Rescuers battle cold as Turkey-Syria quake toll hits 5,000
by Remi Banet with Youssef Karwashan in Aleppo SANLIURFA, TURKEY -- A massive rescue effort in Turkey and Syria battled frigid weather in a race against time Tuesday to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people. Tremors that inflicted more suffering on a...
Read moreHazel Poa proposes singles be allowed to buy 3-room HDB flats
Speech delivered by Ms Hazel Poa, Non-constituency Member of Parliament from Progress Singapore Party on 6 February 2023 for the debate on dual parliamentary motion on public housing We are all familiar with the low total fertility rate (TFR) in Singapore. As Minister Indranee shared with us on 4 Oct...
Read moreJamus Lim: House prices are too High
Speech delivered by Associate Professor Jamus Lim, Workers' Party Member of Parliament for Seng Kang GRC on 7 February 2023 for the debate on dual parliamentary motion on public housing Mr Speaker, as we do our rounds with our constituents during our house visits, we would undoubtedly have met those...
Read moreMinisters get away with excuses that ordinary citizens cannot hope to get away with
by Augustine Low Minister Josephine Teo said yesterday that the inflated circulation data scandal of SPH Media Trust (SMT) would not affect the government’s commitment to fund SMT up to $900 million over five years. She stressed that circulation numbers were not a key consideration in funding requirements—the focus was...
Read moreCommemorative coin, exhibitions and various activities to mark 100th anniversary of Lee Kuan Yew’s birth
SINGAPORE — Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng has informed that a commemorative coin will be introduced by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) later this year as a reminder of the late Mr Lee Kuan Year's values and vision. The respective agencies will announce more details in due course....
Read more15 companies barred from hiring new foreign employees after serious safety lapse found at worksite
SINGAPORE — Manpower Minister Dr Tan See Leng has shared that 15 companies were found with serious Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) lapses following serious or fatal workplace incidents in their workplace since the start of the 6-month Heightened Safety Period (HSP) in September 2022. These companies were debarred from...
Read moreIndia’s Adani Enterprises shares rocket 20%, trading suspended
by Glenda Kwek MUMBAI, INDIA -- Shares in the flagship firm of troubled Indian conglomerate Adani rocketed as much as 20 per cent Tuesday, making up some of the huge slump suffered since last month. The group owned by tycoon Gautam Adani lost around $120 billion in value after claims...
Read moreChina’s Baidu says developing AI chatbot
BEIJING, CHINA -- Chinese search engine giant Baidu on Tuesday said it was developing an AI-powered chatbot, as tech giants rush to match the success of ChatGPT, a hugely popular language app that has sparked a gold rush in artificial intelligence technology. ChatGPT, created by San Francisco company OpenAI, has...
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