The Police are appealing for the next-of-kin of 81-year-old Mr Ramon Soegimin to come forward.
Mr Ramon Soegimin was found to have passed away on 3 December 2020 at about 4.45pm at his place of residence along Lincoln Road.
Anyone with information is requested to call the Police Hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness. All information will be kept strictly confidential.
Source: Singapore Police Force
KUALA LUMPUR— Malaysia has been given the highest recognition of an “A+” for its efforts to meet the implementation of the Montreal Protocol on reducing ozone depleting substances.
Department of Environment (DOE) director-general, Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaafar said the recognition was accorded by World Bank Montreal Protocol expert, Viraj Vithoontien during a webinar entitled ‘’Implementation of Montreal Protocol in Malaysia: Success Story & Another Milestones Towards Ozone Climate Benefits.” which was organised by DOE on Sept 29.
According to him, the recognition was supported by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), panel member, Niloy Banarjee who was impressed with the success of DOE in successfully winning over small medium industries to change their technology to ozone friendly substances.
“Apart from that, more than 16,000 technicians were trained in refrigerant servicing in the country to ensure maintenance of air-conditioners and refrigeration systems are according to ozone friendly practices.
“The initiative was achieved by encouraging energy efficiency in the refrigeration sector which also contributed to the qualify of life, food assurance and vaccine storage in a good and safe condition,” he said in a DOE statement Tuesday.
The Montreal Protocol is an international agreement aimed at regulating the production and use of ozone depleting substances (ODSs) such as Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), Halons, Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC), Methyl Chloroform (111 TCA), Methyl Bromide (MBr), Hydrochlorofluorocarbons ( HCFCs), Hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBrFCs) and Bromochloromethane.
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JAKARTA– Heavy rains flooded Indonesia’s Paser district, on Kalimantan island since Monday, forcing hundreds of residents to leave their inundated homes, according to the country’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).
In a press statement issued yesterday, the agency’s acting spokesperson, Abdul Muhari said, the flooding occurred after two rivers, the Kandilo and the Sakerau, burst their banks and submerged at least 230 houses, with water as deep as 100 cm to 150 cm.
More than 450 locals were forced to take shelter due to the floods, Muhari said, adding that, local authorities were currently sending aid deliveries to areas hit by the floods.
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), forecasted that high-intensity rainfalls, with lightning and strong winds, potentially would lash East Kalimantan province until Monday, next week.
In late Aug, the BMKG said, the country entered the rainy season starting in Sept and the rainfall would peak between Jan and Feb, next year.
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SINGAPORE— Singapore is in the midst of repealing its 83-year old Sedition Act, an Act that criminalises conduct with seditious tendencies.
The Sedition (Repeal) Bill which was read for the first time in Parliament on Sept 13 and the second on Oct 5, will repeal the Act, and make related amendments to other legislations.
The Act, among others, also empowers the Singapore Courts to suspend the publication of newspapers containing seditious content and prohibit the circulation of seditious publications.
In the first reading of the Bill, the republic’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the Sedition Act had been used in the past to address various forms of conduct that could weaken Singapore’s social fabric and undermine its institutions.
Over the years, MHA said new laws were introduced to deal with these concerns in a more targeted and calibrated manner.
These include the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019, the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act 2016, the Undesirable Publications Act, the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act, and specific provisions under the Penal Code.
“Thus, the Sedition Act is of limited application and can be repealed,” it said.
Meanwhile, in the Second Reading of the Bill, the republic’s Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam said some of the key aspects of the Sedition Act were no longer relevant and have not been relevant for a long time.
For instance, Shanmugam who is also Minister for Law of Singapore said the excitement of disaffection against the Government shouldn’t be criminalised.
As part of the background, the minister said Sedition laws were first introduced in Singapore through the Sedition Ordinance 1938 when Singapore was a British colony.
The Sedition Act, in its current form, has its roots in the Sedition Ordinance 1948, which was introduced by the British to the Federation of Malaya in 1948, in part to curb local opposition to the British colonial rule, he said.
