Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Friday, Dec 4.


No train services on Thomson-East Coast Line on Friday morning after signalling fault

SMRT said on its Twitter page that free buses and bridging buses are provided at affected stations.

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No Malaysian workers found sleeping rough in Singapore, says MOM

A newspaper report said that over 100 Malaysians were living homeless here as they could not afford rent for a room or a bed.

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Lee Kuan Yew’s lawyer, Kwa Kim Li, takes the stand in PM Lee’s libel suit against TOC editor

Terry Xu’s lawyer took Kwa Kim Li through e-mails that Xu relied on to show that Lee Kuan Yew did believe his house had been gazetted.

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Can Trump pardon himself? A look at the concept of presidential pardon in US

The US Constitution is particularly vague on the matter.

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US political divide spins further apart as Trump’s term ends

Biden is making all the right noises about being a leader for all Americans.

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Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine confers at least 3 months’ immunity, study shows

Even though the number of antibodies fade over time, that’s not necessarily a cause for concern, say experts.

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S’pore’s new Covid-19 case in dorm detected in proactive surveillance; S’porean among 8 imported

His close contacts at the dormitory and his workplace have been placed in quarantine.

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Singapore factory activity expands for fifth straight month in November with surge in electronics

The electronics PMI rose 0.1 point from October to 51.1, the highest since September 2018.

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Cruises to nowhere: Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas is 2nd ship to sail from S’pore

Tickets for most of December are already 99% sold out.

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Man who fell to death at Shaw Plaza site stepped on fragile surface hidden by concrete dust: Coroner

The worker plummeted about 5m to the basement and was found lying face down.

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Last modified: December 4, 2020