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SINGAPORE: The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premium for the Open Category hit an all-time high of S$114,001 on Wednesday (Jul 20). This broke the record of S$110,524 from the last bidding exercise which closed on Jul 6. The Jul 6 figure surpassed the previous record set 28 years ago, when prices in the then-Category Four classification reached S$110,500 in December 1994. Open Category COEs can be used for any vehicle type but end up being used mainly for large cars. Premiums in all the other categories also went up. For Category A cars - or those 1,600cc and below with horsepower not exceeding 130bhp - premiums closed at S$78,899, up from S$78,001 in the last exercise. Premiums for larger and more powerful cars in Category B meanwhile rose to S$110,003 from S$107,800. Motorcycle premiums closed at S$10,910, up from S$10,889 in the previous bidding exercise. COEs for commercial vehicles, which include goods vehicles and buses, increased to S$54,889 from S$54,001. A total of 2,750 bids were received, with a quota of 2012 COEs available. COE prices have been on an upward trend, with premiums for Category B and the Open Category crossing the S$100,000 mark on Jun 8.

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SINGAPORE - Singapore's fight against drugs is made more challenging each time countries in the region loosen their drug laws, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam on Wednesday (July 20). Fortunately, public support for the Republic's zero-tolerance stance remains high, and the Government will continue to get across the serious ramifications that societies face when they fail to keep drugs under control, he added. Speaking on OneFM 91.3's The Big Show, he said: "It really is incumbent upon us to present the choices in very vivid terms and persuade our people, including young people, that we have to make the right choices for them and for society." Cannabis has been legalised in countries such as Canada, Uruguay and certain states in the United States. Malaysia allowed cannabis use for medicinal purposes last year, and it was reported last month that Indonesian lawmakers will discuss a plan to take a similar approach. Also in June, Thailand delisted cannabis from its narcotics list, though the public smoking of marijuana remains illegal. Mr Shanmugam said one of the key problems that countries in the region face is an inability to enforce laws given that too many of their people are into drugs, but that is not the case in Singapore. While the Republic's correction system has been remodelled to help drug abusers kick the habit rather than treat them as criminals, its laws remain very strict against people who produce and traffic drugs, he added. "The masterminds are clever enough not to come into Singapore because they know that unlike some of the other countries in the region and elsewhere in the world, in Singapore, there is no safe haven." He added: "When we catch them, they face the death penalty." This has substantially reduced the amount of drugs flowing into Singapore, said Mr Shanmugam. He cited a survey by the Ministry of Home Affairs on people from places in the region where most arrested drug traffickers here are from. It found that about 83 per cent said the death penalty made people not want to traffic substantial amounts of drugs in Singapore, while 69 per cent said the death penalty was more effective than life imprisonment in deterring people from committing serious crimes. Mr Shanmugam was also asked if the loosening of the drug stance by neighbouring countries could prompt youth here to want the same thing. A survey by the National Council Against Drug Abuse (NCADA) in 2020 found that support among youth aged 18 to 30 for Singapore's zero-tolerance approach to drugs was 82.5 per cent, lower than the 88.3 per cent for those above the age of 30. The minister said there will always be a group of people who might want Singapore to go in that direction. "Each time our neighbours do something like that, it increases the challenge that we have," he said. On the NCADA survey, he said the results are a little worrying. But taken in context, more than eight in 10 youth here support Singapore's approach. This is also why the Government will continue to raise awareness on the damage drugs have done to other countries and the impact on the next generation, Mr Shanmugam added. "You get places, first-world cities where you have entire neighbourhoods that are slums and the young kids are growing up - bright young kids - but what choices do they have (when) faced with drugs, dealing in drugs, needles and otherwise?" he asked. "If we bring this across to people, I think they will understand better." https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/war-on-drugs-more-challenging-as-other-countries-loosen-their-drugs-stance-shanmugam

