Tech.Pass to attract movers and shakers and highly accomplished professionals: PM Lee
“The Tech.Pass scheme is aimed at highly accomplished tech talent, the movers and shakers of the tech world – people who usually play different roles at once: founder, investor, employee, consultant, academic. People who can contribute to multiple parts of the ecosystem with their capital, their networks, their knowledge,” PM Lee said. Speaking at the […]
Hawker culture: closer to being inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List
Singapore hawker culture is one step closer to being inscribed on UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity after the Evaluation Body announced its recommendation on 16 November. The Evaluation Body noted that hawker centres, which evolved from street food culture, have become markers of Singapore as a multicultural city-state. They serve […]
Signing of RCEP is bright spot that points the direction ahead: Chan Chun Sing
The bright spot that points the direction ahead. A timely boost to the longer-term prospects of the region. That’s how Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing described the signing of the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership). The RCEP is eight years in the making. Thanks to hard work and dedication from the team at […]
With masterly strokes, Calvin Cheng exposes the hypocrisy of the opposition supporters
Through a series of posts responding to WP Jamus’ and Raeesah khan’s social media posts, former NMP Calvin Cheng exposed the hypocrisy of the WP supporters, first by triggering them while confounding others, before concluding with an expose that left them speechless. The whole episode began with Jamus posting this: Learned a sweet bread called […]
Wuhan not the origin of COVID-19 virus, says Professor Wang
A leading expert in the field of zoonotic diseases, bat immunology and pathogen discovery said the COVID-19 virus may not have come from Wuhan. It could have emerged from South East Asia or Southern China. Professor Wang Linfa who helped discover the origin of SARS 17 years ago said, “It’s almost impossible to imagine this […]
COVID-19 vaccine could be available in early 2021; EDB pumps in US$200m
A COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by Duke-NUS Medical School and Arcturus Therapeutics could be available in Singapore in the first quarter of 2021. Arcturus Therapeutic, which is based in California, made the announcement on 9 November. The vaccine is currently undergoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial in Singapore. This phase studies the safety and side effects of […]
Do it right! Phase 3 by end of year if ‘all the stars are aligned’: Lawrence Wong
It is better to do it right than to rush into Phase 3 with bad consequences. That’s Education Minister Lawrence Wong’s message on Tuesday 10 November. Singapore could transit to Phase 3 by the end of this year ‘if all the stars are aligned’, Mr Wong said. Mr Wong was speaking at a press conference […]
Joe Biden’s 2013 official visit to Singapore includes a pit stop at Adam Road Hawker Centre
US President-elect Joe Biden is perhaps most remembered for his impromptu visit to Adam Road Hawker Centre in 2013. Then Vice-President in the Obama Administration, he was in Singapore for an official visit from July 25 to 27. He was accompanied by his wife Dr Jill Biden, his daughter Ashley Biden and son-in-law Howard Krein. […]
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulates US President-elect Joe Biden
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulates US Joe Biden on his successful election as the 46th President of the United States. PM Lee said the COVID-19 pandemic has brought on serious challenges for every country, including the United States and Singapore. “At this critical time, the duty of a leader is to unite the people, […]
World leaders rush to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden
World leaders rushed to congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden even as President Donald Trump vowed to press forward with a legal fight. After the news report, crowds gathered outside the White House to celebrate. Trump was at his Virginia golf club when various networks projected Biden as the winner. President Donald Trump returned to the […]