JAKARTA, Oct 14, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Indonesia’s Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) is offering building use permits (HGBs) of up to 80 years, extendable to 160 years, as an incentive for investors to join in the construction of the Indonesian new capital (IKN) Nusantara, to be... » read more
JAKARTA, Oct 12, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Ministry of Agrarian and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) is offering building use rights (HGB) of up to 80 and extendable to 160 years to attract investors to the new capital (IKN) Nusantara. Balang Island Short Span Bridge in Penajam North Paser Regency, East... » read more
Le Castellet, France, Sep 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – F.C.C. TSR Honda France, running second in the 2022 FIM* Endurance World Championship (EWC), made a comeback to win this year’s championship in the final round, the Bol d’Or 2022, held at Circuit Paul Ricard on September 17 – 18. The team has... » read more
Cambridge, MA, Jul 19, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia has granted provisional registration for the use of Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in a two-dose series of 25 ug per... » read more
Cambridge, MA, Feb 17, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Moderna, Inc., (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia has granted provisional registration for the use of Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in a 50 ug dose, two-dose series, for... » read more
CAIRO (AFP) – The Confederation of African Football on Friday (Nov 26) gave its support to the “decision of the Fifa Congress to conduct a feasibility study” for a World Cup every two years. CAF is the first confederation to officially and publicly approve the controversial plan to hold a World Cup every two years,... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – The International Tennis Federation (ITF) expects to announce the host cities for next year’s Davis Cup Finals before the end of this year’s event which begins on Thursday (Nov 24). This year’s 18-nation competition is being staged across three cities – Madrid, Turin and Innsbruck. The men’s team competition, which began in... » read more
SINGAPORE – The police have arrested 296 people for suspected involvement in more than 1,000 scams, where victims lost over $6.4 million. The suspects, aged between 16 and 80, were involved as scammers or money mules, said the police on Friday (Nov 5) night. The scams comprise mainly Internet love, e-commerce, government-official impersonation, job and... » read more
SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and TikTok chief executive officer Shou Zi Chew are just some of the high-profile guests who will attend the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in person in Singapore from Nov 16 to 19. The elite forum, which gathers top businessmen and government leaders to... » read more
SINGAPORE – Madam Teow Swee Cheow is an experienced befriender, with 20 years of helping seniors who live alone under her belt. And at 89 years old, she is also social service agency Lions Befrienders’ oldest volunteer. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Arsene Wenger has criticised the “emotional” response to his controversial proposal to hold the World Cup every two years. Former Arsenal manager Wenger, now working as Fifa’s head of global development, caused dismay in many quarters by suggesting the World Cup should be played more often. The tournament is currently held every... » read more
SINGAPORE – Instead of occupying a single location, this year’s Archifest will take a new form of 100 events spread across the island. These include tours of Singapore’s built and natural heritage, as well as workshops and talks, said the event’s organisers. There will also be activities such as coastal kayaking to raise awareness about... » read more
TOKYO, Sep 15, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda announced that Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) contract rider Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Honda Team), the first Japanese rider to win the FIM* Trial World Championship in 2004, will be retiring from the championship at the end of this season. Honda is truly grateful for all... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp claimed Fifa’s proposal to stage a World Cup every two years is “all about money” as former France star Patrick Vieira warned it would damage the standing of the competition. The World Cup is currently played every four years, with the next edition scheduled for Qatar in 2022.... » read more
NEW YORK (AFP) – Tokyo Olympic champions Alexander Zverev and Belinda Bencic advanced to the US Open quarter-finals on Monday (Sept 6) with straight-set triumphs. German fourth seed Zverev stretched his win streak to 15 matches by beating Italian 13th seed Jannik Sinner 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (9/7) and Swiss 11th seed Bencic eliminated Polish seventh... » read more
SINGAPORE – A former Land Transport Authority (LTA) deputy group director was on Thursday (Sept 2) sentenced to 5½ years’ jail for taking about $1.24 million in bribes in the form of loans from contractors and sub-contractors. Henry Foo Yung Thye, 47, who chalked up debts from his gambling addiction, was also ordered to pay... » read more
HONG KONG, Aug 10, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The HKUST-Sino One-Million-Dollar Entrepreneurship 2021 sponsored by GF Securities Co., Ltd. (“GF Securities”, stock code: 1776.HK; 000776.SZ) for 5 consecutive years was successfully held recently. After fierce competition, the winner of the competition was granted to The Able Company, which collects surplus and unused... » read more
TOKYO, Jul 29, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Since 2015 MHI Group has supported the “Tanegashima Loggerhead Sea Turtle Survey,” a program overseen by Earthwatch Japan, a Tokyo-based incorporated nonprofit organization (NPO).(1) The program, conducted annually on Tanegashima, an island south of Kyushu, is targeted at protecting loggerhead sea turtles, currently under threat... » read more