Daily Debrief: What Happened Today

Stories you might have missed

Tackle Covid-19 but keep long-term vision; 7,500 healthcare jobs till end-2021: MOH

THIS involves three major pushes: improving health and preventive healthcare; enhancing community-based services; and reviewing healthcare affordability and subsidy frameworks.

Singapore, region must work towards post-virus 'win-win' growth: Tharman

THE novel coronavirus pandemic could still boost Singapore's role as a business hub, even as governments will have to prioritise "ordinary people" and small businesses to recover and grow, said Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Tuesday evening.

SGX to decide if Spackman divestment is an interested person transaction: sponsor

SPACKMAN Entertainment Group's sponsor said it is up to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to decide whether the South Korean media player's proposed divestment of an associate is an interested person transaction (IPT), and that the shareholders who will vote on the deal are independent.

Sunpower clinches 76.8m yuan waste-heat-to-power project

SUNPOWER Group, which specialises in energy saving and clean power technologies, has secured a tender worth 76.8 million yuan (S$15.2 million) from repeat customer Chongqing Iron & Steel Company.

Scoot: No data breach in e-mails mistakenly sent for Guangzhou flight

SCOOT on Tuesday clarified that an e-mail meant for passengers booked on flight TR100 from Singapore to Guangzhou was mistakenly sent to other customers who were not on the flight.

IPOS, SBF tie up to help Singapore firms improve IP management

THE Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) have partnered for the Workforce for IP-Savvy Enterprises (Wise) initiative.

JTC launches two sites at Tampines North, Gul Circle for tender

The land parcel at Tampines North Drive 3 (Plot 2) is the first of three confirmed list sites for the second half of the 2020 Industrial Government Land Sales (IGLS) programme while the 160 Gul Circle parcel was made available for application through the reserve list system under the first half of the 2020 IGLS programme.

The STI today

STI 0.8% higher following Wall Street gains; glove-maker stocks among biggest losers THE Straits Times Index edged up 0.8 per cent or 20.42 points to close at 2,559.03.