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GST TO BE IMPOSED ON ONLINE SHOPPING THAT IS IMPORTED BY AIR OR POST

GST will be imposed on low-value goods that are bought online and imported by air or post from 1 January 2023 onwards.The new imposition will also be extended to non-digital services that are imported, such as live interactions wil...

CHINA GOVT CRACKING DOWN ON FAKE COVID-19 VACCINE

In the land where goods can be fake, fake goods range from food products to branded goods, looks like this scammers are also going into the business of counterfeit COVID-19.According to a Shanghai news outlet, the PRC government is...

TESLA’S MODEL 3 IN S’PORE SELLING FOR TWICE OF US PRICE, HAVEN’T EVEN INCLUDE COE

Tesla is selling its Model 3 in Singapore at a starting price of S$113,000, which is twice the price of its American counterparts, who are selling an entry-level Model 3 at about S$50,350.However, it is also worth noting that...

THAILAND REFUSES TO JOIN WHO’S COVID-19 VACCINE ALLIANCE

The Thai government defended their decision to not join the World Health Organisation's sponsored coronavirus vaccine programme COVAX.They explained that doing so would risk them paying more for the shots and face uncertainty aboput delivery times.Although the country has...

SINGTEL’S VENDOR HACKED, INFORMATION OF CUSTOMERS MAY BE COMPROMISED

Singtel said in a statement that their third party vendor, Accellion's file-sharing system, FTA, has been hacked.Accellion is a private cloud solutions company that is focused on secure file sharing and collaboration, and they were illegally attacked by unidentified...

MYANMAR POLICE FIRED LIVE ROUNDS ON UNARMED PROTESTERS, WOMAN SHOT IN HEAD

Myanmar police purportedly fired live rounds on unarmed protesters, with a 20-year-old woman shot in the head.The woman's injuries were fatal and she unfortunately didn't make it.At least six people were injured, with two in critical condition.Another man was...

RAZER’S CO-FOUNDER DISPOSES INVESTMENT IN MYANMAR AFTER MILITARY COUP

Razer's co-founder and director Lim Kaling said in a statement issued to the media that he will exit his investment in a tobacco firm in Myanmar because the military coup there caused him "grave concern".Lim is disposing his one-third...

INDIAN NATIONAL WHO RECEIVED FIRST DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE, AMONG 2 COMMUNITY CASES

A 30-year-old Indian national who works as an engineer at Station Satcom, received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on January 27, was among the 2 community cases that MOH announced on February 8.The man boards ships...

MAN WHO ISSUES TRACKING DEVICES TO INCOMING TRAVELLERS ON SHN, 1 OF 24 NEW COVID-19 CASES

A 43-year-old Singaporean man who works at Changi Airport, where his job entails issuing an electronic monitoring device to incomming travellers on stay home notice, becomes 1 of the 24 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore on February 7.The man...

FIRST CASE OF LIKELY COVID-19 REINFECTION DETECTED IN SINGAPORE

The Ministry of Health (MOH) said on February 6, that they have detected the first case of likely Covid-19 re-infection here.A 28-year-old Bangladeshi national who stays in a dormitory at 43 Tech Park Crescent, was confirmed to have the...

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MEN PUTTING MAKE UP MORE COMMON THAN YOU THINK, NO LONGER A “AH GUA” THING

Singaporean society—especially the older generation—still has a certain "image" of what a real man should look like. But honestly?...