BEIJING: The Indonesian food and drugs agency (BPOM) said on Thursday night (Sep 29) it has approved the emergency use of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Walvax Biotechnology. It is the first authorisation for the China-developed COVID shot based on the novel mRNA technology, which Pfizer-BioNTech and ModernaContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: The Government will tighten maximum loan quantum limits and introduce the 15-month wait-out period for private home owners buying Housing Plank resale flats, as part of new residence cooling measures to market sustainable property marketplace conditions. The Loan-to-Value limit for HDB financial loans will also be lowered from 85Continue Reading
INCREASE WAIT-OUT PERIOD Private home owners will have a 15-month wait-out period before they can purchase a non-subsidised HDB resale even. This will kick in once they have sold their property. The new principle will also apply to people who sold their personal property prior to posting an application toContinue Reading
Private home owners will now have to wait 15 months after they sell their property before they can buy an HDB resale flat. Continue Reading
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Thursday night (Sep 29) quashed the conviction associated with Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of previous prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in a data corruption case that experienced seen her sentenced to seven yrs in jail, the girl party and protection lawyer said, lifting curbs on herContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A 37-year-old man who was arrested after allegedly assaulting cabin crew and claiming that he had a bomb on Singapore Airlines flight SQ33 was charged in court on Thursday (Sep 29). “Preliminary investigations indicate that during the flight, the man had allegedly shouted that there was a bomb on theContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Heirs of a late Southeast Asian sultan on Thursday (Sep 29) asked a Dutch court for permission to seize Malaysian assets in the Netherlands, their lawyer said, seeking enforcement of a US$15 billion arbitration award granted to them against Malaysia’s government. The petition in The Hague Court ofContinue Reading
In an exclusive interview with CNA, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says the relationship with China is dependent on Beijing “fully” subscribing to the implementation of global rules.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Singapore and the United Kingdom on Thursday (Sep 29) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly promote capacity-building in Southeast Asia. The MOU on the Singapore-UK Third Country Training Programme was signed by Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan and the UK’s secretary of state for foreign,Continue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday (Sep 29), Seoul’s military said, Pyongyang’s third such launch in less than a week and just hours after US Vice President Kamala Harris left South Korea. The South’s military said it had detected the launch of “two short-range ballistic missiles from the SunchonContinue Reading