SINGAPORE: Singapore Management University’s (SMU) founding chairman Ho Kwon Ping will step down on Jan 11 next year after 25 years of leadership, the institution announced on Wednesday (Aug 17). He will be succeeded by DBS Group chief executive officer Piyush Gupta. As chairman of the university’s board of trustees,Continue Reading
Wolfgang Petersen, the Oscar-nominated director of films like “Das Boot” and “Air Force One, inch died on Aug 12, his spokesperson, Michelle Bega through Rogers & Cowan/PMK, told CNN. He was 81.Continue Reading
After the PWM was announced, the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA) said in a media statement that the recommendations are “a step in the right direction to help rebuild retail as an attractive career choice”. “However, the acute manpower shortage is a critical issue facing most if not all retail businessesContinue Reading
Blackpink will be the first female K-pop act to perform at the annual event and the fourth among all girl groups, following TLC, Spice Girls and Fifth Harmony. Read full storyContinue Reading
The Nationwide Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) is about to expand the adjustment of its standard platform of security specifications from the current sixty organisations of vital information infrastructure (CII) to 120 by the end of next year, said AVM Amorn Chomchoey, deputy secretary-general associated with NCSA.Continue Reading
Sacheen Littlefeather had just 60 seconds to speak at the 1973 Academy Awards. In her brief speech, she refused the Oscar for best actor on behalf of Marlon Brando, confronted a mixture of loud boos and cheers, and defended the legal rights of Native Americans upon national TV.Continue Reading
Some of the stars behind summer’s hottest new music discovered themselves in hot water when listeners and disability advocates spoken out against an important lyric viewed as an ableist slur.Continue Reading
Nippon Color has launched a long-term R& M project aimed at making a new antifouling paint that would eliminate the launch of microplastics through ocean-going ships whilst increasing fuel effectiveness by more than 8%. Antifouling paint prevents barnacles and other marine life from growing within the bottom of ships below the water line, reducing their rate […]
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Rapper Young Thug has been indicted on additional charges related to gang activity along with drug and firearms violations nearly three months after he was arrested in Atlanta, according to court documents.Continue Reading
Angela Yee announced on Wed that she will become departing “The Breakfast Club” to web host her own syndicated radio stations show.Continue Reading