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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. Foreign worker levies for S Pass and work permit holders to be waived for SHN period: MOMForeign worker levies for S Pass and work permit holders, including those for migrant domestic workers, will be waived for their stay-home notice (SHN) period from January

1 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. Chat groups circulating obscene images of women in Singapore re-emerge on TelegramChat groups similar to the now-defunct SG Nasi Lemak, which circulated obscene photos and video clips of women in Singapore, have resurfaced on messaging app Telegram.

31 March 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. Malaysia pays S'pore $102.8 million for costs incurred in terminated HSR projectMalaysia has paid Singapore about $102.8 million as compensation for the costs it incurred in the failed high-speed rail (HSR) project.

30 March 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 private doctors question 'highly exclusive' IP insurer panels which exclude many specialists Private sector doctors here have openly expressed their unhappiness with Integrated Shield Plan (IP) insurers for excluding many private

29 March 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. 950,000 S'porean HDB households to get $135m in S&CC rebates from AprilAbout 950,000 Singaporean HDB households will receive $135 million in service and conservancy charge (S&CC) rebates from next month to March next year.

26 March 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. 50,000 staff in education sector receive Covid-19 vaccination letters; over 80% have made appointmentsOver 80 per cent of staff in education institutions who have been invited to take the Covid-19 vaccine have made appointments to do so, said Education Ministe

25 March 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's senior Muslim leaders welcome shift in position on allowing nurses to wear tudung at workSenior Muslim leaders have welcomed the shift in the Government's position to consider allowing nurses to wear the tudung at work, following closed

24 March 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 businessman linked to alleged fraud of record $1 billion chargedA businessman charged on Monday (March 22) has been linked to an alleged fraud involving at least $1 billion, the largest in Singapore's history.

23 March 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. US and China must manage tensions, cooperate on common challenges despite competition: DPM HengEven as the United States and China compete strategically, the two major powers must find a way to manage tensions and develop a framework for cooperation, said Depu

22 March 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. Trust in Singapore's key institutions rose last year: SurveyTrust in Singapore's key institutions of Government, business, media and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) rose across the board amid a pandemic and economic recession, according to the

19 March 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. $940 million in wage credits to be given to over 98,000 employers by end-MarchBy end-March, $940 million in Wage Credit Scheme (WCS) pay-outs will be disbursed to more than 98,000 employers here, bringing the total amount in wage credits paid out during the pa

18 March 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. Retrenchments hit smaller proportion of workers in S'pore, but more than doubled from last yearA smaller proportion of workers was retrenched last year amid the economic upheavals caused by the pandemic compared with previous recessionary years.

17 March 2021
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