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Bloomberg) — Singapore saw the longest-ever bond sale in its credit market as Temasek Holdings Pte priced a 50-year security, adding to a growing list of borrowers globally locking in financing costs near record lows. The state investor raised S$1.5 billion at 2.8% yield, compared with an initial pricing in the area of 2.85%, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified. The security is a record tenor in the local-currency market for plain bonds sold publicly, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Other borrowers around the world that have priced securities with maturities of 30 years or more in recent weeks include Unilever Plc and Apple Inc. Temasek itself last month raised US$2.5 billion in a three-tranche U.S.-dollar deal that included a 40-year part. Companies and governments have issued some US$894 billion of notes due in three or more decades in 2021, on track for one of the busiest years ever after a record US$1.9 trillion in 2020, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The rush to price such debt comes as concern mounts that inflationary pressures could push up funding rates ahead. Central bank officials have been debating when and how to begin paring unprecedented stimulus to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Temasek recently warned that a temporary rise in inflation could be a risk to global markets, as it posted its biggest annual return since 2010 for the fiscal year ended March 31. The firm’s only previous 50-year bond was a $1 billion U.S. dollar offering last year. The investor issued the new Singapore dollar security through unit Temasek Financial (I) Ltd. It will provide the proceeds to Temasek and its investment holding companies to fund their ordinary course of business, it said in a filing. Temasek’s offering comes after a rush from companies on Monday to issue new debt in U.S. and European bond markets ahead of a closely-watched inflation metric this week, delaying the usual summer slowdown; read more: Borrowing Blitz Sweeps Credit Markets as Summer Slowdown on Hold. Asia Three issuers — PCGI Holdings Ltd., Sichuan Development Holding Co. and Zhuhai Huafa Group Co. — on Tuesday lined up banks for possible dollar bond sales, while at least one borrower, Shangrao Innovation Development Industry Investment Group Co., was set to price debt in the greenback. In the secondary market, China Evergrande Group’s dollar bonds climbed Tuesday morning after a report that the developer is in talks to sell stakes in multiple subsidiaries Spreads on Asian investment-grade dollar bonds narrowed as much as 2 basis points, traders said. That leaves the yield premiums potentially set for a sixth straight day of declines, the longest streak since June, according to a Bloomberg Barclays index Read Indonesia credit wrap: Dollar Bonds Beat Asian Peers on Green Shoots U.S. A recent selloff in rates and a rush by dealers to clear pipelines ahead of an expected slowdown later this month fueled on Monday one of the most crowded days in the U.S. high-grade market this year. Dawn Acquisitions, a data firm backed by Brookfield Infrastructure, will likely need additional help from its sponsor if it’s going to tackle its high leverage and a strategic pivot, according to Moody’s Investors Service Bombardier Inc. sold US$750 million in high-yield debt to refinance bonds due in the next two years, just as S&P Ratings raised its outlook on the planes and trains maker to stable For deal updates, click here for the New Issue Monitor. For more, click here for the Credit Daybook Americas Europe ECB Governing Council member Jens Weidmann, who is also president of Germany’s Bundesbank, warned that inflation in the euro area could pick up faster than expected, and urged not to drag out the institution’s pandemic bond-buying program. The hunt for yield is back for investors in emerging markets, albeit with caution. Quasi-sovereign bonds, notes from companies at least partially owned by a government, are in vogue for firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Barings LLC

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same me already need to take if you were to take, which one? thanks

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i only hear about the $$$$$$$$ part nv take then need to take an antigen rapid test (ART) twice a week which we need to pay out own ART kits. that the reason why those nv take fast go take sinopharm or sinovax

my choice will be sinopharm (if they keep forcing then sinovac ) then booster as novavax No mRNA for me

