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SINGAPORE - Over 9,000 students booked appointments to receive their Covid-19 jabs on Thursday (June 3) as the national vaccination drive for more than 400,000 students kicked off.
Since Tuesday, students taking their N, O, and A-level examinations as well as those in polytechnics or their first year of junior college have been invited to take the vaccine.
Announcing this on Thursday evening, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said he was heartened by the positive response from students and the high sign-up rate.
“As we battle the evolving challenges from the pandemic, vaccination remains the best way to keep our students and children safe,” said the minister in a Facebook post.
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SINGAPORE: A National Parks Board (NParks) officer was charged on Tuesday (Apr 13) with taking multiple upskirt photos and asking for a bribe from a hat supplier to conceal the fact that it had not completed a delivery.
Lee Choon Phing, a 48-year-old manager of the Community in Bloom branch of NParks, received one charge each of cheating and corruption and nine charges of insulting a woman s modesty.
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