Day: 2 March 2020

41 posts

Yeoh Lam Keong: Protrayal of countries with unemployment insurance as having persistently high unemployment “is inaccurate at best and misleading at worst”

Economist Yeoh Lam Keong said that the portrayal of countries with unemployment…

MINDEF: NS monthly allowance to be raised from $70 to $120 starting 1 March

Starting March this year, the monthly allowance for full-time national servicemen (NSF)…

Netizens express their dissatisfaction to the new regulation that allows for bigger dogs to live in HDB flats

Yesterday (1 March), the National Parks Board’s Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS)…

Umno president Zahid Hamidi’s graft trial postponed for discussion with new M’sia PM Muhyiddin regarding new Cabinet

The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Mon (2 Mar) allowed Umno president…

Synergy Group: COVID-19’s impact on mariners higher than estimated

The impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) on seafarers is being…

Final-year NTU students launch hearing loss online guide for family and friends of the elderly in conjunction with World Hearing Day

To commemorate World Hearing Day tomorrow (3 Mar), four final-year Nanyang Technological…

【武汉冠状病毒】3月2日增两起病例 一人上月曾到过雅加达

根据新加坡卫生部文告，截至本月2日中午12时，该部确认本地新增两起武汉冠状病毒（COVID-19）确诊病例，其中一人与此前的Wizlearn Technologies 感染群有关。 迄今本地累计108起病例，累计治愈出院人数78人。目前还有30人留院治疗，六人仍需待在加护病房。 第107起病例时68岁女公民，尽管近期未到过中国、韩国大邱和清道郡，但曾在上月11日至14日到过印尼雅加达。 当局相信她与第94和96例有关。上月16日她就出现类似症状，并分别在20、23日和25日前往诊所求诊。直至27日，她到陈笃生医院并立即被隔离，并与昨日中午确诊。 在入院前，大部分时间她都待在碧山13街的住家。 第94病例是一名64岁的女公民；第96名病例年仅12岁，是此前确诊的莱佛士书院学生。 第108例则是34岁菲律宾籍工作准证持有者，和第102例一样（菲律宾籍女佣），在第101例的住家工作，后者与Wizlearn Technologies感染群有关联。 与此同时，今日第37、67、 69…

Mixed reactions from netizens over violent behaviours towards M’sia party leaders

Several leaders of Malaysia’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) were attacked by a…

Elevated WHO risk assessment level on Covid-19 sparks panic buying across nations

On Friday (28 February), the World Health Organisation (WHO) raised its Covid-19…