LOS ANGELES (BLOOMBERG) – Walt Disney defended its cooperation with government entities accused of human-rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, saying the company had to work with the government in order to make films there. “There are regulations that must be followed by all foreign film production companies wanting to operate in China,” Sean Bailey, […]
BEIJING – With the rest of the global aviation industry reeling from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, China has bucked the trend with a rapid recovery and passenger loads close to last year’s. Some 13.2 million trips were taken on flights during the recently-concluded National Day holidays, about 91 per cent of last year’s […]
SINGAPORE – Companies looking to set up farms here can now navigate the regulatory requirements with the help of an industry guide launched on Friday (Oct 9). Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said the guide is part of ongoing efforts by a regulations workgroup – set up by ESG and SFA […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Madam R. Kamleshrani, a teacher at a primary school in Selangor, has seen a 50 per cent drop in attendance in her class. Sixteen of her pupils have stopped attending classes over worries that they could become infected with Covid-19. This is despite the Malaysian government maintaining that it will not shutter […]
Hi all, In today’s bulletin: China joins Covax initiative, boosting bid for fair access to Covid-19 vaccine; Fixing Bollywood, in more ways than one; How Singapore helped with US President Trump’s Covid-19 treatment; China Inc set for biggest US IPO year since 2014 amid spat; UN World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar fell to its lowest in nearly three weeks on Friday and was headed for a second straight week of losses as expectations grew that Joe Biden would win the U.S. presidency and offer fiscal stimulus after the elections.FILE PHOTO: George Washington is seen with printed medical mask on the one […]
SINGAPORE – A health, environment and safety specialist with Chevron Singapore accepted $6,000 in bribes from a sub-contractor in return for being lenient in supervising his work on the company’s lube oil blending plant. Cheow Hock Mun, 49, a permanent resident, pleaded guilty on Friday (Oct 9) to two charges of corruption. Another corruption charge […]
SINGAPORE – The demand for flu vaccines has spiked in the past few months, as people look to safeguard their health with the looming winter flu season, and as travel gradually resumes. Doctors and infectious diseases experts here have been encouraging people to take the flu vaccine even though the number of influenza cases remains […]
SINGAPORE – Madam Tan Bee Lian, 47, has been out of work since November last year due to an illness that causes severe pain in her bones and joints and occasionally leads to numbness in her legs. But she still has to pay her monthly mortgage for her three-room Housing Board flat, and feed herself […]
SINGAPORE – Technology show Comex will be having a 10.10 online sale on Saturday (Oct 10), as the Covid-19 pandemic puts a halt on exhibitions and trade fairs. This follows its recent virtual tech show on Sept 3 where exhibitors such as Best Denki and Harvey Norman staged live shows to sell their products. For […]