SINGAPORE – Five educational institutions here were recognised on Friday morning (Dec 11) for their efforts in promoting mental health awareness on campus. They received the inaugural Silver Ribbon Mental Health Awards for Schools in a virtual Zoom ceremony attended by Minister of State for Education and Manpower Gan Siow Huang. Silver Ribbon (Singapore) is […]
SINGAPORE – Visitors from Taiwan will be able to come into Singapore for all forms of travel and not be quarantined from next Friday (Dec 18), provided they test negative for Covid-19 on arrival. The same applies to Singapore citizens, permanent residents and long-term pass holders returning from these two areas, said the Civil Aviation […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Beijing sent a top official sanctioned by the United States to an AmCham China dinner, in a show of defiance that could feed criticism of the business group in Washington. The Chinese government was represented at the annual American Chamber of Commerce event on Thursday (Dec 10) in Beijing by Mr Wang […]
Forget skill, training or even luck. If you’re a female soccer player in China, sometimes victory or defeat comes down to the color of your hair, as one university team recently found out the hard way. The women’s teams at Fuzhou University and Jimei University were supposed to face off at an intercollegiate tournament last […]
SINGAPORE – Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in prime locations may receive more subsidies as the Government considers ways to ensure new Housing Board units remain affordable for ordinary Singaporeans. Among the ideas under study – home owners may face restrictions on the resale conditions for future public housing projects in prime areas. In a Facebook post on […]
(Reuters) -China will step up fiscal policy support for a strategy to make its economy mainly rely on domestic demand, supply chains and innovation, Finance Minister Liu Kun said.FILE PHOTO: Chinese Finance Minister Liu Kun attends a news conference on China’s economic development ahead of the 70th anniversary of its founding, in Beijing, China September […]
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Given that its prevention and control measures have proved effective, most people may consider the virus to be no longer a big deal in China. For almost a year, Covid-19 has taught one lesson after another, from those on the importance of a timely response to infections to those […]
FILE PHOTO: Chinese Finance Minister Liu Kun attends a news conference on China’s economic development ahead of the 70th anniversary of its founding, in Beijing, China September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Florence Lo(Reuters) – China will step up fiscal policy support for a strategy to make its economy mainly rely on domestic demand, supply chains and innovation, […]
SINGAPORE – A woman who allegedly left her Woodlands Drive residence to buy bubble tea at Causeway Point on March 23, while serving a stay-home notice, later tested positive for Covid-19. Nurul Afiqah Mohammed, 22, was supposed to serve her stay-home notice from March 21 to April 4 but is said to have gone out […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s government may stop travel subsidies meant to boost regional economies and help hotels and airlines as concern grows that the tourism campaign may spread the coronavirus amid a fresh wave of infections, Nippon TV’s NEWS24 reported. Any decisions to halt the “Go To Travel” campaign would represent a U-turn by Prime […]