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MICE players say tighter capacity limits a necessary step , bracing for further bumps ahead
Attendees arrive for their COVID-19 antigen rapid test before a conference held by the Institute of Policy Studies at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre in Singapore on Jan 25, 2021. (File photo: Reuters/Edgar Su)
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SINGAPORE: It was slightly more than a month ago when authorities announced that capacity limits at large-scale business events here will be raised to 750 people.
This kicked in from Apr 24 and was cheered by some in the pandemic-battered meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industry as a move that brought “renewed optimism”.
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By Noel Caballero
Bangkok, May 6 (EFE).- While it is considered the best in handling the pandemic, Singapore keeps thousands of migrant workers segregated.
Last month, Singapore, along with New Zealand and Australia, topped the Bloomberg news agency’s monthly list ranking countries that have managed to cope with the pandemic and provided “a pre-pandemic quality of life for their populations.”
But this comes as the Southeast Asian city-state restricts the freedom of movement of more than 300,000 migrant workers, who account for over 90% of the 61,218 confirmed coronavirus cases Singapore has recorded since the pandemic began a year ago.
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