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Singapore gets 6 more coronavirus cases from Philippine travelers @ 2020-03-20T08: Back Hot News
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COMMUTERS WEARING FACE MASKS ON AN MRT TRAIN IN SINGAPORE, MAR 18, 2020. (PHOTO: CATHERINE LAI)
"TO USE POLICE FOR CONTACT TRACING IN THIS MANNER OF INVESTIGATING IS QUITE UNIQUE TO SINGAPORE," SAYS CHONG JA IAN, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE.
HOSPITALS IN SINGAPORE HAVE ALSO BEEN PREPARING FOR A RISE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES, WITH SINGAPORE SEEING MORE IMPORTED CASES IN RECENT DAYS.
「WE (BOTH COUNTRIES) HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT AND DISCUSSING THIS ... THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ALSO SPOKEN WITH SINGAPORE"S PRIME MINISTER, AND I HAVE TALKED TO SINGAPORE"S DEFENCE MINISTER AND OTHER SENIOR MINISTERS," SAID MR ISMAIL SABRI, WHO IS ALSO DEFENCE MINISTER.
PETALING JAYA: SOME MALAYSIANS WHO DO MENIAL JOBS IN SINGAPORE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MAKE AN MRT STATION THEIR HOME, AFTER DECIDING TO STAY PUT IN THE CITY-STATE FOLLOWING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS BY PUTRAJAYA WHICH BAR THEM FROM RETURNING TO SINGAPORE TO WORK FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SINGAPORE: BANKS IN SINGAPORE AIM TO START ACTIVE SINGAPORE OVERNIGHT RATE AVERAGE (SORA) DERIVATIVES TRADING IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, AS THE CITY-STATE PREPARES A TRANSITION TO NEW BENCHMARK INTEREST RATES IN LINE WITH A GLOBAL TREND, INDUSTRY AND REGULATORY OFFICIALS SAID ON THURSDAY (MAR 19).
PEOPLE ARRIVING IN SINGAPORE FROM NEW YORK AT THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA IN CHANGI AIRPORT ON MARCH 19, 2020.
SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING (MARCH 18) AT THE SINGPOST OFFICE IN KALLANG, COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION MINISTER S. ISWARAN AND SENIOR MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SIM ANN ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF MALAYSIAN WORKERS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO STAY IN SINGAPORE OVER THE TWO-WEEK LOCKDOWN.
CHEW KHENG SWEE, FORMER REPRESENTATIVE OF PRUDENTIAL SINGAPORE, WAS BANNED FOR 10 YEARS AND WAS SENTENCED IN COURT TO 45 MONTHS IN JAIL. HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE CHEATED FIVE VICTIMS OF A TOTAL OF SG$325,310. ACCORDING TO THE MAS, HE DECEIVED THE VICTIMS INTO MAKING LUMP SUM PREMIUM PAYMENTS FOR INSURANCE POLICIES, BUT INSTEAD USED THE MONEY FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES. HE ALSO FORGED SIGNATURES ON INSURANCE POLICY DOCUMENTS TO DECEIVE PRUDENTIAL INTO ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE POLICIES WITHOUT THE VICTIMS’ CONSENT.
MATCHMOVE IS THE LATEST FINTECH FIRM TO APPLY TO THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE FOR A FULL DIGITAL BANKING LICENCE, FORMING A COALITION WITH LENDER SINGAPURA FINANCE, CLEARING AND SETTLEMENT NETWORK LIGHTNET, AND BANKING-AS-A-SERVICE PLATFORM OPENPAYD.
MS SAPNA JHANGIANI, 44, A PARTNER AT LAW FIRM CLYDE & CO CLASIS SINGAPORE, IS BELIEVED TO BE ONLY THE THIRD QC IN SINGAPORE"S LEGAL HISTORY. THE EARLIER TWO ARE DR COLIN ONG AND MR TOBY LANDAU.
AFTER MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER MUHYIDDIN YASSIN ANNOUNCED A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN, A MASS EXODUS OF MALAYSIAN WORKERS WENT FROM SINGAPORE TO JOHOR BARU TO COLLECT THEIR CLOTHES AND THEN RUSH BACK HERE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE IN THEIR JOBS.
MELVIN IS AN EXCEPTION. "INITIALLY MY MOTHER WAS VERY AGAINST HER CHILDREN BEING HAWKERS BECAUSE OF THE LONG HOURS," HE SAYS. "SHE WANTED ME TO WORK IN AN OFFICE." WHEN HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY MELVIN COULDN"T BEAR TO THINK OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS CLOSING BUT THEY NOW TAKE HOME ONLY AROUND 6,000 SINGAPORE DOLLARS (US$4,200; £3,500) A MONTH BETWEEN THEM FOR A SIX-DAY WORKING WEEK.
MALAYSIA’S CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN SENT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ITS CITIZENS, WHO COMMUTE DAILY TO SINGAPORE FOR WORK, INTO A FRENZY TO GET HOME TO RETRIEVE THEIR BELONGINGS AND RETURN TO THE NEIGHBORING CITY-STATE ON TUESDAY. THAT PROMPTED A SURGE IN SINGAPORE HOTEL BOOKINGS FROM SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON A LAST-MINUTE QUEST TO HOUSE THEIR AFFECTED EMPLOYEES FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
「THE INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN SINGAPORE IS IN TOUCH WITH US, BUT THEY EXPRESSED THEIR INABILITY TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT GAVE PERMISSION TO FLY INTO INDIA. WE ARE WORRIED THAT WE WILL BE DEPORTED TO MANILA AS WE ARE ON A TRANSIT VISA IN SINGAPORE,」 MS. MANASA SAID. MEANWHILE, A 55-YEAR-OLD INDIAN WOMAN WHO HAD COME FROM NEW ZEALAND, AND WAS HEADING TO INDIA TOO GOT STUCK IN SINGAPORE ALONG WITH THE STUDENTS.
WHILE THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT ON TUESDAY SAID TEMPORARY HOUSING HAS BEEN MATCHED FOR 10,000 MALAYSIANS WISHING TO REMAIN WITHIN SINGAPORE DURING THE TWO-WEEK PERIOD, SINGAPORE EMPLOYERS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED RUSHING TO FIND PLACES FOR THEIR MALAYSIAN EMPLOYEES TO STAY AND WITH MANY HOSTELS IN SINGAPORE SAYING THEY WERE FULLY BOOKED OUT TO HOUSE THESE EMPLOYEES.
PERTH’S ORBITAL CORPORATION HAD BROKEN INTO THE SINGAPORE DEFENCE MARKET, SIGNING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH ONE OF THAT COUNTRY’S LARGEST DEFENCE COMPANIES.

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