Sentosa Cove bungalow's swimming pool leased for S$10,000 per month
SINGAPORE (April 27): A unique real estate deal was closed that reflects the unprecedented circumstances amid the extended “circuit breaker” measures.
Covid-19: Singapore is Asia's most infected nation after China, India
KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): Singapore now has Asia’s highest number of Covid-19 cases after China and India, Bloomberg reported yesterday.
Singapore: 6 weeks' jail for man who breached stay-home notice to eat bak kut teh
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.
YTL Starhill Global REIT requests S&P to withdraw credit rating on RM9b property trust
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.
Singaporeans queue at midnight for a last fix of bubble tea
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.
COVID-19: Malaysia's daily new cases drop below 100 for sixth time
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.
Report: Malaysian mums in Singapore send 3,000kg of breast milk to babies back home
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).
Singapore’s much praised Covid-19 circuit breaker response short circuits itself
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.
Malaysians in Singapore advised to stay put for two weeks
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.
Traffic congestion at JB checkpoint
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.
