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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
COVID-19: Man, 71, arrested after he insisted on eating at void deck, refused to leave
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SINGAPORE: The police arrested a 71-year-old man on Tuesday (Apr 7) for disorderly behaviour after he tried to eat at a void deck and refused to leave despite being told to do so. Police officers were on foot patrol at Block 28, Bendemeer Road at about 11.40am when they came across a group of elderly people
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
COVID-19: Jakarta’s low-wage workers hard hit by layoffs, forced unpaid leave
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JAKARTA: Mr Haekal Anshori, an employee in a small T-shirt printing shop, has been trying to contact his employer for days. He was trying to get an update on his monthly salary, which is now one week overdue. He is owed 2.5 million rupiah (US$212.50), which would have been a lifesaver as Jakarta is on the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
Thousands flock to leave Wuhan as outbound travel ban ends
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WUHAN, China: Thousands of travellers flocked to catch trains leaving Wuhan early on Wednesday (Apr 8) as authorities lifted a more than two-month ban on outbound travel from the hard-hit Chinese city where the global coronavirus pandemic first emerged. The removal of the ban at midnight (1600 GMT Tuesday) ends an isolation that began when
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
100 Keppel Shipyard workers who had ‘direct contact’ with COVID-19 cases placed on leave of absence
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SINGAPORE: About 100 Keppel Shipyard personnel who had “direct contact” with a cluster of COVID-19 patients linked to the shipyard have been placed on a 14-day leave of absence. On Thursday (Apr 2), the authorities identified Keppel Shipyard as a new COVID-19 cluster, linking three previously announced cases to it. Advertisement Advertisement In response to CNA’s
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
Passengers to leave Australia after days stuck on cruise ship
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PERTH: Hundreds of cruise ship passengers were due to board flights for Germany on Sunday (Mar 29), after spending days stranded at sea off the West Australian coast in a stand-off with authorities. The Artania docked in the port city of Fremantle on Friday after an earlier ban was reversed amid a spike in COVID-19 cases
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
Young pupils staying with recently returned travellers required to go on leave of absence
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SINGAPORE: Pre-school and primary school students will be placed on a 14-day leave of absence if they are staying in the same household as a person who is returning from overseas from Thursday onwards, authorities said on Tuesday (Mar 24). The same applies for students who live with a person who had travelled to the UK,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
SIA to implement COVID-19 cost-cutting measures, up to 7 days no-pay leave a month for pilots
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SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilots will be required to take some days of no-pay leave a month from April as part of cost-cutting measures the national carrier is putting into place. In an internal email dated Mar 24, seen by CNA, the airline said it had signed agreements with the Singapore Airlines Staff Union, the Air Transport
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 23, 2020
Less than 10% of students, staff on leave of absence or stay-home notice: MOE
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SINGAPORE: Less than 10 per cent of students and staff across all schools have been placed on a leave of absence or given a stay-home notice, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Sunday (Mar 22). This includes students and staff across all schools, including special education (SPED) schools and MOE kindergartens, said MOE’s director
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
‘One of us needs to be at home’: Parents prepared to take leave or work from home to care for children on leave of absence
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SINGAPORE: Parents who have recently returned from a family holiday overseas said they will take leave or work from home to care for their children. This follows a Government announcement on Thursday (Mar 19) that all students and school staff members returning from travel during the March school holidays will be placed on a 14-day leave
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
Companies urged to impose leave of absence for staff who travelled during March holidays: MOM
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SINGAPORE: Companies are encouraged to impose a leave of absence for employees who travelled during the March school holidays, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Friday (Mar 20). Companies that do so, as well as those who are self-employed, will be allowed to claim for the S$100 daily support under the Leave of Absence
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 19, 2020
Students, school staff members who travelled during March holidays to be issued 14-day leave of absence: MOE
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SINGAPORE: Singapore authorities will put all students and school staff members returning from travel during the March holidays on a leave of absence, the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said on Thursday (Mar 19). Students and staff members of schools, preschools and student care centres will be given a 14-day leave
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 16, 2020
INSEAD dean tests positive for COVID-19, close colleagues put on leave of absence
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SINGAPORE: The dean of graduate business school INSEAD tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Sunday (Mar 15), it said in a statement. INSEAD said that Ilian Mihov was currently warded in isolation at a hospital in Singapore. Advertisement Advertisement “In full compliance with established contact tracing procedures, all those who have been in close contact with Mr Mihov have been put on
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 11, 2020
More passengers leave coronavirus-hit cruise ship in California as Trump praises operation
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OAKLAND: Passengers waiting to disembark from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in California faced frustrating delays on Tuesday (Mar 10), despite US President Donald Trump saying the operation was going “incredibly well.” The Grand Princess arrived at a sealed-off wharf at the port of Oakland in San Francisco Bay on Monday after days stranded at sea with
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Commentary: The battle over office leave has been worsened by the coronavirus
Commentary Commentary Annual leave rosters were always a nightmare to devise but now they have become impossible, says the Financial Times’ Pilita Clark. Don’t get too comfortable when working from home. (Photo: Unsplash/Designecologist) 12 Apr 2020 04:54PM(Updated: 12 Apr 2020 05:00PM) Bookmark LONDON: At the start of this year I made a plan to spend