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Wahhhh I was in rehearsal when you guys took all the photos... I wan't in any of them (Sue too)

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You can check SLS for your class photos google drive link!

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wahhh i couldn't finish the math test 😪 i'm so slow :(

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Korea stampede kills over 150 people

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Next year, GST is 8%.

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Talking Point 2022/2023 - S1E17: DNA Test Kits: Are They Worth My Money?

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sorry ms faith, which practice paper were you refering to?

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ms faith i dont have my practice paper

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I also don't have my practice paper.
~Dhanya

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For some reason ,i don't think i have my English practice paper

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how come you never post the sls assignment for tues?

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so you know we have art on tues, right? but how come we have art homework 2day?

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i cannot see the sls assignment you posted for tues. im not sure if you havent post yet or my laptop cannot view.
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Miss Faith I can't find any practice paper in my bag for Thursday which practice paper are you refering to?

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The ideal typing speeds by age are as follows:

Elementary school (Grades 3–5): 8–15 WPM
Middle school (Grades 6–8): 12–25 WPM
High school (Grades 9–12): 20–35 WPM
College/Adult: 50 WPM

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Battered Hong Kong's stocks hit 11-year low

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong's flailing stock market tumbled Monday (Oct 3) to its lowest point in more than a decade as fears for China's economy deepens this year's investor rout.

The Hang Seng Index shed 0.83 per cent, or 143.32 points, to close at 17,079.51.

But crucially it crossed below the 17,000 level in the afternoon, touching a nadir not seen since October 2011 and the aftermath of the global financial crash and during the eurozone debt crisis.

The city's stock exchange has been on a steady slide since February when the coronavirus broke through nearly two years of already economically painful zero-Covid defenses and has yet to recover.

Hong Kong has kept up strict coronavirus controls even as rivals reopen - although it recently ended quarantine for international arrivals - and is set to end the year in recession.

While most markets have recently taken a battering as central banks hike rates to tamp down inflation, Hong Kong's stocks face other major headwinds including jitters over the economic health of China as well as rising tensions between Beijing and Washington.

The Hang Seng Index has lost more than 25 per cent so far this year.

Chinese stocks in the city have been hit particularly hard with Beijing showing no end to its even stricter version of zero-COVID as President Xi Jinping gears up to secure a third five-year term later this month.

In September, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index lost 14 per cent to rank as the worst performer among major equity benchmarks globally this month, Bloomberg News reported.

Only three of the index's 50 stocks are up so far this year with property and tech companies suffering the deepest falls.

"I don't remember when was the last time for us to see so much bad news at the same time," Kenny Wen, head of investment research at KGI Asia, told Bloomberg News last week.

"The Hong Kong market is facing a weak Chinese economy, global energy crisis, the never-ending war between Russia and Ukraine, and an inflation nightmare."

Last week Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology suffered Hong Kong's worst trading debut so far this year, plunging more than 40 per cent on its first day.

Mainland Chinese markets are closed for a week-long holiday.

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Miss Faith did you send the compo in SLS yet? Because I don't see it just now but you said that you would post it today.

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Flooding hits Penang airport and several villages

Airport staff can be seen clearing up after the flood (left). Other parts of Penang (right) were also affected by the floods. PHOTOS: SCREENGRAB FROM BALJIT SINGH/FACEBOOK

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GEORGE TOWN - Continuous rainfall has not only caused flash floods in several parts of Malaysia's northern Penang state, but also at the arrival hall of the Penang International Airport.

The hall was flooded at about 9am on Saturday after water started flowing in from taxi lanes outside.

The main entrance at the lower level of the airport was flooded with ankle-deep water.

Three arriving flights between 8am and 8.50am - from Subang in Selangor, from Langkawi island and from Kuala Namu in North Sumatra - had to be diverted to other airports.

This wasn't the first time that the arrival hall of the airport, located on Penang island, has been flooded.

A video of the latest incident went viral with netizens expressing their disappointment over the latest situation.

In the video, airport staff can be seen clearing up the mess caused by the flash FLOODS

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35% to 40% increase in Covid-19 cases week-on-week, with more cases expected: MOH

SMRT bus hits 74-year-old pedestrian in Sengkang, driver arrested

The pedestrian was conscious when he was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. PHOTOS: SCREENGRABS FROM SINGAPORE ROADS ACCIDENT.COM/FACEBOOK

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SINGAPORE - The driver of an SMRT bus that hit a 74-year-old pedestrian in Sengkang was arrested on Thursday night.

The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted at about 10.50pm to an accident involving a bus and a man at the junction of Compassvale Road and Compassvale Drive.

The pedestrian was conscious when he was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

Photos of the scene on Facebook group SG Road Vigilante show several people gathered around the injured man who was lying on the road next to a stationary SMRT bus.

The bus driver, 68, was arrested for careless driving causing grievous hurt, the police said, adding that investigations are ongoing.

Responding to queries from The Straits Times, Mr Vincent Gay, deputy managing director of SMRT Buses, said the bus in the incident, service 110, was making a right turn at that time.

The driver has been suspended from his duties, Mr Gay added.

He said the company’s care team is offering assistance to the pedestrian.

2 dead, 8 injured in accident between car and bus in Woodlands

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The driver, a 32-year-old man, died at the scene while the bus passenger, a 53-year-old woman, died in hospital, the police said. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

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SINGAPORE – The driver of a car and a bus passenger were killed after the car crashed into a Tower Transit bus in Woodlands on Thursday morning.

