Daily waste collected from domestic, trade premises like apartments and shophouses was 3% higher over the eight-week circuit breaker period compared with March.
Singapore reported an average of 165 cases a day in the week through 13 June, a record which authorities said may herald the largest dengue outbreak in its history.
Addressing the issue of a social crisis brought on by the disease, Singapore wants to ensure people can progress through jobs, education and skills training.
While Singapore and Hong Kong are easing restrictions to help seafarers get home, most crews remain stranded, increasing risk of mental and physical fatigue.
The move comes as Covid cases in Singapore's heavily-impacted foreign worker dormitories have dropped and community infection rates have remained stable.
Office and building designs will need to be modified to improve ventilation and air filtering given the higher risk of transmission, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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