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i view it as, i give you some, you let me watch. if you dont need my money, i can always watch online and i save money as quote: that cinemas are soon to be a thing of the past. netflix, Disney+, amazon prime video, Viu, (those free one just search cant post here)

if they nv discriminate. i will pay money to go watch this. the rest of the movies i got no interest. so i give them some money to earn, but if they discriminate. i watch online. no big deal. i save money and this

Some cinemas have plans to implement differentiated measures, such as screenings for fully vaccinated moviegoers. Cathay Cineplexes, which has eight outlets across the island, said that it would be rolling out vaccinated-only halls from Thursday onwards. “We will be able to increase the seating capacities for vaccinated-only halls, with 1m safe-distancing in place,” a Cathay Cineplexes spokesman said. “The increase in capacity will depend on each individual hall size, but it will not exceed 500 people.” The cinema will also verify the vaccination status of customers “at a few points throughout their purchase journey”. For instance, if customers purchase their tickets online or at kiosks, there will be a pop-up to remind them that the ticket they are booking is for a vaccinated-only hall. “The last check will be done at our usher point before entry to the halls either by verifying their vaccination status with their TraceTogether token, mobile app or Healthhub mobile app,” said the spokesman. F&B sold at the cinemas can also be consumed at vaccinated-only halls. “Our staff will do a last check at the usher point to ensure that no F&B is brought in to other halls other than the vaccinated-only halls… They will also be doing spot checks throughout the movie.” Starting Thursday, independent cinema The Projector, which is located at Beach Road, will also be holding screenings for vaccinated individuals at two of its four halls. The vaccinated-only hall will see a capacity increase from 50 to 100 people, with 1m safe distancing in place between groups meaning the hall is operating at 50 per cent capacity. Audience caps at the two halls where vaccinations are not compulsory will remain at 50. “We hope that as vaccination rates rise, in time to come, the 1m social distancing measures will be lifted to allow us to operate at 100 per cent capacity,” said Mr Prashan Somosundram, general manager at The Projector. F&B sold at the venue can only be consumed in vaccinated-only halls. “Guests will be refused entry without refunds should they show up for (vaccinated-only) hall screenings but not meet the admission criteria,” said Mr Prashant.

Aug 9 (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. Moderna's vaccine may be best against Delta The mRNA vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech may be less effective than Moderna's against the Delta variant of the coronavirus, according to two reports posted on medRxiv on Sunday ahead of peer review. In a study of more than 50,000 patients in the Mayo Clinic Health System https://bit.ly/37Btmhf, researchers found the effectiveness of Moderna's vaccine against infection had dropped to 76% in July - when the Delta variant was predominant - from 86% in early 2021. Over the same period, the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine had fallen to 42% from 76%, researchers said. While both vaccines remain effective at preventing COVID hospitalization, a Moderna booster shot may be necessary soon for anyone who got the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines earlier this year, said Dr. Venky Soundararajan of Massachusetts data analytics company nference, who led the Mayo study. In a separate study, elderly nursing home residents in Ontario https://bit.ly/3sb9pHJ produced stronger immune responses - especially to worrisome variants - after the Moderna vaccine than after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The elderly may need higher vaccine doses, boosters, and other preventative measures, said Anne-Claude Gingras of the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Toronto, who led the Canadian study. When asked to comment on both research reports, a Pfizer spokesperson said, "We continue to believe... a third dose booster may be needed within 6 to 12 months after full vaccination to maintain the highest levels of protection." Breakthrough COVID-19 more likely months after vaccination People who received their second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine five or more months ago are more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than people who were fully vaccinated less than five months ago, new data suggest. Researchers studied nearly 34,000 fully vaccinated adults in Israel https://bit.ly/3Cucp6O who were tested to see if they had a breakthrough case of COVID-19. Overall, 1.8% tested positive. At all ages, the odds of testing positive were higher when the last vaccine dose was received at least 146 days earlier, the research team reported Thursday on medRxiv ahead of peer review. Among patients older than 60, the odds of a positive test were almost three times higher when at least 146 days had passed since the second dose. Most of the new infections were observed recently, said coauthor Dr. Eugene Merzon of Leumit Health Services in Israel. "Very few patients had required hospitalization, and it is too early to assess the severity of these new infections in terms of hospital admission, need for mechanical ventilation or mortality," he added. "We are planning to continue our research." Ovarian egg sacs not harmed by COVID-19 antibodies The sacs in the ovaries where eggs are stored are not harmed by COVID-19 antibodies, whether those antibodies are the result of infection or vaccination, a small study https://bit.ly/3jFVCoQ suggests. Israeli researchers analyzed fluid from ovarian sacs, or follicles, from 32 women who were having their eggs retrieved to be fertilized by sperm in a test tube. Fourteen women had not been vaccinated against the coronavirus nor infected with it. The others had either recovered from COVID-19 or received the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, and in these two groups the researchers saw antibodies against the virus in follicle fluid. There was no difference among the groups in the follicles' ability to make female sex hormones, nourish and nuture the egg so it will form a good quality embryo, and release the egg during ovulation. There was also no difference in "the rate of good quality embryos" from the eggs retrieved from each patient," said Dr. Yaakov Bentov of Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem, who coauthored a report published on Saturday in Human Reproduction.

