Asia Law & Order Politics China starts prosecution of Hong Kong ‘speedboat fugitives’ Chinese authorities said Wednesday they were starting the prosecution of 12 Hong… The Online Citizen16 December 2020
Asia Politics Hong Kong civil servants begin making loyalty oaths Hong Kong civil servants swore a new pledge of allegiance to the… The Online Citizen16 December 2020
International EU chief says ‘next days decisive’ in Brexit talks British and European negotiators have made progress towards agreeing fair trade rules… The Online Citizen16 December 2020
Politics Valneva launches trials of Covid-19 vaccine in UK French-Austrian biotech firm Valneva said Wednesday it will begin clinical trials of… The Online Citizen16 December 2020
Economics Labour Tech Zoom to open R&D centre in Singapore; reportedly aims to immediately hire hundreds of key engineering staff Video-conferencing platform Zoom announced on Wednesday (16 December) that it will set… 002416 December 2020
Asia Business Tech Over 82% of business leaders in SEA plan to adopt more forms of digitisation in supply chains: report The digitisation of supply chains has today emerged as one of the… The Online Citizen16 December 2020
Labour Transport Taxi, private-hire car drivers to receive extra S$133 million in COVID-19 support Taxi drivers and their private-hire car (PHC) counterparts are set to receive… The Online Citizen16 December 2020
Current Affairs Singapore-registered vessel damaged after hit by “explosive-laden boat” in Saudi Arabia A Singapore-registered commercial oil tanker was damaged in Saudi Arabia after it… The Online Citizen16 December 2020
Editorial Trial highlights of defamation suit between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Terry Xu The defamation trial launched by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (PM Lee)… ghui16 December 2020
Health MOH confirms 12 new cases of COVID-19; Total tally at 58,353 As of Wednesday noon (16 Dec), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has… The Online Citizen16 December 2020