The crane who refuses to leave its human saviour
2023-03-06
The unusual companions from India’s Uttar Pradesh state spend hours together every day.Continue Reading
All stares and no offers to sit: Travelling on public transport with a ‘May I have a seat please?’ lanyard
2023-03-06
Seen people with a “May I have a seat please?” sticker or lanyard on buses and MRT trains – or used it yourself? CNA’s Grace Yeoh puts one on to see how receptive other commuters are to “invisible” conditions or disabilities.Continue Reading
Or Kim Peow Contractors awarded S$43 million after arbitration proceedings over 2017 PIE viaduct collapse
2023-03-06
SINGAPORE: Builder Or Kim Peow Contractors has been awarded S$43 million following arbitration proceedings against CPG Consultants over a Pan Island Expressway (PIE) viaduct that collapsed midway through construction in 2017. The incomplete viaduct collapsed in the early hours of Jul 14, 2017, with 11 workers on top of it, injuring 10 of them andContinue Reading
China’s new human gene-editing rules worry experts
2023-03-06
Regulations were updated after an outcry over gene-edited babies but a leading expert says they don’t go far enough.Continue Reading
China Square: The cheap Chinese shop at the centre of Kenya row
2023-03-06
Kenyan traders accuse a Chinese-owned outlet of undercutting them and threatening their livelihoods.Continue Reading
Victims scammed of S$20,000 trying to buy durian, wagyu beef from online platforms
2023-03-06
SINGAPORE: At least 168 people were cheated in the past month while trying to buy expensive and seasonal food items online, the police said on Monday (Mar 6). Since February, a total of at least S$20,000 has been lost to scammers advertising items like seafood, black gold musang king durian, cherries and wagyuContinue Reading
Postal voting for overseas Singaporeans and other changes that will be made to elections laws
2023-03-06
Amendments to Singapore’s elections laws include giving nursing home residents special voting arrangements, as well as updating election advertising laws.Continue Reading
South Korea to compensate victims of Japan’s wartime forced labour
2023-03-06
Seoul controversially agrees to pay its own citizens compensation rather than seeking money from Japan.Continue Reading
Singapore extends COVID-19 control order laws for a year to combat possible new variants
2023-03-06
The Ministry of Health is reviewing the Infectious Diseases Act and aims to table amendments to it in the second half of this year.Continue Reading
FinanceAsia Awards 2022-2023 – open for entry
2023-03-06
We would like to invite market participants to submit entries to the 27th iteration of FinanceAsia’s awards, which recognise Asia’s financial services industry.Continue Reading