Scoot to commence Singapore-Miri service on Feb 23
MIRI: Travellers can book direct flight tickets from Miri to Singapore with Scoot Tigerair Pte Ltd (Scoot) starting Feb 23. Sarawak’s Ministry of Transport received a letter of confirmation from Scoot on their intention to mount twice weekly direct passenger air service between Singapore and Miri. It will operate every Wednesday and Saturday, slated to […]
Singapore reports first Omicron-related death
SINGAPORE: A 92-year-old unvaccinated woman has died from complications related to the Omicron COVID-19 variant – the first Omicron-related death in Singapore, according to The Straits Times’ report yesterday. Quoting the republic’s Health Ministry (MOH), the newspaper said the woman had no known medical history and caught the virus from a family member. She died […]
State looks forward to reopening borders with Brunei, Singapore
MIRI: On top of allowing inter-state travel into the state, Sarawak is also looking forward to the reopening of its borders with Brunei and Singapore to restart the state’s cross-border tourism industry. Assistant Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Sebastian Ting revealed this at a press conference after chairing the Sarawak Tourism Coordination Committee (STCC) […]
Malaysians in Singapore should renew passport at least 6 months before expiration
SINGAPORE: The High Commission of Malaysia in Singapore is advising Malaysians in the republic to apply/renew their passports at least six months before the expiry date. The High Commission said it is experiencing a drastic increase in passport application/renewal following the implementation of border control measures by Malaysia and Singapore since April 2020. In its […]
Miri seeks Statos’ help in elevating status
MIRI: Miri mayor Adam Yii Siew Sang had a preliminary online discussion with Chew Chang Guan, the chief executive officer of Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (Statos), about the advancement of trade-tourism relations between Miri and Singapore. Yii would like to see Miri leverage on Singapore’s international recognition and propel Miri to greater popularity […]
Singapore welcomes first giant panda cub at river safari
SINGAPORE on Saturday welcomed its first giant panda cub at River Safari, the offspring of two iconic pandas — male panda ‘Kai Kai’ and female panda ‘Jia Jia’ — on Aug 14. According to Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS), the gender of the cub weighing 200 grammes is yet to be determined and will be announced […]
Resource-starved Singapore turns sewage into ultra-clean water
SINGAPORE: Giant pumps whir deep underground at a plant in Singapore that helps transform sewage into water so clean it is fit for human consumption while reducing ocean pollution. The tiny island nation has little in the way of natural water sources and has long had to rely principally on supplies from neighbouring Malaysia. To […]
Yu Xuan, possibly world’s smallest surviving baby, finally goes home
SINGAPORE: Fourteen-month-old Kwek Yu Xuan, who was born prematurely in Singapore at 212 grammes, is possibly the world’s lightest baby born and discharged well on record. It was based on the Tiniest Babies Registry managed by The University of Iowa, according to the republic’s National University Hospital (NUH). NUH said the previous smallest survivor in […]
Of curry mee and curry chicken
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician My dear friends, how many bowls of curry mee can you eat in 45 minutes? Sin Chew Daily, a Chinese daily, recently reported that a 67-year-old woman in Singapore ate 10 bowls of curry […]
14 jailed in Singapore for smuggling e-vaporisers from Malaysia
SINGAPORE: A total of 14 drivers and attendants of seven lorries operated by a Malaysian company were given imprisonment terms of up to two months, for smuggling a total of 54,392 pieces of e-vaporisers and related components into the republic. The Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) today said the 14 persons were prosecuted on June […]
