Chee. Speaking on Thursday (June 17) at a panel discussion to mark the 55th anniversary of Singapore-US […]
MANILA — A former mayor accused of being a drug trafficker in the Philippines was killed Thursday after he attempted to grab a gun from officers while being transported to detention in the capital, Manila, the police said. Montasser Sabal, the former mayor of the southern town of Talitay, was arrested late Wednesday with three […]
SINGAPORE – An Indonesian businessman on the run for 13 years over corruption and illegal logging in his country has been caught and dealt with by Singapore authorities for immigration offences. Adelin Lis committed immigration offences in Singapore and was convicted of making false declarations to obtain a visit pass on multiple occasions in 2017 […]
SINGAPORE – Policyholders with Integrated Shield Plans (IP) will now be covered if they are hospitalised as a result of complications from Covid-19 vaccines under the Health Sciences Authority’s Special Access Route (SAR). This means that IP coverage for hospitalisations that result from vaccine-related complications will now include those who have taken the Sinovac vaccine. […]
SINGAPORE – Digital manufacturing in Singapore got a boost on Thursday (June 17) with the launch of a $18 million laboratory that would pave the way for higher-quality, more user-friendly goods that get to consumers quicker. The facility set up jointly by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and local manufacturing software company […]
KUALA LUMPUR – The ball is still in Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s court, but the odds for a winning shot has narrowed after Malaysia’s royals indicated on Wednesday that emergency rule will end in August, and the government’s legitimacy needs to be tested in Parliament sooner rather than later. The statements by both the King […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia’s government is considering mixing two different vaccines to boost efficacy against different Covid-19 variants, Science Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Wednesday (June 16), as he also revealed a shift in his perspective towards herd immunity. Mr Khairy said he was moving away from achieving herd immunity in Malaysia, […]