5 S’pore News That You Should Know About That Were Reported Yesterday (20 January 2020)

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Sabrina Chua
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Let’s face it: in this social media world, exciting and viral news like a cat feeding a baby bear would often appear in your Facebook news feed, while important news like the GDP growth of Singapore this year wouldn’t get the same reach.

It’s understandable since social media platforms would prioritise engaging and viral contents to keep users in their platform.

In order to ensure that you’d still know about important news instead just social news, below are the top five Singapore news that was reported yesterday which you should know, simplified for you in a bite-sized format:

DBS Now Allows Businesses To Pay Each Other Using QR Code

DBS Bank has just launched a new initiative to make payment easier for businesses. Players in the food and beverage (F&B) industry are currently using this solution to make cashless and faster payments to their suppliers and vendors.

The platform makes use of quick response (QR) code-based and allows for immediate payments through the bank’s fund transfer service PayNow.

DBS has plans to make this solution available to more companies by the end of 2020.

For more info, tap here.

DPM Heng Swee Keat: 4G Leadership Will Build Future Of Hope & Progress

According to Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, he believes that a fourth-generation leadership will “make every effort to build a future of progress” for Singaporeans.

During his speech, he talked about how he and his colleagues intend to lead the country in the near future, and also talked about how they have plans to give more support to the lower- and middle-income Singaporeans.

They want to develop Singapore into a nation where no one gets left behind as long as they put in their best efforts.

For more info, tap here.

SIA & ANA Possibly Collaborating To Grow Traffic & Offer More Flight Options

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) are intending to collaborate with a joint venture deal which will benefit both Singapore’s and Japan’s tourist industry.

Passengers can look forward to enjoying lower fares, more flights, shorter layovers and even the ability to combine flights from both airlines in one ticket.

The deal has not been set in stone but we can surely look forward to it happening soon.

For more details, tap here.

Heng Chee How: Multilateralism Is Still A Thing Despite More Pushback

Senior Minister of State for Defence Heng Chee How said in a speech that there has been an increasing tendency from some to push back against multilateralism, as a result, we can no longer take it for granted.

He explained that some countries believe that they can better get what they want through “unilateral or bilateral means”.

In order to minimise such situations from occurring, he shared that it is important for leaders to better communicate the benefits and outcomes of multilateral meetings so as to garner more support for it.

For more info, tap here.

It Is Discriminatory For Mental Health Declaration To Be Compulsory

According to the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (Tafep), it is discriminatory for mental health declaration to be compulsory.

As a result, they have changed their guidelines stated on their website in December and have engaged more than 8,000 employers through e-mail and other means to ensure that they know about this change.

If the employer is found to not have removed the mental-health declaration part in their job application forms, Tafep may refer the case to the Ministry of Manpower for enforcement actions on the grounds of discrimination.

For more info, tap here.

Do come back tomorrow to the Goody Feed app so you’ll always stay informed!

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