BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – A frigid winter is leading to power shortages in parts of China, driving up demand for diesel as factories rush to install generators to keep the lights on. Some provinces have started rationing electricity to industrial and commercial users to make sure there’s enough power to heat homes during a colder-than-typical winter. […]
SINGAPORE – All hotel staff in contact with people serving stay-home notices (SHN) will now be placed on a rostered routine testing regime, where they will be tested for Covid-19 every two weeks, Education Minister Lawrence Wong said in Parliament on Monday (Jan 4). Doing so will provide an additional layer of safeguards in hotels […]
SINGAPORE – At least 200 patients were wrongly diagnosed with cancer by Khoo Teck Puat Hospital’s (KTPH) laboratory, resulting in unnecessary treatment that likely cost tens of thousands of dollars for each. The results of a retest for eight patients are still pending. On Dec 11, the KTPH disclosed that about 180 patients had been wrongly […]
SINGAPORE – Prior bookings will be required before people head down to the vaccination centres to receive their Covid-19 shot, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Monday (Jan 4). This is necessary given the cold-chain requirements at the vaccination sites and multi-dose vials of the vaccines, he said. “It will also ensure operational efficiency […]
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s capital city has extended its Covid-19 curbs called for transition partial lockdown for the next two weeks as it tries to pre-empt an expected surge in coronavirus infections following Christmas and New Year’s Eve gatherings and travel. Jakarta’s 98 coronavirus referral hospitals, meanwhile, have continued to report that beds are nearly at […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand confirmed 745 new coronavirus infections and one new death on Monday (Jan 4), taking the total number of cases to 8,439 and deaths to 65 since its first case in January. The majority of the new cases were detected in Samut Sakhon, a province near Bangkok, where the current outbreak started […]
SINGAPORE – A new bus terminal for Bukit Panjang will open from Jan 23, according to a Facebook post by the Land Transport Authority on Monday (Jan 4). The Gali Batu Bus Terminal, located in Woodlands Road, replaces the Bukit Panjang Temporary Bus Park. With the opening of the new terminal, services 75 and 184 […]
SINGAPORE – The Housing Board (HDB) resale market remained strong despite macroeconomic uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and an increasing supply of flats. HDB resale prices rose 2.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020 cent from the previous three months, according to the latest HDB flash estimates released on Monday (Jan 4). […]
SINGHU, INDIA (REUTERS) – In a standoff between farmers from India’s northern breadbasket and the government that has convulsed the country, the farmers have a 21st-century ally: a handful of supporters scattered around the world running a Twitter handle. The farmers have paralysed some traffic in and out of New Delhi, protesting recent agriculture laws […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, Jan 4. Singaporeans donated record sums to online donation portals in 2020 despite worst recession since 1965 Giving.sg received more than $84 million last year – a record sum and more than twice the sum collected in 2019. READ MORE HERE Storms ebb, water […]