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Morning Digest, Dec 19

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Pritam Singh, most admired politician in Singapore, PM Lee comes in second, according to poll

 

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Singapore — Professional footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Matrix actor Keanu Reeves and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong – these are a few of the individuals which Singaporeans admire the most.

In a separate poll, opposition Workers’ Party and Leader of Opposition Pritam Singh took the top spot among 3,800 votes.

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S’pore students can now access full list of international universities require vaccination in real-time

 

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Singapore — Over 800 higher education institutions in the United States alone have made vaccination mandatory, including international students from Singapore.

Erudera is a University Vaccine Requirement Checker tool for quick access to crucial information regarding inoculations per country.

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M’sia former PM Mahathir admitted to hospital for ‘several investigations’

 

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Kuala Lumpur — Former Malaysian prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to the country’s National Heart Institute (IJN).

The 96-year-old, longest-serving former premier of Malaysia was admitted to the hospital on Thursday evening (Dec 16), according to a statement by the heart institute.

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Letter to the Editor: CDC e-vouchers go-where?

 

Dear Editor,

Sometimes I feel like the government is making us run in circles, like the song by Post Malone. They come up with some brilliant ideas, but their implementation is far from being practical. It often smacks of a government that has gone past its prime.

Recently, my parents encountered a bad situation with regard to CDC vouchers. The government announced that it’ll give every Singaporean household $100 vouchers to boost/support the faltering local hawker business.  In reality, it is nothing more than an eyewash.

Read more here.


Letter to the Editor: Poor maintenance of public area, park benches broken, upgrade delayed 3 years, town council still says wait

 

Letter to the Editor: Park benches broken and poor maintenance of public area complain

Dear Editor,

I have lived in Woodlands for the last 5 years and did not have too many problems with the Marsiling Yew Tee town council as things got rectified and looked into promptly.

Sadly, we got a new property executive and a new MP running the show, and things got bad.

Read more here.


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