Tenders awarded for 9 rooftop farming sites at HDB multi-storey car parks

Singapore to further ease entry restrictions for visitors from Vietnam and Australia, excluding Victoria State, from Oct 8

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Morning briefing for Oct 1, 2020

Photo of the day: A supporter of India's main opposition Congress party is detained by police during a protest after the death of a rape victim, in front of Uttar Pradesh state building in New Delhi, India on Wednesday, Sept 30, 2020. Photo: Reuters

Aedes alert Dengue cases drop for 7th straight week but mosquito population up 12% in past three weeks: NEA The National Environment Agency said its Gravitrap surveillance system, which monitors the Aedes aegypti mosquito population at residential areas, has detected a 12 per cent rise in the mosquito population over the last three weeks.

No quarantine if test negative Singapore to further ease entry restrictions for visitors from Vietnam and Australia, excluding Victoria State, from Oct 8 The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said on Wednesday that it is further easing entry restrictions on visitors from both countries as they have "comprehensive public health surveillance systems and displayed successful control" over the spread of the coronavirus.

More locations identified AMK Hub, Sun Plaza in Sembawang among places visited by Covid-19 cases while infectious Other places visited by Covid-19 cases while they were infectious include the Tan Yu restaurant at 313@somerset mall on Sept 25 and the Grain Alley cafe at Orchard Central mall on Sept 26.

Green spaces Tenders awarded for 9 rooftop farming sites at HDB multi-storey car parks Freeing up more space for commercial farming is one of SFA's strategies to achieve Singapore's goal of being able to meet 30 per cent of its nutritional needs with locally produced food by 2030. SFA said that it would continue to work with HDB to tender out more rooftop sites at multi-storey car parks for urban farming in the fourth quarter of 2020.

In memoriam Veteran lawyer PE Ashokan dies at 58 after short battle with pancreatic cancer The veteran solicitor of 30 years, whose full name is Pateloo Eruthiyanathan Ashokan, was first diagnosed with cancer about three months ago. His funeral is set for this coming Sunday at 6.30pm at the Mandai Crematorium.

Trust breached Teenager exploited 'superstitious' family friend by acting as deity, took her savings, salary and insurance payouts It started when an 18-year-old girl told her mother's friend that she had found a potential husband for her, showing her a photograph of the man from her mobile phone. In the end, teenager Soh Chih Hui cheated Madam Goh Seng Mui, then 56 years old, of at least S$49,600 between April and October 2015.

Recalcitrant offender Jail for former teacher who breached conditional warning for filming up schoolgirls' skirts When he was then a teacher with the Ministry of Education, Daniel Chen Junyi took more upskirt videos of a clothing store employee who was a teenager. His girlfriend had been browsing nearby at the time.

Battered Shell plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs in transition plan Shell said on Wednesday it also plans to reduce the number of its refineries to fewer than 10 from 17 currently.

Your say Examine how women are represented in marketing, the media "If we want to see men and women treating one another with respect and having access to equal opportunity, then we must call on those in charge of shaping perceptions to be involved in such change," says TODAY reader Goh Shu Fen.

Commentary S'pore's worst recession in 55 years — but why does the private property market not reflect that? "It pays to be prudent and cautious in such uncertain times," says the authors. Here, they dissect some factors often cited for the resilience in the private property market — pent-up demand, low interest rates and foreign investors to separate myths from facts.

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