Losing weight isn't the only reason you should eat healthily. While there is nothing wrong with wanting to lose a few pounds and feeling good in your skin (as long as you're doing it healthfully, of course), there are so many more healthy reasons to want to eat a good diet that isn't even linked to weight management. In fact, research shows that your diet can be directly correlated to an increased risk of chronic diseases due to inflammatory responses in your body—and it's all based on the types of foods you eat. That's why it's important to understand the worst food that increases inflammation in your body, so that you can fully understand the risks and how consuming this type of food can cause issues over time. Ilana Muhlstein, MS, RDN, and a member of our medical expert board, says foods made with high fructose corn syrup, as well as artificial colors and flavors, are foods that will increase inflammation in the body. Some of the more popular foods that have these ingredients include regular soda and candy, like gummy bears. "The surge of sugar and artificial ingredients spike blood sugar levels and bring upon an inflammatory response," says Muhlstein. Why is it so bad to have inflammation in the body? Over time, constant inflammation can cause serious health issues, which is why it's important to understand why certain foods can increase that inflammatory response. bowl of gummy bears candy The problem with pro-inflammatory foods If your body is constantly in a state of inflammation, and over time, it can lead to chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation leaves your body constantly on high alert in order to fight against any of those "foreign" substances entering your body. It can damage the healthy cells, tissues, and organs in your body—which causes a risk of numerous diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and many more. No, we are not saying that eating one gummy bear will instantly cause disease—that's not exactly how it works. It's eating these pro-inflammatory foods on a consistent basis that can cause issues, and over a long period of time of eating a pro-inflammatory diet, your body's constant state of chronic inflammation can cause an increased risk of these types of diseases. In particular, drinking soda and ingesting numerous chemicals can cause inflammation in your body because it is reacting to foreign substances. While soda and candy with high fructose corn syrup and chemicals are considered the worst food that increases inflammation, there are other types of foods to also not eat in excess. Refined carbohydrates (white bread, pastries), fried foods, red meat, processed meat, as well as margarine (shortening and lard) are all foods that can cause inflammation in the body and should be limited, according to Harvard Health. Does "limit" mean never enjoying these foods at all? Of course not. Limiting these foods means enjoying them in moderation. Saving them for special events and for those "once in a blue moon" moments is a balanced way to stay healthy and still enjoy the foods you love, instead of overdoing it on these foods on a daily basis. When it comes to those "daily basis" foods, following an anti-inflammatory diet would be best for your overall health and for decreasing the risk of developing these types of diseases. The University of Chicago Medicine says that following a Mediterannean and plant-based diet is best for protecting yourself against chronic inflammation. Focusing on foods that are high in antioxidants (which fight the free radicals causing damage to your body) is wise on a day-to-day basis and includes foods like nuts, olive oil, beans, fruits, and vegetables. Even a little bit of dark chocolate can give you a boost in antioxidants—and fiber! woman eating bite of chocolate bar Do you still have a sweet tooth? According to Muhlstein, there are a few healthier sweet alternatives that you can enjoy in your diet if you're always reaching for something sweet at home. "If you want a sweet soda, try mixing sparkling water with 1 to 2 ounces of fruit juice or a mix of Stevia and fresh-squeezed lemon for a zero-calorie all-natural lemonade," says Muhlstein. "In place of gummy cravings try frozen grapes and mango chunks. If you like sour candies- mix a little lime juice with some honey and toss over fresh berries and grapes. It totally hits the spot, and the increase in fiber helps curb the sugar load. Plus the antioxidants found in fresh berries may help reduce inflammation in the body." Does this mean you can only eat "healthier" alternatives to your favorite foods? Of course not! Muhlstein provides tricks to try at home if you're constantly looking for something sweet to eat on a regular basis, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy dessert once in a while. Sometimes even cooking your own sweets at home can make all the difference, especially if you're indulging in one of our 76+ Best Dessert Recipes for Weight Loss. All in all, it's important to limit those pro-inflammatory foods in your diet and focus the majority of your meals around those anti-inflammatory foods to protect yourself from the risk of developing a disease. Plus, this gives you the autonomy to say "yes" to those pro-inflammatory foods when you really want them, knowing that you are continually making the right choices for your body and health on a more regular basis.

