Singapore

Singapore’s homegrown restaurant brand Crystal Jade shuts another 4 outlets, 9 so far this year

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The group closed its Crystal Jade GO outlet at Punggol Oasis Terrace and three Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao restaurants at Bugis Junction, Toa Payoh and i12 Katong on Tuesday, as reported by The Straits Times. Some 120 employees across the affected outlets and a number of corporate functions were issued termination notices. … Read more

Singapore’s air hits world’s worst as haze shuts every school in neighboring Malaysian state

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Air quality in the city-state was in the “very unhealthy” range as of that afternoon, Bloomberg reported, citing data from Swiss monitor IQAir. Kuala Lumpur, which had earlier topped the list, ranked second. IQAir’s live ranking compares more than 100 major cities and is updated hourly. By the afternoon of Oct. 8, Kuala Lumpur had … Read more