Changi Airport’s passenger traffic crosses 5% mark of pre-Covid-19 levels
SINGAPORE – The number of passengers passing through Changi Airport has crossed the 5 per cent mark of pre-pandemic levels for the first time since Covid-19 forced borders shut in March last year. Mr Lim Ching Kiat, managing director of air hub development at Changi Airport Group (CAG), told The Straits Times that the number of... » read more
Temasek Foundation to provide every household in S’pore with one oximeter
SINGAPORE – Temasek Foundation will be giving one oximeter to every household in Singapore so that residents can monitor their blood oxygen levels regularly. This initiative comes as new and more infectious Covid-19 variants emerge. “The Covid-19 virus can cause blood oxygen levels to drop to dangerously low levels, even when you have no other symptoms,”... » read more
Global tourism could recover to pre-pandemic levels only by 2024: Experts
SINGAPORE – Global tourism could recover to pre-pandemic levels only by 2024, with some countries expected to recover faster than others. Management consulting firm McKinsey & Company made this prediction based on various global tourism recovery scenarios which examine the impact of virus containment, as well as the economic and policy responses of the 10 countries... » read more
Fujitsu Develops AI Model to Determine Concentration During Tasks Based on Facial Expression
KAWASAKI, Japan, Mar 10, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced the successful development of a new, general purpose AI model for estimating concentration levels that can capture and quantify with high accuracy the degree of concentration when a person is performing various tasks. The model accomplishes this by detecting subtle... » read more
Athletes power through adversity to ace their exams
There were times when national softballer Aloysius Ong questioned his decision to defer his studies for a year to focus on softball in 2019. Watching his peers graduate ahead of him while he spent his time preparing for the SEA Games that year was tough. It did not help that some also doubted his decision... » read more