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The Hanoitimes - Café and restaurants, fitness centers, spa, and hair salons in Ho Chi Minh City have suspended operations from March 24 to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ho Chi Minh City authorities have requested all catering services in the locality to close from 18.00 of March 24 to March 31 to limit crowds and help prevent the Covid-19 pandemic more effectively. One restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City announces closure according to the city's order. All catering services including fitness centers, spa, hair salons and restaurants with a size of more than 30 people in Ho Chi Minh City are requested to cease operations under a decision of Standing Deputy Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem. This decision is made in the context of the fast spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the city and the effort of the entire country to contain it. From March 15, the city authorities have requested all 180 bars and beer … [Read more...] about All catering services in HCM City required to close

KUALA LUMPUR: Upon her arrival in Malaysia in 2018 after fleeing conflict-stricken Gaza, a huge sense of relief washed over Heba. "When we reached Malaysia, we felt completely safe, it's a feeling I haven't had all my life in Palestine," the 33-year-old said. Now living with her children as refugees in Kuala Lumpur, Heba can finally leave behind memories of the harrowing 12 hours escaping Gaza, where they trod on a deserted road into Egypt. She now supports her family by collaborating with PichaEats, a social enterprise which assists refugees to earn a living by serving their home countries' cuisines. PichaEats' offerings range from Mantu, an Afghan take on spiced meat dumplings, to well-known Arab dishes such as falafel, hummus and mandi rice. A venture by Lee Swee Lin, Kim Lim and Suzanne Ling, PichaEats started out as the Picha Project, named after the child of the first refugee family they partnered in 2016. Little did the trio realise they would end up partnering … [Read more...] about Starting over: Catering social enterprise helps refugees in Malaysia earn a living

New Delhi: Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) is exploring the possibility of exporting its mid-sized premium bike H'ness CB350 to various markets across the globe even as it works to cater to the robust demand for the model in the domestic market, a senior company official said. The company rolls out the bike with over 90 per cent localisation from its Manesar (Haryana) based manufacturing facility. HMSI had introduced the bike in October 2020 and has already crossed the 10,000 sales mark in February this year in the domestic market. "Since this model is already meeting the European regulations, there are many countries where this model could be exported. So we are in discussion with our headquarters. Already the model is three months old in the domestic market and there is interest from other Honda companies across the globe," HMSI Director (Sales and Marketing) Yadvinder Singh Guleria told PTI in an interaction. Terming it "one model which is Made in India for … [Read more...] about HMSI to export Indian-made Honda H’ness CB350 to global markets

By T Radhakrishna The Tamil Nadu government , which has the distinction of being the first state in the country to announce digital-reforms in education beginning January this year is all set to distribute free-laptops to students in the state soon. To this effect, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd ( ELCOT ), the state government’s nodal agency for ICT projects will finalize a vendor for procuring 5.30 lakh laptops, as part of its ongoing scheme in the state. “We are evaluating the vendor after opening the technical bids recently. Acer, the only bidder with Atma Nirbhar Bharat product, has been shortlisted. We are reviewing the manufacturing capacity, ability to supply and quality practices of the vendor. We shall finalize procurement soon,” ELCOT managing director D Ravichandran told ETGovernment . Giving the details, the official said the organization invited bids recently for supplying and commissioning of as many as 5,32,586 (0.53 million) numbers … [Read more...] about Tamil Nadu leads digital-reforms in education; ELCOT to finalize procuring 5.30 lakh laptops

SINGAPORE: Analysts have welcomed the S$750 million of support set aside by the Government for the aviation sector, noting that it will help the industry recover more quickly from the blow dealt to it by COVID-19. On Thursday (Mar 26), Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced a S$48.4 billion package - up to S$17 billion of which will be drawn from past reserves - to protect jobs and support the economy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. More than S$750 million will go to schemes aimed at supporting Singapore’s aviation sector, which employs more than 190,00 people and contributes more than 5 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). More than S$400 million of that money will go to a jobs scheme, which will see the Government pay up to 75 per cent of the first S$4,600 of a worker’s monthly wages. The other S$350 million will be for an enhanced aviation support package aimed at providing relief to businesses in the aviation sector. This will help … [Read more...] about COVID-19 aviation support package will help industry ride out crisis: Analysts