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Singapore defers pilot reopening of nightclubs, karaoke outlets
Published on 20/01/2021
» SINGAPORE: Pilots for the reopening of nightclubs and karaoke outlets that were supposed to start this month have been deferred until further notice, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a joint press statement.
Singapore to begin first human trial for potential Covid-19 treatment
Published on 10/06/2020
» SINGAPORE: Next week, 23 healthy volunteers here will be involved in a clinical safety trial for an antibody drug that is hoped to be a viable treatment for patients with Covid-19, a disease that has killed more than 400,000 around the globe so far.
No self-quarantine for healthy travellers from Singapore
Published on 04/03/2020
» SINGAPORE: Singapore travellers arriving in Thailand will not have to self-quarantine for 14 days if they are healthy, the Thai embassy said on Wednesday.
Vlogger faces backlash for negative review of Singapore Airlines
Published on 17/01/2020
» A German travel vlogger who posted a critical review of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight on Jan 7 has since received over 100 abusive messages over Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, many more abrasive comments on his YouTube and Instagram pages, and even a death threat.
Haze, Hong Kong top Google searches in Singapore
Published on 13/12/2019
» SINGAPORE: They looked up when the air smelled bad, looked on in dismay at what was unfolding in Hong Kong, looked at the cinema screens as well as their mobile phone screens. Most of all, they looked for all these on Google.
Singapore shoppers to pay for plastic bags at seven outlets
Published on 04/09/2019
» SINGAPORE: Shoppers at seven FairPrice, Cheers and FairPrice Xpress outlets will have to pay for plastic bags if they require them in a month-long trial starting from Sept 16.
Singapore MRT passenger gets briefly ‘stuck’ between platform and train doors
Published on 29/08/2019
» SINGAPORE: The train and platform doors were almost completely shut, but one woman seemed determined not to miss the train.
Shoplifting in Singapore ‘easy’, says jailed tourist
Published on 23/08/2019
» SINGAPORE: A Chinese tourist was sentenced to nine weeks’ jail on Thursday for stealing luxury apparel worth S$18,750 (415,000 baht) from Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and Paragon shopping mall.
Study estimates 210,000 men have sex with men in Singapore
Published on 05/06/2019
» SINGAPORE: Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) estimate that 210,000 men here have sex with other men, and they could face a concentrated epidemic of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The figure is more than double an earlier less rigorous estimate of 90,000 men.
Singapore students contract chikungunya in Ratchaburi
Published on 05/06/2019
» SINGAPORE: All nine School of the Arts (Sota) students and one teacher who contracted chikungunya fever while on a community service learning trip to a Thai village in Ratchaburi had returned to Singapore by Monday night, school principal Mary Seah said.