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Over 90 hotels in S’pore have served as quarantine or stay-home notice facilities

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SINGAPORE - As Covid-19 infections continue to rise, the number of hotels that have served as isolation facilities has jumped from more than 70 in May to more than 90 as at Wednesday (Aug 4). Since March last year, these hotels have - at some point - been used as government quarantine facilities or stay-home notice dedicated facilities (SDFs). They are activated based on current needs, the Ministry of National Development (MND) told The Straits Times. It did not say how many hotels are currently serving as such facilities. SDFs refer to accommodation for incoming travellers who are issued with stay-home notices, while government quarantine facilities are for those who need to be isolated, as they have come into close contact with Covid-19 cases. Depending on the circumstances, people who are under a quarantine order or SHN can also serve it at home, MND noted. As at Wednesday, there were around 14,000 people under quarantine, 5,000 of whom were placed in government quarantine facilities, according to data from the Ministry of Health (MOH). On Tuesday, MOH apologised for delays in ferrying people under quarantine orders to the facilities. It said the number of people under quarantin...

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Fewer offenders placed on probation in Singapore last year, as less urgent cases were deferred amid Covid-19

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SINGAPORE - Fewer offenders were placed on probation last year (2020), as the courts deferred hearing the less urgent cases during the circuit breaker. A total of 428 new probation orders were issued last year, about 20 per cent fewer than the 538 in 2019. Probation is a community rehabilitation sentence ordered by the courts that requires the offender to be supervised by a probation officer for a period between six months and three years. The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) released the Probation and Community Rehabilitation Service 2020 annual report on Friday (June 4). The number of orders granted depends on factors such as the risk profile of the offenders and their suitability to be placed on probation, said the MSF. It added that there were 10 per cent fewer referrals for pre-sentence reports, which determine suitability for probation, from the courts last year, compared to 2019. This could be due to the adjournment of the less urgent cases during the circuit breaker between April 7 and June 1 last year. The fall in referrals for the pre-sentence reports, among other reasons, was a contributing factor for the lower number of probation orders issued last year, ...

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BrewBilt Closes $550k in New Orders Just This Week with Oakland Based Brewery Along with $1.2M in Quotes to Restaurants

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SACRAMENTO, CA, Nov 23, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Today BrewBilt Manufacturing Inc. (the "Company") (OTCPINK: BBRW), announced that the company received $550,000 in new orders this week, while it filed its Form-10Q ending September 30, 2020 with approximately $1M in sales, up from $500,000 in 2019 for the same period; with more than $700,000 net profit up from $100,000 in 2019. The company is showing gains of 5X, while reducing liabilities in the amount of $100,000 compared to 2019.Jef Lewis, CEO, stated, "With the projected $20M in brewery revenue for 2021, BrewBilt received several orders this week, including SGIC's order of $45,000 for the new consumer 2BBL home brewery which will debut in 2021 in our advertising campaign, and a commercial order from Ghost Town Brewer in Oakland, California for $500,000, inclusive of our new fully automated brewery consisting of 30 BBL. Ghost Town will also receive our newest accessory Mobile Flow Meter which allows the user to monitor the volume of liquid being transferred from vessel to vessel. The new flow meter is a first in the industry and will sell for $7,500."The company launched a new advertising campaign this quarter with multiple major ...

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Ant’s IPO attracts record $4 trillion in retail orders

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HONG KONG • The biggest initial public offering (IPO) of all time has unleashed an investor frenzy for the record books. Individual investors in Hong Kong and Shanghai placed orders worth at least US$3 trillion (S$4.1 trillion) for shares in Mr Jack Ma's Ant Group, enough money to buy JPMorgan Chase 10 times over. Bidding was so intense in Hong Kong that one brokerage's platform briefly shut down after becoming overwhelmed by orders. Demand for the retail portion in Shanghai exceeded initial supply by more than 870 times. The stampede is fuelling predictions of a first-day pop next Thursday, when Ant is due to start trading, even as sceptics warn of risks including the US election, tightening regulations in China and rising Covid-19 cases worldwide. Whether Ant surges or not, the Chinese fintech behemoth's US$35 billion-plus IPO represents a major vote of confidence in a company that could end up shaping the future of global finance. It also underscores China Inc's ability to marshal huge amounts of capital without tapping American markets, a win for Beijing as it tries to reduce its vulnerability to the threat of US financial sanctions. Software developer Chen Wu, 35, was among th...