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A 27-year-old employee dies after a fall from 7. 5 m on the structure of a line in the Jurong region

SINGAPORE — A construction worker died in the early hours of Jan 4 after he fell about 7.5m while at a work site for the upcoming Jurong Region Line (JRL), the first reported fatal workplace accident of 2024. The 27-year-old from Myanmar fell over the edge of an unfinished platform that he was installing at about 2.30am. The Ministry of…

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Best fixed deposit rates in Singapore (January 2024): Rates up to 3.8%, minimum deposits from $500

If you think that fixed deposits are only for conservative cash-rich aunties and uncles, think again. A fixed deposit (also known as a time deposit) account is a type of bank account that pays account holders a fixed amount of interest in exchange for depositing a certain sum of money for a certain period of time. While fixed deposit rates…

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Covid-19 wave in Singapore ending, with sharp fall in number of hospitalisations

SINGAPORE – The number of Covid-19 patients admitted to hospitals and intensive care units (ICUs) fell sharply last week, a sure sign that the existing wave has subsided, the number of infections remains relatively high. ” I think we can be sure that “This wave of Covid-19 has run its course and the numbers are getting closer to the baseline again,” said the professor. . .

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