SINGAPORE – The Land Transport Authority reported a deeper deficit for its 2020/21 financial year, which is not entirely unexpected given how the pandemic has vastly reduced public transport usage in the past 18 months. On the back of an unprecedented 30 per cent drop in fare revenue – chiefly in bus fares – the […]
SINGAPORE – The National Environment Agency (NEA) took action against 84 individuals as it stepped up enforcement against breaches of safe management measures (SMMs) at hawker centres from last Friday (Oct 8) to Sunday (Oct 10). The offences included gathering in groups of more than two, not maintaining a safe distance of 1m, not wearing […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s largest provincial economy in its north-east rust belt warned of worsening power shortages on Monday (Oct 11), despite government efforts to boost coal supply and manage electricity use in a post-pandemic energy crisis hitting multiple countries. China’s Liaoning province issued its second-highest level power shortage alert on Monday, the fifth in […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – BMW rarely has to answer this question in Western showrooms, but it is becoming increasingly important for selling cars in China: Can I sing karaoke in this vehicle? Customers in the world’s biggest vehicle market are demanding that sing-along apps such as Changba work in new vehicles. Local manufacturers XPeng, Nio and […]
SINGAPORE – A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) full-time national serviceman ignored the doctor’s orders to stay at home after showing symptoms of Covid-19 and instead visited Bugis Junction and the skate park in Somerset. He later found out that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Fathullah Abdul Rahman, 23, was sentenced to 18 […]
SINGAPORE – She was a professional in her 30s and, for more than five years, endured in silence brutal abuse from her violent husband. He was controlling, checked on her calls and was prone to flying into a rage if he did not get what he wanted. And he took it out on her. Please […]
DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Covid-19 pandemic has been hard for everyone, but it has been especially so on children. Millions of children across the world have been cooped up at home for weeks (or months) on end, away from their classrooms and their friends, many of them mourning the loss of […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Easily eclipsing the election-related circus last Friday (Oct 8) was the stunning announcement by the Norwegian Nobel Committee that it has awarded the coveted Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to the Philippines’ Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov of Russia, “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which […]
WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – New Zealand will require teachers and workers in the healthcare and disability sectors to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday (Oct 11), as she extended restrictions in Auckland, its largest city, for another week. New Zealand is fighting the highly infectious Delta-variant outbreak that forced it […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China said India was being unreasonable in talks over their disputed border, a sign that the nations are struggling to improve ties following clashes last year. The Chinese side “made great efforts” to calm tensions during a meeting of military officials on Sunday (Oct 10), Colonel Long Shaohua, spokesman for the Western […]