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Biden invites 110 countries including Malaysia, Indonesia & Philippines to democracy summit, but not Singapore?

 

Did you get invited to Joe Biden’s big democracy party?

Poland did. So did the Philippines. And Iraq.

Even our close neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia got invited.

But why not Singapore?

Read more here.


 

Third time’s the charm? Ong Ye Kung brings up SG-HK travel bubble again

 

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Singapore — Health Minister Ong Ye Kung set a significant pandemic marker when he flew to Hong Kong to attend the inaugural Asia Summit on Global Health.

He is the first minister from a foreign government to have set foot in Hong Kong since the pandemic began. He said in a social media post on Wednesday (Nov 24), the day that the summit was held, that he was glad to be able to participate along with senior health officials from the region, including Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam.

Read more here.


 

Prolonged DBS digibanking outage ‘unacceptable’ — thousands of digital banking clients disgruntled & frustrated over service failure

 

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Singapore — Thousands of digital banking clients of DBS Bank and POSB have been left disgruntled and frustrated so far this week over the failure of their digibanking services as it extended into the third day.

Singapore’s largest bank DBS, which also owns POSB, had been vigorously campaigning to get customers to convert to digibanking. This latest stumble could well slow the impetus of its aggressive digital evangelism.

Read more here.


 

Girlfriend: “I have higher sex drive than him… not sure why he’s not keen on having sex.” — Two women seek advice

 

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Photo: Unsplash (for illustration purposes only).

Singapore — Two women with very similar sex drives are seeking advice on why their partners are not keen on having sex with them as frequently as they expected it to be, even when their sex drive is higher than their partners.

The two bewildered women took their problems to NUSWhispers on Tuesday (Nov 23) in the hopes of solving the mystery.

Read more here.


 

On & On Diners suspended after 73 people suffered gastroenteritis symptoms

Singapore — On & On Diners Pte Ltd is being investigated by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) for two instances of gastroenteritis that affected 73 people between 16 and 18 November 2021.

On & On Diners located at FoodXchange @ Admiralty, 8A Admiralty Street has been made to cease its operations by the SFA until further notice.

Read more here. 


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