SINGAPORE – Principals and other educators of PAP Community Foundation (PCF) Sparkletots centres will be going for more training in curriculum development over the next few years, in PCF’s first tie-up with the National Institute of Education (NIE). More than 400 centre leaders and curriculum specialists from PCF Sparkletots will attend a four-month programme in […]
SINGAPORE – There were 22 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Monday noon (Sept 7), taking Singapore’s total to 57,044. This is the lowest daily figure in more than five months since March 16, when there were 17 cases. Monday’s new patients included one community case who is a work pass holder, said the Ministry […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysian employers are pleading with the government for more time to fulfil new regulations to provide their foreign workers with standard accommodations amid the coronavirus pandemic. The regulations on the accommodations are very specific, and were published in a government gazette on Aug 28. The Workers’ Minimum Standards of […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – Hong Kong’s plan to test every resident for the coronavirus is being hobbled by limited take-up as a wary public steer clear of the China-backed health scheme. The free voluntary tests are part of an attempt to stamp out a third wave of infections that began in late June and saw […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s government needs to reform its health ministry after the coronavirus pandemic settles down, Chief Cabinet Secretary and prime minister hopeful Yoshihide Suga said in a newspaper interview published on Monday (Sept 7). Mr Suga, who is widely seen as the top contender to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told the Yomiuri […]
SINGAPORE – Those looking after the vulnerable, especially the elderly, received a boost amid the coronavirus pandemic with over $5 million in donations, including more than $2 million in cash. The Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) said the donations will help arm the community care sector in its fight against Covid-19. In a statement on […]
SINGAPORE – Businesses that engage in misleading advertising practices have two months to clean up their act. They will not be able to, for instance, advertise airline tickets for $1,000 without stating additional charges such as a $100 booking fee and a $200 fuel surcharge upfront. A set of guidelines that specify pricing practices that […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China’s homegrown nuclear technology took a significant step forward as a Hualong One reactor began loading fuel for the first time. China National Nuclear Power, a unit of China National Nuclear, said fuel loading started at the Fuqing No. 5 reactor, the first to use the domestic technology, on Sept 4 after […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Philippine Navy is opposing a plan by the government of Cavite, a populous province on the southern shores of Manila Bay, to boot the military service command out of Sangley Point in the province as part of a P500-billion (S$14 billion) airport project that is expected to […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s coastguard said on Monday (Sept 7) that its search-and-rescue mission for 40 missing crew from a capsized cattle ship in the East China Sea remains suspended, with no timing set for resumption. So far, two crewmen have been rescued, while another died after being found unconscious on Friday. Their ship, the […]