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Japan to make booster shot available to everyone
TOKYO: A Japanese health ministry panel agreed Thursday on a plan to make a third COVID-19 vaccine shot, or a booster shot, available to everyone who has received two vaccine doses. A booster shot is expected to be given as early
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Futu’s 9th Anniversary: Connecting Every Hong Kong Client
HONG KONG, Oct. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Futu Holdings Limited (“Futu” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: FUTU), a leading tech-driven online brokerage and wealth management platform, welcomes a milestone today as Futu will celebrate its 9th Anniversary. Having rooted in Hong
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Digital talent summit to explore bridging digital gap in APAC
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On Wednesday, November 3, the ASEAN Foundation and Huawei will virtually host the Asia Pacific Innovation Day – Digital Talent Summit 2021. The online summit is aimed at bringing together policy makers, researchers
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Number of flood victims in Kedah increases to 239
ALOR SETAR: The number of flood evacuees in Kedah has risen to 239 from 63 families as of 8am today as compared to 216 victims from 55 families yesterday. A Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) Kedah spokesman said, two new relief
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Malaysia’s citizenship woes complicate custody of binational couples’ children
KUALA LUMPUR: Single mother Mawar (name has been changed) has to be extra nice to her estranged husband who she describes as controlling and emotionally abusive. In the past, the 40-something Malaysian woman said he tried to control what she
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Court of Appeal reinstates 12-year jail term for man who raped neighbour’s daughter
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today reinstated a 12-year jail term and two strokes of the cane to a former lorry driver for raping his neighbour’s underage daughter, resulting in the girl becoming pregnant and trying to commit suicide. A three-judge
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Zambry: BN will pay compound issued by MOH
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional (BN) will pay the compound of RM10,000 for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of Phase Four of the National Recovery Plan (PPN). Its secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir (pix) in a statement said
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MACC probes all Mitra grant recipients since 2019
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is reviewing all applications, expenditure reports and programmes said to have been implemented by recipients of the Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra) allocations from 2019 to 2021. This is following the arrest of several
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Cakap Teacher Academy Presented Batch 2, Empowering Thousands of Indonesian and Global Teachers
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — As the pioneer of online platform learning in Indonesia, Cakap continuously gives the best learning experience for its users through the quality of the teachers. From its success in Batch 1 a few
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P&G Philippines wins UN Women’s Empowerment Principles Awards as Champion for Gender-Inclusive Workplace
MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Procter & Gamble (P&G) Philippines earns the highest award for the Gender-Inclusive Workplace Category in the prestigious United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (UN WEPs) Awards in the Philippines. Equality and Inclusion Group photo
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