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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 hospitals tighten rules for those who have visited TTSHHospitals are imposing stricter restrictions on people who have visited Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) recently, in the light of the growing cluster there.

4 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 to allow cross-border travel on compassionate grounds from May 17Travel on compassionate grounds between Singapore and Malaysia will be allowed from May 17, amid Covid-19 restrictions that ban the bulk of cross-border movement.

3 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. Vaccinated cleaner at care facility among Singapore's new community Covid-19 casesA fully vaccinated woman who was working as a cleaner at a community care facility in Tuas South was the sole unlinked case out of the 16 community cases announced by the Mi

30 April 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. Vaccinated S'pore residents travelling to countries with low Covid-19 cases could be exempt from quarantine upon return: Ong Ye KungSingapore can consider allowing residents who are vaccinated to travel to countries that have low numbers of Covid-19 cases

29 April 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 resident spending in 2020 held at 2019 level; gradual price increases expected: MASConsumer spending in Singapore by those residing here was resilient last year and at a similar level to 2019 despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

28 April 2021
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Tatmadaw Wants 'Stability' Before Ending Violence

Myanmar's junta said Tuesday it would heed regional pleas to stop violence only when the country "returns to stability", as fresh fighting erupted with a major ethnic rebel group along its eastern border.The nation has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a 1 February coup, triggering a protest movement that security forces have met with deadly crackdowns.The violence – in which more than 750 people have been killed by security forces, a

28 April 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. New relief fund in Singapore to raise money and support India in its fight against Covid-19 A new relief fund has been set up in Singapore to raise funds and support India in its fight against Covid-19.

27 April 2021
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ASEAN’s Myanmar Deal Falls Short

Human rights groups and people in Myanmar have criticised an agreement between Min Aung Hlaing, the general who seized power in a military coup nearly three months ago, and Southeast Asian leaders to end the violence-hit nation’s crisis, saying it fell short of restoring democracy and holding the army to account for killing hundreds of civilians.There were no immediate protests in Myanmar’s big cities a day after the armed forces’ chief flew to Jakarta to meet leaders of the Associat

26 April 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. Long queues outside Lucky Plaza, Peninsula Plaza amid strict crowd control measuresCrowds continued to flock to Lucky Plaza and Peninsula Plaza on Sunday (April 25), with long queues seen outside both malls.

26 April 2021
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NUG Welcomes ASEAN Call To End Myanmar Violence

Myanmar's shadow government of ousted lawmakers has welcomed a call by Southeast Asian leaders for an end to "military violence" after their crisis talks in Jakarta with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing.The general attended a high-level summit Saturday with leaders from the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to discuss Myanmar's mounting crisis.Since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a 1 February coup, Myanmar has been in an uproar

26 April 2021
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Five Post-COVID Key Energy Transition Lessons

Global energy transition has crossed many milestones over the past decade, surpassing most expectations. Thanks to technological innovation, entrepreneurship and risk-taking by policymakers and businesses, installed capacity has grown sevenfold for solar PV, and threefold for onshore wind since 2010. Once considered a pipedream, the share of renewable energy in the electricity mix is higher than fossil fuels in some countries.

25 April 2021
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ASEAN Leaders Hold Myanmar Crisis Talks

Southeast Asian leaders held Myanmar crisis talks Saturday with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing who has become the focus of international outrage over a military coup and crackdown that has left more than 700 dead.The senior general was at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Indonesia's capital, marking his first foreign trip since security forces staged a coup that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in early February.Mass protests by an angry population have

25 April 2021
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