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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Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew stuns World number 1 Viktor in first round of world Championship – Loh Kean Yew pulls off the biggest upset in the first round of the World Championships by dumping hot favourite and Olympic Games champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. Kean Yew defeated the second seed Axelsen 14-21, 21-9, 21-6 in […]
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New protocol for travellers arriving in Malaysia – Malaysia has updated its Covid-19 testing requirements for international and local travellers arriving in the country under three travel schemes, said Ministry of Health of Malaysia (Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia) yesterday (see embedded tweet below) Protokol baharu bagi pengembara warganegara Malaysia dan pemegang pas jangka panjang yang tiba […]
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Colin Schooling, father of Olympic champion Joseph, dies aged 73 from cancer – His family described him as a “giant among men”. The Singapore Swimming Association said the father was a strong supporter of Singapore’s swimming ecosystem.He was also instrumental to his son’s success, it said. SINGAPORE — Colin Schooling, the father of 26-year-old Olympian swimmer […]
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