Qatar's Hamad International Airport has taken the spot of the best airport in the world in Skytrax Annual World Airport Awards — unseating Singapore Changi, which has won the award for the past eight consecutive years. The Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar opened in 2014 and has been rising in global airport rankings ever since. Last year, the airline and airport consulting firm that conducts the awards named Hamad the third best airport in the world but the COVID-19 pandemic helped bring out the best the airport had to offer. "As travel hubs worldwide have been impacted by the pandemic, Hamad International Airport was undeterred by the global travel disruptions and continued with its expansion plans while introducing additional airport health and safety standards," Edward Plaisted of Skytrax said in a statement. The airport is also gearing up for an influx of crowds as Doha will host the FIFA World Cup next year and has been implementing new changes ahead of that event, including increasing its annual capacity to 53 million passengers and building a 110,000-square-foot tropical garden, complete with a waterfall that is nearly 900 feet tall. But Hamad's ascent in the rankings does not mean that Changi is not still a highly respected airport. The airport was named the best in the world in the 10 to 15 million passenger category and took prizes for the World's Best Airport Staff and the Best Airport Staff in Asia. Skytrax also highlighted the recent achievements of Istanbul Airport in this year's ranking. Last year, the airport was only ranked at 102. This year, Istanbul skyrocketed to 17th place, making it the most improved airport in the world. The ranking for the top 10 airports in the world is below: Hamad International Airport Tokyo Haneda Airport Singapore Changi Airport Incheon International Airport Narita International Airport Munich Airport Zurich Airport London Heathrow Airport Kansai International Airport Hong Kong International Airport https://sg.style.yahoo.com/8-years-singapore-changi-no-163144663.html

