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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. Coronavirus: More passengers for Changi and SIA, but much lower than in 2019The opening of the Singapore-China green lane and the restarting of transit flights helped to boost passenger movements at Changi Airport last month, but only barely.

21 July 2020

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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. Bugis+ cinema and ActiveSG Gym in Sengkang visited by infectious coronavirus patientsFilmGarde cinema in Bugis+, an ActiveSG Gym at Fernvale Square and VivoCity are among places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were still infectious, said the Ministry of Health on Sunday (July 19).

20 July 2020

The Rising Demand For Air Conditioners

Around the world, scorching heat waves are breaking records, with France reaching a sweltering 45.9 degrees Celsius and Australia hitting 49.5 degrees in 2019. This year, it was reported that Siberia experienced a period of unusually high temperatures for the first six months of 2020 – including a record-breaking 38 degrees Celsius in the town of Verkhoyansk last June.

19 July 2020

ASEAN Trade Measures And COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy toll not only in terms of human lives, but also on the world’s economy. The World Trade Organization (WTO) forecasts that global trade will fall between 13 and 32 percent across all regions and sectors in 2020.

18 July 2020

Bruneians' Insatiable Appetite For Cars

At a time when every Southeast Asian economy has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic – ASEAN member state Brunei reported close to an eight percent increase in car sales in the first five months of 2020. This is indicative of the insatiable appetite of Bruneians’ for cars. According to figures released by the ASEAN Automotive Federation, a total of 5,388 units of cars were sold in the Sultanate within that period, compared to 4,966 units sold within the same period last year.

17 July 2020

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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. Coronavirus: New contact tracing device and check-in system on trial at worksiteSurbana Jurong is trialling the use of a new contact tracing device and digital check-in system to have more visibility and control over the social encounters of Covid-19 patients to minimise infection spread at worksites.

17 July 2020

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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. Coronavirus: Singapore's testing rate is tops in ASEAN, with over 1m swabs doneAs at July 13, Singapore has tested over one million swabs from around 520,000 people for Covid-19. Based on data on the Ministry of Health's (MOH) website, about 143,000 swabs were tested between July 6 and 13.

16 July 2020

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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. 62-year-old Singaporean man dies from Covid-19 complicationsA 62-year-old Singaporean man who had a history of diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol has died from complications due to Covid-19 on Tuesday (July 14), said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

15 July 2020

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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. Singapore enters technical recession as GDP plunges 12.6% in Q2: Flash dataSingapore's economy shrank by 12.6 per cent year on year in the second quarter, according to advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Tuesday (July 14), as circuit breaker measures to stem the coron

14 July 2020

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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. S'porean man who works at Shatec among 178 new Covid-19 casesA 67-year-old Singaporean man, who is a non-teaching staff member at hospitality school Shatec, has been confirmed to have the coronavirus infection and is the only new case in the community as of Sunday (July 12) noon.

13 July 2020

Is Music Streaming Bad For The Environment?

The global music landscape has enabled consumers to discover a wide range of genres, sound and artists via music streaming apps such as Spotify, Apple Music and SoundCloud – thanks to digital technology.

12 July 2020

Most Unsafe Countries For Women In ASEAN

According to a study conducted by Singapore-based research company ValueChampion, Indonesia is the second-most dangerous country for women in the Asia Pacific region after India, while the Philippines is the third most dangerous. Singapore is the safest country across the region. The 2019 study also ranked Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia as the 8th, 9th, and 10th safest countries for women, respectively, out of 14 countries in the Asia Pacific.

11 July 2020