News about Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): A Singapore man who breached a stay-home notice (SHN) in the island republic and went for a bak kut teh (pictured) meal was sentenced to six weeks' jail, The Straits Times (ST) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): YTL Starhill Global REIT Management Ltd, the manager of Singapore-listed Starhill Global Real Estate Investment Trust (Starhill Global REIT), has requested S&P Global Ratings to withdraw its corporate credit rating on the REIT and notes issued under the property trust’s medium-term notes programmes.

SINGAPORE (April 22): Long queues were seen at bubble tea shops in Singapore after the country’s Ministry of Trade and Industry announced that all standalone food and beverage outlet are also in the temporary shutdown list until May 4, starting from today, reported China Press.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The Ministry of Health announced today that Malaysia’s daily new cases rose to 57, which is higher than the number of recoveries at 54 cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): A group of Malaysian mothers based in Singapore have pooled their resources to send breast milk to their babies at home, reported Channel News Asia (CNA).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): Singapore, for months hailed at home and overseas as the “gold standard” for responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, on Friday moved to defuse escalating criticism over how it has handled a surge in infections within foreign worker dormitories that activists had earlier flagged as public health risks due to their cramped conditions, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Apr 8): Malaysians working in Singapore are advised to stay in the city-state for at least another two weeks, instead of coming back home.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 7): Thousands of Malaysians in Singapore rushed back to Malaysia yesterday, before the beginning of Singapore’s “circuit-breaker” today, causing traffic congestion in the Johor Bahru checkpoint.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 6): Pintaras Jaya Bhd said its construction sites in Singapore will be temporarily closed, following the Singapore government’s announcement of the closure of all workplaces from April 7 to May 4, except for those in essential services, due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 6): Genting Singapore plc’s Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) will be temporarily suspending all guest offerings including Universal Studios Singapore, SEA Aquarium, Adventure Cove Waterpark and Dolphin Island, and casino from today until May 4, 2020, in line with the Singapore government’s directives.