The number of armed robbery incidents in the Singapore Strait continued to rise in the first half of 2022 with 27 reports of vessel boardings. Releasing its half year report on Wednesday the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) said there were a total of 42 incidents of armed robbery in Asian waters from January to June 2022 and 11% increase over the 38 incidents reported in the same period in 2021. Of the 42 incidents reported to ReCAAP in the first half of the year some 64% were in the busy sealane of the Singapore Strait. Lee Yin Mui, Assistant Director (Research), ReCAAP ISC told a media briefing that the Singapore Strait remained an “area of concern. Krishnaswamy Natarajan, Executive Director of ReCAAP ISC, explained that the number of incidents should be seen in context of the volume trade in the Singapore Strait with around 1,000 vessels transiting the waterway daily. Of the 27 incidents in the Singapore Strait 19 occurred in the eastbound lane close to the Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan. The majority of the incidents, 23, involved bulk carriers and tankers, while three involved tugs and barges, and one an offshore supply vessel towing an oil rig. In nine of the incidents the perpetrators were reported to be armed, however, there was only one report of a physical attack on crew member where a seafarer pushed to the floor and tied up in the engine room. In one case on 19 April involving the tug boat Asia Jaya 28, towing barge, Sinar Asia 2912 approximately 0.7nm south of Kusu Island in Singapore the Police Coast Guard responded and arrested eight perpetrators as well as one of the crew of the tugboat for collusion. All nine were charged in Singapore State Courts, but there are no details on sentencing as yet. /sites/cet.com/files/Screenshot%202022-07-20%20at%204.46.50%20PM.png The role of the industry in being vigilant against attacks and reporting incidents, even if nothing was stolen was highlighted by ReCAAP. Earlier in the day ReCAAP held a dialogues session with the shipping industry in Singapore. “The shipping industry is one of our key partners in the fight against piracy and armed robbery against us. It is through the vigilance of a ship's crew and adopting the best management practices on both incidents and mitigation that keep our sealanes safe and secure for smooth travels of maritime trade and commerce,” said Natarajan. Lee noted without the support of the industry in reporting incidents it was not possible for coastal states to respond, arrest and prosecute perpetrators. “The shipping industry is an important partner. without incident reporting by ships, law enforcement by coastal states cannot be effective,” she said. She said they believe there are some incidents that are not reported as according to industry feedback some do not see the point in reporting incidents where nothing was stolen and fear the vessel being held back for investigation. “But I think most importantly is that for every incident that was reported, we take it very seriously, whether it's a petty theft or nothing was stolen, so long as the ship is boarded it is a concern for us,” she said.

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How much would you pay for a packet of rice with one meat dish and one egg dish? Stomper Michael was shocked when he was charged $5.40 for his economic rice from a stall on the basement level of Paya Lebar Square on July 14. Michael, who said it was his first time buying from the stall, shared a photo of his meal consisting of rice, minced meat and fried egg. He told Stomp: "I got the shock of my life as I ordered only two dishes. This is extremely expensive."

Two men and one woman were arrested for breaking into a Sentosa Cove house and stealing four bottles of liquor worth $30,000. On Tuesday (July 19), the trio, aged between 25 and 36, broke into a unit in Treasure Island early in the morning, the police said. The residential development comprises 19 luxury bungalows. The police, who were alerted at 4.20am, made the arrests within five hours of being notified of the incident. Investigations are ongoing. The offence of breaking into a house and stealing carries a jail term of up to 10 years and a fine. The police advised property owners to secure all doors, roller shutters, windows and other openings with good quality grilles and padlocks when leaving the property unattended. They should also refrain from keeping large sums of cash at home. Installing a burglar alarm system is also recommended. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/2-men-1-woman-arrested-for-breaking-into-sentosa-cove-house-and-stealing-30000-worth-of-liquor

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https://africa.businessinsider.com/tech-insider/tiktok-has-reportedly-begun-laying-off-staff-as-part-of-a-company-wide-restructuring/m22b8sd David Ortiz, a US-based TikTok staffer who listed his title as "monetization product leader" on LinkedIn, wrote in a post on Monday that his job was "being eliminated in a much larger re-organization effort." Wired's report did not say how many TikTok staff had been let go, or the total number of jobs that were at risk as part of the restructuring. But one TikTok staffer, who was not identified by name, told Wired that the number of layoffs would be less than 100. TikTok did not respond on the record to multiple requests for comment from Insider. Before these cuts, execs at the company had projected strength despite a broader downturn in the tech and advertising sectors. The company's head of global business solutions, Blake Chandlee, told CNBC in June that the platform had neither seen an ad market slowdown nor some of the headwinds that other companies were facing. "I've heard there's going to be a slowdown in the ad market, anywhere from 2% to 6%, but we have not seen it," Chandlee said. "We're not seeing the headwinds that some others are seeing." Layoffs have spread through the Chinese tech sector in recent weeks including at TikTok's parent company ByteDance, The Wall Street Journal previously reported. Other creator economy and ads-focused companies have also laid off employees or slowed down hiring recently. Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Instagram, put a hiring freeze in place in May as it sought to reprioritize its business. And Snapchat-maker Snap Inc. issued a profit warning the same month that dragged down advertising and social-media stocks at the time. The layoffs also come as TikTok faces a new wave of political attacks in the US. Officials in Congress and the FCC have questioned in recent weeks whether the company is effectively guarding US user data from the Chinese government. A BuzzFeed News report from June revealed that engineers from TikTok's parent company ByteDance had repeatedly accessed US user data from within China. This story is developing. https://africa.businessinsider.com/tech-insider/tiktok-has-reportedly-begun-laying-off-staff-as-part-of-a-company-wide-restructuring/m22b8sd

