Daily Briefing: MAS assisting 1MDB task force; Unknown threats of online gaming

And builders vow improved worker safety.

  • Singapore's central bank says it is in contact with financial institutions in relation to Malaysia's probe into allegations billions of ringgit had been transferred to an account of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Read more here
  • Recognising the growing community of gamers in the country, the Singapore Cybersports & Online Gaming Association (SCOGA) — a non-profit organisation — aims to serve gamers and make a difference in the local gaming scene. Through their work with various government bodies, industry players, and other organisations, they have developed programmes that they hope will serve the gamers in Singapore and grow the local community. Find out more here
  • The leaders of 10 key construction groups unveiled a series of plans to improve workplace safety, after the groups which include the Real Estate Developers' Association, the Singapore Contractors Association Limited, and the Building Construction and Timber Industries Union recommitted to a goal (originally set in 2010) to reduce the rate of workplace fatality within the sector by an annual 25 percent, to less than 1.8 per 10,000 workers in the next three years. Read more here
     


 

 

 


 

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