More than 8 in 10 of students were posted to a secondary school within their first 3 choices, and more than 90% of students were posted to a school within their 6 choices, MOE said in a statement on 22nd December. These posting outcomes for the 2021 PSLE cohort are comparable to previous years, including […]
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Omicron – Thailand cancels inbound quarantine-free Travel – In a huge blow to ASEAN’s second largest economy, omicron variant concerns – the highly infectious COVID-19 variant – leads Thai Government on decision which dims tourism recovery hopes. Tourism is one of Thailand’s biggest industries, with nearly 40 million visitors in 2019. Thailand Pass was one of […]
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Singapore badminton – Loh Kean Yew wins World Championship, eyes Olympics medal. On Sunday (Dec 19), Local badminton player Loh Kean Yew made history, becoming the first Singapore BWF World Champion, and he immediately declared his next ambition – to win an Olympic medal. India’s Srikanth Kidambi 21-15, 22-20 was beaten by the world No 22 […]
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Cooling Measures Ups Pressure on Property Developers – Meanwhile, ABSD for entities buying residential property has been raised to 35% from 25%. For developers, there’s an additional 5% that is non-remittable on top of the 35% ABSD. The Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (Redas) responded to the government’s latest property cooling measures as ‘tough’ […]
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SINGAPORE – Property Cooling measures – higher ABSD, HDB loan limits lowered. In a statement late last night by Ministry of National Development (MND), the ABSD rate will go up from 12 to 17 per cent for citizens buying their second residential property, and from 15 to 25 per cent for those buying their third […]
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