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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. 6,500 students and staff at Singapore Polytechnic to be tested for Covid-19 from May 19About 6,500 students, staff and vendors at Singapore Polytechnic (SP) will be tested for Covid-19 from Wednesday (May 19), after three students earlier tested positive for t

19 May 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. S'pore Poly and NIE students, NSF among 11 new unlinked Covid-19 community casesTwo more students at Singapore Polytechnic (SP) have tested positive for Covid-19.

18 May 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Jail, caning for man who molested female barber during haircutA man who molested a female barber twice as she was cutting his hair was sentenced on Monday (May 17) to 10 months' jail with three strokes of the cane.

17 May 2021
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Rocky Road Ahead For ASEAN?

The special ASEAN leaders meeting conducted on Saturday 24 April indicates a collective attempt by the regional organisation to seriously deal with the deteriorating situation in Myanmar based on “the ASEAN way”. The face-to-face forum, hosted by Indonesia at the ASEAN secretariat in Jakarta, resulted in a five-point-consensus; summarising plans to stabilise the political turmoil in Myanmar. This agenda, however, has attracted supports as well as criticisms towards ASEAN.

15 May 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Most students with Covid-19 linked to private tutor, no evidence of school-based transmissionThere is no evidence of school-based Covid-19 transmissions so far, even as a few new infections among students will be reported, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong

14 May 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Changi Airport terminals, Jewel to be closed to public for 2 weeks from May 13; still open for air travelAll Changi Airport passenger terminal buildings and Jewel Changi Airport will be closed for two weeks to the public from Thursday (May 13).

13 May 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Police arrest man accused of using racial slur, kicking 55-year-old woman in Choa Chu KangThe police on Tuesday (May 11) said they arrested a 30-year-old man alleged to have used a racial slur and kicked a woman on the chest last week.

12 May 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Hari Raya under Covid-19 disappointing, but safety measures necessary: President HalimahThe tighter Covid-19 safety measures are necessary to save the lives of Singaporeans, said President Halimah Yacob, as she called on everyone here to do their part to overc

11 May 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. S'pore and Malaysia start accepting applications for cross-border travel on compassionate groundsApplications for travel on compassionate grounds between Singapore and Malaysia are now open, a week before the formal system of allowing such movement launch

10 May 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Singapore passports to be valid for 10 years, up from 5, for applications from October: ICASingapore passports will be valid for 10 years, up from the current five.

7 May 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Some S'pore firms ask all staff to work from home amid spike in Covid-19 community casesSome firms are asking all employees who are able to do so to work from home as a precautionary measure amid a spike in Covid-19 community cases here.

6 May 2021
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These are the top stories making the front pages of major newspapers from across Southeast Asia today.Get up to speed with what’s happening in the fastest growing region in the world. Stay informed with The ASEAN Post. Don't shun TTSH healthcare workers as hospital Covid-19 cluster grows, urges MOH's Kenneth MakHealthcare workers and staff from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) should not be shunned during this difficult time, Ministry of Health (MOH) director of medic

5 May 2021
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