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0:53 - MORE CHECKS DURING CHINESE NEW YEAR
Enforcement agencies will be stepping up checks over Chinese New Year, in particular around Chinatown, at F&B outlets, shopping malls, supermarkets and parks. Read more: https://str.sg/wdqd
According to the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, safe distancing ambassadors and enforcement officers will be out and about during the festive period, including during peak hours, weekends and at hot spots.
1:27 - 2021: SECOND-WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD
In other local news, from data released on Friday (Jan 28) by the Meteorological Service Singapore, 2021 was Singapore's second-wettest year on record - second only to the rainfall in 2007. Read more: https://str.sg/wdTy
An islandwide average of 3,167.7 millimetres of rain was due in part to the La Nina climate phenomenon, which brings more rain over equatorial Southeast Asia.
Science and environment correspondent Audrey Tan shares more.
6:06 - ASIAN INSIDER: 1 YEAR ON FROM MYANMAR COUP
This week's Asian Insider spotlights the current situation in Myanmar, ahead of the first anniversary of the military coup. On February 1, it will be a year since Myanmar's military toppled the elected government and detained its leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more: https://str.sg/wAcQ
Myanmar remains in turmoil with clashes escalating between soldiers and newly formed people’s defence forces, as well as some of the ethnic armed groups.
Indochina bureau chief Tan Hui Yee talks about the situation on the ground one year on, as well as when a breakthrough in diplomatic efforts can be expected.
12:00 - TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN
And in tennis, will Rafael Nadal win a record-breaking 21st grand slam title at the Australian Open on Sunday? Assistant sports editor Rohit Brijnath lends his insights into this weekend's men's and women's singles finals. Read more: https://str.sg/wAr6
#thebigstory #covid19 #omicron #weather #tennis
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0:53 - MORE CHECKS DURING CHINESE NEW YEAR
Enforcement agencies will be stepping up checks over Chinese New Year, in particular around Chinatown, at F&B outlets, shopping malls, supermarkets and parks. Read more: https://str.sg/wdqd
According to the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, safe distancing ambassadors and enforcement officers will be out and about during the festive period, including during peak hours, weekends and at hot spots.
1:27 - 2021: SECOND-WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD
In other local news, from data released on Friday (Jan 28) by the Meteorological Service Singapore, 2021 was Singapore's second-wettest year on record - second only to the rainfall in 2007. Read more: https://str.sg/wdTy
An islandwide average of 3,167.7 millimetres of rain was due in part to the La Nina climate phenomenon, which brings more rain over equatorial Southeast Asia.
Science and environment correspondent Audrey Tan shares more.
6:06 - ASIAN INSIDER: 1 YEAR ON FROM MYANMAR COUP
This week's Asian Insider spotlights the current situation in Myanmar, ahead of the first anniversary of the military coup. On February 1, it will be a year since Myanmar's military toppled the elected government and detained its leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more: https://str.sg/wAcQ
Myanmar remains in turmoil with clashes escalating between soldiers and newly formed people’s defence forces, as well as some of the ethnic armed groups.
Indochina bureau chief Tan Hui Yee talks about the situation on the ground one year on, as well as when a breakthrough in diplomatic efforts can be expected.
12:00 - TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN
And in tennis, will Rafael Nadal win a record-breaking 21st grand slam title at the Australian Open on Sunday? Assistant sports editor Rohit Brijnath lends his insights into this weekend's men's and women's singles finals. Read more: https://str.sg/wAr6
#thebigstory #covid19 #omicron #weather #tennis
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The Straits Times, the English flagship daily of SPH Media, has been serving readers for more than a century. Launched on July 15, 1845, its comprehensive coverage of world news, East Asian news, Southeast Asian news, home news, sports news, financial news and lifestyle updates makes The Straits Times the most-read newspaper in Singapore.
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