Harian Terpercaya 2020 – 2021

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Isabella was left perplexed when her appointment for a free dose of the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine was suddenly cancelled last week. The Argentine national, who has been living in Indonesia for 15 years, was told there was now a charge for foreigners looking to get vaccinated.“They suddenly said [Jakarta’s health agency]…

[unable to retrieve full-text content]This week in China, a man got his 15-minutes of fame for picking up an egg with gigantic chopsticks, one Chinese province may be calling an end to an important tradition, and a man looking for love gets banned from Weibo for his strange mannerisms.Not breaking eggsA cook from eastern China…

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Indonesia’s digital economy was still in its infancy when Michael Widjaja – a third-generation member of the Widjaja family that runs Sinar Mas Group, one of the country’s largest conglomerates – returned in 2007 after finishing his business studies in California.He is the grandson of the late Eka Tjipta Widjaja, a…

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Hong Kong’s public hospitals are bracing themselves for a possible surge in the number of children and elderly people falling ill with Covid-19 in a new, fifth wave of infections.Both groups are at risk because children under 12 are not vaccinated, and there is a low vaccination rate among older Hongkongers,…

[unable to retrieve full-text content]In front of a police headquarters defended by water cannons, razor wire and a three-deep line of riot officers, stood a 16-year-old girl from rural Thailand armed with a microphone.Sand should have been studying but she came to Bangkok instead as the protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha…

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A former top Chinese internet censor has been expelled from the Communist Party and will face trial for corruption, the party’s top anti-graft body said on Tuesday.The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection accused Peng Bo, 64, of disloyalty to the party and failing to supervise the internet industry when he was…

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Travellers hoping to enter Hong Kong have been thrown for a loop after the city elevated 15 countries to its “high-risk” category for Covid-19, meaning significantly tougher entry requirements and longer quarantine periods for anyone arriving from those destinations.Some of them coming in from already high-risk countries such as Britain had…

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Humanity’s need to tackle climate change is more pressing than ever, with the United Nations warning last week that global warming would accelerate at a faster-than-expected pace over the next 20 years. In this four-part series, the Post examines its impact on the city, how the Hong Kong government can best…

[unable to retrieve full-text content]When a three-year-old boy showed up with fingernail marks all over his swollen legs last month, his kindergarten teacher noticed immediately.A medical examination confirmed her suspicion, that the boy was a victim of child abuse.He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and has problems paying attention or sitting still, and lacks…

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A helicopter carrying tourists crashed into a volcanic lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East on Thursday, and rescuers were searching in the lake for up to eight people still missing, officials said. At least eight others reportedly survived.The helicopter went down in the Kronotsky nature reserve, and the…