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Visitors to Peninsula Plaza having their identity cards scanned, under odd-even identity number restrictions, on Sunday (Jan 10, 2021). - The Straits Times/Asian News Network SINGAPORE, Jan 10 (The Straits Times/ANN): As clampdowns on businesses and individuals that breach safe-distancing measures continue, shopping malls are no exception to scrutiny.
Entry restrictions may be imposed on malls that face crowd management issues even as more visitors are allowed in under phase three of Singapore’s reopening, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Enterprise Singapore (ESG) last Friday (Jan 8).
The restrictions may be similar to the odd-even weekend entry in force at Peninsula Plaza and Lucky Plaza since Aug 29.
Professor Ooi Eng Eong said current control measures should suffice as the UK variant is still mainly spread through respiratory droplets. - The Straits Times/Asian News Network SINGAPORE, Jan 2 (The Straits Times/ANN): Measures for containing the spread of Covid-19 would still hold for the fast-spreading strain circulating in the United Kingdom which may show up in more cases here, unless it gets loose in the community, said infectious disease experts.
So far there is one confirmed case with the more contagious B117 strain in Singapore, a 17-year-old Singaporean who arrived from Britain on Dec 6. There are at least 13 others with positive preliminary tests for the strain, including a Singapore Airlines pilot and a work pass holder returning from the UK.
Siti Aslina Junaidi and Mohd Yusri Mohd Yussof were initially arrested in October 2015 in Shenzhen. - The Straits Times/ASian News Network BEIJING, Dec 26 (The Straits Times/ ANN): Two Singaporeans sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking have been provided consular assistance by the Singapore consulate-general in Guangzhou, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Friday (Dec 25).
Singapore s MFA said that the consulate-general provided regular assistance to Siti Aslina Junaidi and Mohd Yusri Mohd Yussof, including visiting them regularly until the Covid-19 outbreak hit this year.
The consulate-general also ensured that the pair have had access to medical attention and legal assistance, and has been in contact with their families to provide consular support as recently as this week.
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Staff in PPE working at the Mandarin Orchard on Dec 20, 2020, after 13 Covid-19 cases were detected among people who had served their SHN at the hotel. - The Straits Times/Asian News Network
SINGAPORE, Dec 20 (The Straits Times/ANN): Three people who are serving their stay-home notice (SHN) at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore have tested positive for Covid-19. It is likely these are imported cases and not linked to 13 other cases being investigated, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Sunday (Dec 20).
Additionally, serological tests conducted on three members of staff have come back positive, indicating likely past infections. Epidemiological investigations of these cases are in progress.
Fu Wan Chocolate is known for its locally produced chocolates that have won awards in many international competitions. - The Straits Times/Asian News Network TAIPEI, Dec 20 (The Straits Times/ANN): Since early December, six retailers have pulled products by Fu Wan Chocolate from their shelves and stopped collaborations with the Taiwanese chocolate company, after an Internet user posted online details of a five-year-old sexual harassment case involving the company s former chairman and an intern.
The intern, who worked at Fu Wan in 2015, had accused then chairman Hsu Feng-chia of sexually harassing her at work, resulting in Hsu being handed a six-month jail sentence - time that was later commuted to a fine.