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Singapore Post Limited (SGX: S08) is facing challenging conditions in more than one of its divisions. The sole postal and parcel service provider had just released an operational update for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 (1Q2023) ending 30 June 2022. The group reported that traditional letter mail volumes continued their steady decline, thus negatively impacting its Domestic Post and Parcel division. To make matters worse, costs had risen for the division for fuel, labour and utilities due to high inflation. Furthermore, a major e-commerce customer had also insourced part of its logistics, leading to lower volumes for the division. As a result, the segment is expected to post an operating loss for the quarter. With such worrisome news, can SingPost continue to maintain its dividend payments? A perfect storm of problems Granted, the issues related to the fall in traditional mail volumes are not new. For its fiscal 2022 ended 31 March 2022 (FY2022), SingPost had reported a 10% year on year decline in the volume of letters and printed papers to 413 million. Revenue fell slightly more at 16% year on year to S$108 million. In the prior year, the volume and revenue for letters and printed papers had both fallen by 19% year on year, making it two consecutive years of decline. The buffer for this division is in e-commerce logistics, which saw a 24% year on year jump in both volume and revenue for FY2022. However, with the loss of a “major customer” for SingPost, the division will suffer a double whammy. FY2022 saw a sharp 43% year on year drop in operating profit for the Post and Parcel division to S$24.8 million. If the group cannot turn the situation around, FY2023’s numbers may be far worse than that of FY2022. Supply chain disruptions are biting Over at its International Post and Parcel division, ongoing supply chain disruptions have affected operations and lockdowns in Chinese cities have exacerbated the problem. Conveyancing costs have risen for supply chains starting from China while costs in Singapore remain elevated as air capacity has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. This problem was already present in FY2022 when SingPost highlighted the problem of high conveyancing costs due to there being no appropriate flights for carrying cargo. The silver lining The Logistics and Property segments are the silver lining for SingPost. The operational update mentioned that Logistics continued to “perform well” and that the Property remained “stable”. A glance at FY2022’s segment breakdown shows that the Logistics segment’s operating profit had surged nearly four-fold from S$11.3 million to S$44.3 million, largely due to the group’s acquisition of Freight Management Holdings Pty Ltd. It looks increasingly likely that Logistics can help to offset some of the poor performance of the Post and Parcel division. The committed occupancy for SingPost Centre as of 31 March 2022 stood at a high of 96.6%, and the property segment also churned out steady operating profits of S$52.9 million for FY2022. There are good reasons to believe these levels of operating profit can be sustained or even improved for FY2023. Paying out what it can afford Let’s now turn our attention to the crux of the matter – SingPost’s dividends. The group paid out a total dividend of S$0.018 per share for FY2022, representing 50% of its underlying net profit. Based on the weighted average number of shares for SingPost, this will amount to around S$40.5 million. The postal group generated a free cash flow of S$65.3 million for FY2022, and could, therefore, comfortably afford to pay out this dividend. SingPost’s ability to maintain its total dividend will depend on whether its earnings from the Logistics and Property divisions can cover the losses at the Post and Parcel division. It will also hinge on the group’s free cash flow generation ability for FY2023, and investors should note that FY2022’s free cash flow saw a significant drop from the S$193.6 million generated in FY2021. Get Smart: Possibility of a dividend cut Investors need to accept that there is a possibility of a dividend cut, as SingPost had demonstrated that it is willing to bite the bullet. Back in FY2021, the annual dividend was slashed from S$0.027 to just S$0.011 as underlying net profit tumbled 40% year on year due to the onset of the pandemic. Management has shown its willingness to conserve cash when it needs to, and if the group’s numbers for this year cannot match up to FY2022’s, investors may have to contend with a dividend reduction. In a recession…should you buy blue chip companies? 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