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YANGON – Myanmar authorities seized over 510 tonnes of illegal timber across the country, over one month, according to a release from the Forest Department, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, today.
The seizures were made in the country’s regions, states and Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, from Aug 30 to Oct 3.
According to the release, the seized illegal timber included over 217 tonnes of teak, over 72 tonnes of hardwood and over 221 tonnes of other types of timber.
During the period, 121 offenders were charged in connection with the cases, along with the seizure of 80 vehicles and machines.
Meanwhile, the Forest Department has been making efforts to crack down on illegal logging and trading of forest products, as well as, to implement tree planting projects in substitution.
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KUALA LUMPUR— Malaysia is ready to consider holding a dialogue with Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) if the five-point consensus agreed upon by ASEAN to resolve the crisis in the country, does not get the cooperation of the current ruling military junta.
Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting last Monday was informed that Naypyitaw was still not cooperating with the terms of the consensus.
“In the past, Malaysia had been the first country to facilitate constructive engagement even before Myanmar became a member of ASEAN,” he said during question-and-answer session at the Dewan Rakyat (Parliament lower house) on Wednesday.
NUG is shadow government formed last April by representatives from the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi and others. NUG activities are largely carried out online.
Saifuddin said if there was still no progress on the part of the Myanmar authorities to implement the consensus, Malaysia is of the opinion that it would be difficult to invite the army chief currently in power in Naypyitaw to attend the ASEAN Summit on Oct 26 to 28.
“However, the five-point consensus is still being worked on… in whatever humanly possible by the special envoy (ASEAN),” he said.
Since the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown by Myanmar’s junta led by General Min Aung Hlaing on Feb 1, there had been internal unrest with nearly 1,000 civilians killed by security forces.
ASEAN has also appointed Brunei Foreign Minister II, Erywan Mohd Yusof as special envoy to Myanmar but he has not been able to play his role because of the military government’s refusal to cooperate.
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SINGAPORE– Singapore reported 3,486 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, marking the first time the daily cases surpassing 3,000, in the country, and bringing the total tally to 109,804.
Of the new cases, 2,767 were recorded in the community and 713 in migrant worker dormitories, and six were imported cases, the Ministry of Health said, in a press statement.
Of the new local cases, 643 were reported in people above 60 years. Of the imported cases, three were detected upon arrival in Singapore, while the other three developed the illness during Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolation.
A total of 1,512 cases are currently hospitalised, with 247 of them in need of oxygen supplementation, and 34 in critical condition, held in the intensive care unit.
The ministry reported nine more deaths from COVID-19 in Singapore, bringing the overall death toll to 130.
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SEOUL– South Korea reported 3,213 more cases of COVID-19 variants for the past week, bringing the total number of such cases to 36,266, the country’s health authorities said today.
Among the new cases found for one week until Oct 2, 143 were imported, while the remaining 3,070 were locally transmitted, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
The far higher number of local transmissions indicated the domestic spread of the variants.
Of the new cases, 3,209 came from the Delta variant, and four from Alpha.
Among the combined cases involving the variants, 32,802 stemmed from the Delta variant, 3,288 from Alpha, 150 from Beta and 26 from Gamma. The four variants are believed to be more transmissible than the original one.
Meanwhile, the nation confirmed a total of 10,540 “breakthrough” COVID-19 infections, which refer to people who tested positive, after a full vaccination, as of Sept 26.
It equals 52.6 in every 100,000 people who got fully vaccinated. As of Sept 26, the number of fully inoculated people was 20,044,857.
It is known that people can be protected from the virus two weeks after the full vaccination. The breakthrough case refers to people infected with the virus two weeks after the full inoculation.
In the latest tally, South Korea reported 2,028 more cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, lifting the total number of infections to 323,379. The daily caseload hovered above 1,000 for 92 straight days since July 7.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK
