Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on July 3

Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, July 3.


Moving from Covid-19 pandemic to endemic: Singapore’s strategy and how it can unfold

The departure hall at Changi Airport Terminal 3 last month. Leisure travel is expected to resume by the end of the year with countries where vaccination rates are high and infection rates dipping. Safe distancing markings at a cafe in The Star Vista

Most restrictions in Singapore are expected to be lifted before the year ends. Is the timing right?

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MOM will investigate employers who fire staff who decline to be vaccinated, or threaten to do so

The SNEF said that implementing a Covid-19 vaccination requirement as a company policy “carries with it additional obligations”.

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Man arrested over racist remarks, attack on undergraduate at East Coast Park

The incident left the victim, a Singaporean, with bruises on his face and abdomen.

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Singapore start-ups making inroads into South Korea, Japan

South Korea and Japan are markets that are notoriously tough to crack.

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Half of S’pore worry over job prospects; 7 in 10 identify as working or lower-middle class

The unemployed and those who were studying were the most concerned, a study found. 

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NEA asks for tray return ambassador job listings to be taken down

This comes after cleaning and recruitment firms put up calls for the job, offering salaries of over $2,000.

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Covid-19 case linked to Henderson Crescent HDB block cluster among 3 new locally transmitted cases

The Hong Ye Group cleaners cluster has closed.

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Seven more private healthcare clinics to offer Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine: MOH

These additional providers can draw on government stock and administer jabs.

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President’s Design Award 2020: Award recipients feted for designs that aim to empower, uplift lives

The awards are for those who have spent their careers focused on making a difference.

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Football: Italy book Euro semi-final spot with 2-1 win over Belgium

First-half goals from Nicolo Barella and Lorenzo Insigne send the Azzurri through.

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