SINGAPORE – The number of individuals receiving financial aid from ComCare, a key social safety net for low-income Singaporeans, was the highest in its last financial year since it was set up in 2005. A total of 96,040 beneficiaries were on the various Community Care Endowment Fund (ComCare Fund) schemes in its last financial year, which […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will boost its climate financing goals by US$20 billion to a new target of US$100 billion (S$135 billion) for the 2019 to 2030 period, and aims to launch its concept for retiring coal-fired power plants at the COP26 climate conference in Scotland next month, the lender’s chief said […]
SINGAPORE – The inquiry committee looking into the explosion in a warehouse in Tuas that killed three people is inviting members of the public to write in with recommendations to prevent the recurrence of such an accident at workplaces. The invitation for recommendations follows the committee completing its first tranche of public hearings on Oct […]
SEOUL (AFP) – A shirtless soldier smashes two glass bottles together, adding to a pile of shards on the ground as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks on, grinning. The soldier lies down on the debris and a comrade puts a thick concrete block on his chest, before smashing it with a sledgehammer. The […]
KUALA LUMPUR (SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Days before the Prime Minister announced the lifting of the travel ban on Oct 3, residents of Klang Valley were treated with another news, “Early notice of scheduled water supply disruption following upgrading and maintenance works for critical assets in Sungai Selangor phase 1 water treatment plant” […]
SINGAPORE – Amid the excitement over new destinations under the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) scheme, there are precautions to take and potential pitfalls to avoid in leisure travel during a pandemic, said Mr Steven Ler, president of the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore. Travel agents said that trips in the new normal will entail […]
SINGAPORE – Visitors to Tampines Polyclinic this month may be surprised to see a robot instead of a nurse monitoring their temperatures and reminding them to put on their masks. The robot – known as the Healthcare Assistive Robot for Frontline Infection Control (Hiro) – was built by researchers at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) and […]
SINGAPORE – Businesses should invest in energy efficiency initiatives to reduce the risk of being affected by fluctuations in energy prices, said Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu on Tuesday (Oct 12). While there are initial costs involved, energy efficiency projects will bear fruit in the form of lower operating costs, she added. […]
SINGAPORE – Unvaccinated people can continue to enter shopping malls for their medical appointments, such as to make visits to general practitioner clinics or to see the dentist even after vaccination-differentiated measures kick in. These were one of the questions answered by the co-chairs of Singapore’s multi- ministry task force in a video put up on […]
SINGAPORE – Using an access card he created for units at the Scotts Square condominium, a building manager entered residents’ homes and stole $28,000 in cash and three Hermes handbags worth nearly $86,000 in total. Teh Jiahe, now 37, pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Oct 12) to three counts of theft committed in three homes. Two […]