Another Chinese New Year tradition is under threat this year - experts say people should not lay out trays of food for guests during home visits.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - The Covid-19 vaccination drive kicked off in the private healthcare sector on Saturday (Jan 9), with 50 staff from the Parkway Pantai group receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech shot.
The shots were administered at two locations. Thirty doctors and nurses were given the jab at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, while another 20 got the vaccine at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Orchard.
Among those who received the vaccine at the Novena hospital were Parkway Pantai s senior executives and some of the hospital s infectious diseases physicians, who said they hoped to lead by example to reassure their colleagues who may be hesitant about receiving the mRNA vaccine.
SINGAPORE - There will inevitably be more imported Covid-19 cases here, but experts say this will not be of great concern. They noted that more travellers are returning during the festive period, especially since the outbreak in some countries is worsening during winter. Case numbers could rise if border restrictions are eased in the coming months. Imported cases have increased.
COMMENTARY: Everyone deserves a fair trial regardless of how serious a crime.
The late criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan handled over 1,500 criminal cases throughout his career, ranging from murder and abuse to drug trafficking and white collar crimes.
In particular, he was well-known for taking on high profile criminal cases such as “One-Eyed Dragon” Tan Chor Jin, the accused in the Kallang body parts murder, Leong Siew Chor, and the kidney trading case involving retail tycoon Tang Wee Sung.
Here, we produce excerpts from his book The Best I Could in which Subhas writes about his experience as a criminal lawyer and what it was like to lose his first murder case.
Want to live in a condominium that makes you feel like you are living in a bungalow? Boulevard Realty Sdn Bhd, a pioneer developer of condominiums in the Jalan U Thant and Jalan Madge area, has the answer in its latest apartment project, Residensi Ampang Tengah 6 (AT 6).
An exclusive high-rise alternative to bungalow living, AT 6 will occupy a 0.58-acre freehold parcel on Jalan Ampang Tengah, off Jalan Ampang Hilir, in the prestigious U Thant, Madge and Ampang Hilir neighbourhood.
Boulevard Realty is the property development vehicle of boutique developments under Lim Quee & Sons Group of Companies. According to chairman Lim Beng Keat, his grandfather, Lim Quee, started out as a small time contractor in the 1920s and established a company today known as Lim Quee & Sons Sdn Bhd around 1935 to undertake larger construction jobs. “We loosely brand all our companies as being under the Lim Quee & Sons Group so as to honour his work and what he built for us.” The “Sons” refers