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Morning Digest, July 15

Home crowd helps Loh Kean Yew get one step closer to clinching men’s singles title at Singapore Open

 

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Gold medalist Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew celebrates on the podium after winning the men’s singles final badminton match of the BWF World Championships in Huelva, on December 19, 2021. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

Badminton world champion Loh Kean Yew took another step toward making history, advancing to the quarter-finals at the Singapore Open on Thursday (July 14). In 40 minutes, he breezed past Indonesia’s Tommy Sugarto 21-13,21-17.

All eyes are on Loh, 25, who is gunning to become the first Singaporean in sixty years to win the Men’s Singles title. The last time this happened was in 1962 when Wee Choon Seng bagged the title.

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MOH confirms 2nd & 3rd local monkeypox cases one day apart

 

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The second and third local cases of monkeypox were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on July 13 and 14, just one day apart. The first local case was confirmed on July 6.

Monkeypox is a viral disease caused by infection of the monkeypox virus. Most patients recover from the infection within two to three weeks. Some symptoms of monkeypox typically include fever, headache, muscle ache, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills, lethargy and skin rashes.

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HDB August 2022 BTO Launch Review: What You Should Look Forward To

 

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Now that the previous BTO and SBF exercises (May 2022) have ended, it is time to look at the locations of the upcoming HDB BTO projects to be launched in August. Whether you are attached, an eligible bachelor over the age of 35, or even under the joint singles scheme, wait no longer!

For starters, there will be around 4,960 units available for balloting across seven projects in six estates, translating to around an 8% increase in the number of units compared to the previous launch.

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Ong Ye Kung: Blood stocks still running low even after 1,700+ blood donors step up after appeal, so ‘eligible blood donor, please come forward’

 

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Photo: FB screengrab/Ong Ye Kung

Despite a 45 per cent increase in blood donations following a public appeal by Health Minister Ong Ye Kung last week, he announced that blood stocks are still “not at healthy levels.”

He urged eligible blood donors to come forward to help save lives.

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Hawker Chan increases roast pork rice price by 40 per cent — No Michelin Star for them again

 

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Photo: FB screengrab/Hawker Chan Singapore

A customer ordering from Liao Fan Hawker Chan’s outlet at Plaza Singapura’s Kopitiam food court was shocked that the price of roast pork rice jumped from S$5.80 to S$8.10.

“I checked and found that this rice dish is no different from what was served before, other than an extra half an egg now,” said the customer to Chinese language newspaper Shin Min Daily News.

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