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SINGAPORE – E-commerce giant Amazon has announced that it will impose a 0.5 per cent surcharge on Visa credit card transactions on its Singapore website, Amazon.sg, from Sept 15. An Amazon spokesman told The Straits Times that Singapore is the first country where this surcharge will be imposed, but added that the high cost of accepting card payments is a global problem. The surcharge will apply to most purchases made on Amazon.sg, such as apparel and consumer electronics sold by third parties, or Amazon itself, from Singapore or overseas. However, groceries from Amazon Fresh, digital goods and services such as in-app purchases on Amazon service Twitch, as well as subscription schemes such as Amazon Prime will not be affected by the surcharge. Purchases from other Amazon websites remain unaffected for now, even when they are shipped to Singapore. When asked why the surcharge was being imposed only in Singapore, Amazon declined to comment. However, the company said its goal was not to collect revenue from the surcharge, but to encourage consumers to use better, lower-cost payment methods, while preserving their choice and deferring the additional cost of high-cost payment methods. An e-mail sent to users of Amazon.sg on Tuesday (Aug 10) attributed the surcharge to Visa’s high cost of payments. “To avoid this surcharge, we encourage you to use a debit or non-Visa credit card as the default payment method in your account,” it added. The Amazon spokesman also told ST that the cost of accepting card payments continues to be an obstacle to providing the best prices for customers. “These costs should be going down over time, with innovation and technological advancements, which allow merchants to reinvest savings into low prices and shopping enhancements for customers,” he said. “Yet, despite these advancements, some cards’ cost of payments continues to stay high or even rise. As a result of Visa’s continued high cost of payments, a surcharge is being added to Visa credit card payments in Singapore. “With the rapidly changing payments landscape around the world, we anticipate a future that is less card-centric in the coming years, and we will continue innovating on behalf of customers to add and promote faster, cheaper and more inclusive payment options to our stores across the globe.” When contacted by ST, Visa said: “Visa maintains that the simplest, most economically efficient and consumer-friendly approach is for merchants to not surcharge consumers for using cashless payment methods. Consumers who choose to pay with cards should have to pay for only the cost of the service provided or purchased item.” It also said it believes merchant surcharging has a negative impact on consumers and businesses. When ST visited competitors Shopee and Lazada, no such surcharge was observed as yet upon attempting to check out with a Visa credit card. According to statistics from payments industry research firm Nilson Report, cards from Visa accounted for 34 per cent of global card payment transactions in 2019, while Mastercard accounted for 19 per cent. Visa is the second largest provider in the segment, followed by Mastercard in third place. They both rank behind UnionPay, which largely serves the Chinese domestic market.

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GLOBAL investors are shocked to have discovered that China is run by communists. Shares of online education companies collapsed last week after the government all but outlawed the industry, and Internet behemoth Tencent Holdings shed more than US$50 billion of value at one point on Tuesday, after state media declared electronic games to be "spiritual opium". China's leaders are making abundantly clear where they stand on the tension between private profits and social wellbeing. These sudden regulatory shifts have thrown asset managers across the world into a frenzy of effort to understand and explain how prospects for investors in the second-largest economy have changed. The most lucid and logically coherent explanation also happens to be the simplest: Take China's Communist Party at its word. For decades, foreign investors have told themselves a comforting story. China was no longer truly communist, after late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping embraced markets in the late 1970s and kicked off the country's spectacular economic rise. The wealth and growth generated by capitalist techniques had converted the government and people. While the ruling party continued to wrap itself in the rhetoric of communism, its members knew they were paying lip service to a bankrupt ideology, or so the thinking ran. The era of such creative ambiguity is over. With a true believer holding the reins of power, there can be no doubt that China's rulers mean what they say. How much does this matter? Communist or not, China has no intention of abandoning capital markets. Having helped to bring the country to the level of a "moderately prosperous" society, markets will play an important role in driving development forward to higher levels of affluence and technological achievement. And that inevitably implies opportunities for investors. The difference will be a greater willingness than in avowedly capitalist countries to intervene to secure socially desirable outcomes, such as steering parents away from a wealth-and-energy-sapping educational rat race or discouraging children from playing Honor of Kings for eight hours a day. Is this really so dissimilar to market regulation in Western democracies? Capitalism is subject to constraints everywhere. And the Chinese government's declaration that training institutions teaching the school curriculum should be non-profit, mirrors a perennial debate in capitalist countries over the appropriate division between the state and private economies. Take healthcare, where commitment to free-market principles has seen the United States keep provision mainly in private hands, while most developed countries have opted for state-provided universal systems. Then again, regulators in developed democracies do not generally abolish a US$100 billion industry overnight. The contrast probably seems quite stark to shareholders in US-listed New Oriental Education & Technology Group or TAL Education Group, which both had lost more than 90 per cent of their peak market value by last week's trough, following the government edict. Investors may reasonably have considered that companies allowed to sell shares overseas and operate for years unmolested (New Oriental was listed in New York in 2006) were legitimate businesses in good standing with the state. Tencent, whose shares pared losses on Tuesday after an online link to the gaming critique was removed, has waved goodbye to almost US$400 billion of value this year amid a wider regulatory crackdown on China's technology industry. It is not simply a matter of China's autocratic system giving officials more sway to enact draconian regulations at short notice - a capacity that some Western consumers may actually envy when it comes to cutting back the overweening dominance of internet titans (besides Tencent, Alibaba Group Holding has lost more than US$300 billion of market value from its peak). The distinction exists at a deeper, philosophical level. Chinese communist ideology declares that capitalism is a stage human society will pass through, to be replaced by socialism, and ultimately communism. This idea goes back to the writings of Karl Marx, who claimed to have discovered the universal laws governing human history. Having been relatively poor and backward prior to Deng's "reform and opening up" era, the Communist Party decided it had been wrong to try to leap straight into the stage of communism, and needed to pass through capitalism first. But, crucially, capitalism is still only a stage. The party's leaders are the architects of the future, there to look beyond this phase. Markets, viewed through this metaphysical lens, are mere tools to be deployed as needed by the shapers of history. That is a contrast with capitalist countries where markets and the laws that govern them are regarded, often with reverence, as something outside of ourselves, to which participants have no choice but to conform. "You can't buck the market," in the words of the UK's free-market priestess, Margaret Thatcher. This dichotomy implies some differences in behaviour by China - such as, dare we say, unilaterally declaring that successful industries employing tens of thousands of people should not exist, at least as for-profit entities listed on foreign stock markets. And then hastily convening talks with investment banks and fund managers to try to limit the damage once the fallout has spread to the rest of the market. The market reaction was entirely rational, and predictable. Equity value can be viewed as a function of dividends (or cash flows), growth and the required rate of return. The higher the return that investors demand, the lower the value. The "equity risk premium" is a nebulous concept to pin down numerically, but the logic is clear. The higher the risk of a company or market, the higher the return that investors should demand to compensate them. A market that suddenly erases an entire industry's profits is, ipso facto, riskier than one that does not. In that light, investors were right to mark down Chinese equities relative to other markets. Marx's universal laws of history may have the last laugh; it is too early to tell, as China's first premier Zhou Enlai is reputed (wrongly) to have said about the French Revolution. In the meantime, the laws of mathematics are proving quite immutable, too. BLOOMBERG

SINGAPORE - From Tuesday (Aug 10), all Singaporeans, permanent residents, and long-term pass holders will be able to walk into any of the 37 vaccination centres here to get their jabs without a prior appointment. The Ministry of Health said in an update late on Monday (Aug 9) night that those aged 12 and above who have yet to come forward for their first dose can now walk in to any of the 26 vaccination centres offering the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine without an appointment. Since mid-July, seniors aged 60 and above have been able to walk into any vaccination centre, polyclinic or participating Public Health Preparedness Clinic to receive their vaccination without an appointment. The move was aimed at increasing vaccination rates among the elderly, who are most at risk of developing serious illness if they were to be infected with the virus. Since last Monday, those aged 18 and above have also been allowed to walk in to any of the 11 community vaccination centres offering the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine without a prior appointment. As at Sunday, 70 per cent of the population have completed their full vaccination regimen under the national vaccination programme and 79% of the population have received at least one dose. "Vaccination remains a key enabler in our fight against Covid-19. We urge all who are eligible to be vaccinated," said MOH. Individuals can also continue to book appointments at this website to get vaccinated.