The driver, a 32-year-old man, died at the scene, while the bus passenger, a 53-year-old woman, died in hospital, the police said.

Residents said they heard a loud crash at about 6am, followed by screams. Ambulances and medics arrived shortly after to render first aid.

Seven other bus passengers and the 37-year-old bus driver were taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

Eyewitnesses said the car was driving straight ahead when it collided with the bus, which was turning right at the junction of Woodlands Avenue 9 and Woodlands Avenue 4.

The car, a yellow Honda Civic, crashed head first into the middle of the bus, and the impact crushed the front of the car.

A 14-year-old student, who declined to be named, was getting ready for school in the morning when she witnessed the collision from her kitchen window.
“I saw everything happen in front of my eyes. I’m quite traumatised,” she said.

Chinese-language daily Lianhe Zaobao reported that the bus passenger who died was an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority employee who was on her way to work.

Her 22-year-old daughter told Zaobao that she received the news that her mother had died at about 8.30am, and that she did not get to see her for the last time.

Bus operator Tower Transit said there were eight passengers on board bus service 858 when the accident happened.

The bus operator said it will assist the family of the passenger who died, as well as check on the condition of the people in hospital and help them with medical claims.

“Tower Transit Singapore sends its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. We would also like to thank the members of the public who rendered immediate assistance to our passengers and bus captain,” the operator said.

“Our bus captain is in stable condition and will be relieved of all duties while a police investigation is being conducted,” it added.

When The Straits Times visited the site of the accident on Thursday afternoon, the vehicles involved had been removed.

Vehicles make discretionary right turns from Avenue 4 to Avenue 9. No red-amber-green turning signals are installed at that junction.

Residents interviewed said they were concerned about traffic safety, given the latest incident.

Housewife Sharifah Faridah, 59, who has been living in Woodlands for 25 years, said: “I’m concerned about this junction because it’s very busy, and there are a lot of people and big vehicles.”

Ms Mariam Jaafar, who is MP for the area, told The Straits Times that she was deeply saddened to learn about the accident.

The immediate focus is on making sure the families involved are supported in every way, said the Sembawang GRC MP.

"We have also requested a briefing from the relevant agencies (Land Transport Authority and the Traffic Police) who are investigating the accident, so we can continue to work with them to keep our roads safe," she said.

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OCEAN COULD YOU STOP WITH THE 'Ay yo what the you-know-what'? Its cursing

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For math olympiad students, do we have M.O. anymore???

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Queen Elizabeth

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The queen's queue: Thousands gather in miles-long line to pay their final respects- ZI EN

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“It’s our 49th wedding anniversary,” said a woman who lined up with her husband. “We could have had a weekend away.”
LONDON — While soccer may be the United Kingdom’s national sport, it’s sometimes said that it could just as well be “queuing” — such is the Britons’ willingness to wait in line for long periods without complaining.

That would make this week’s lines of thousands of people waiting to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II the equivalent of a national Olympics. Given the opportunity to say goodbye as she lay in state before her funeral Monday, they came in the thousands, united in the need to bear witness to the country’s longest-reigning monarch and express their admiration for a woman many saw as the nation’s grandmother.

By Thursday evening, the river of humanity waiting to file past the late monarch had reached almost 5 miles.

Peter James, 70, got a train from Sheffield in northern England to London at 4:40 a.m. Thursday (11 p.m. ET Wednesday). He and his wife, Julie, 68, joined the line near London Bridge and made fast progress.
“She was our queen. She served us for 70 years. This is the least we could do,” he said. “We thought the queue would be long, but we’ve been pleasantly surprised.”
Julie added: “It’s our 49th wedding anniversary. We could have had a weekend away, but he had other ideas once the queen had died.”
In Westminster Hall, where the body was taken from Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, a continuous armed guard watched over her coffin, draped in the red, yellow and blue royal standard and the imperial crown.
While many were steeled for a grueling overnight vigil by the River Thames, with police warning that mourners could wait up to 30 hours, the line was moving along briskly Thursday, in places a fast walk just short of a jog.
Clad in her Union Jack scarf, Julie Price, 65, of Builth Wells in Wales, about 200 miles from London, had come armed with sandwiches, apples and chocolate cookies — or, in local parlance, biscuits. But as she and her husband approached the end point sooner than expected, they faced the prospect of eating it all or throwing it in the trash.
“I’ve got a pork pie in my pocket ready,” her husband said.

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ZIHAN - King Charles, his sons Princes William and Harry and other senior royals will join a solemn procession as Queen 

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King Charles, his sons Princes William and Harry and other senior royals will join a solemn procession as Queen Elizabeth's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace on Wednesday (Sep 14) to lie in state at parliament.

After the queen's death last week at her summer home of Balmoral Castle in Scotland, her coffin was taken to Edinburgh for a series of poignant ceremonies, and then flown to London late on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of people lined the 22km route in driving rain and cars stopped on normally busy roads to see the well-lit hearse driving slowly through the dark towards Buckingham Palace, drawing applause and cheers.

At the palace, the flag-draped coffin was met by Charles and all the queen's children, grandchildren and their spouses who had gathered together for the first time since their matriarch died.

"It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys," said Elizabeth's daughter Anne, 72, who flew from Scotland alongside the coffin. "Witnessing the love and respect shown by so many on these journeys has been both humbling and uplifting."

The queen's death, at the age of 96, has plunged the nation into mourning for a monarch who had reigned for 70 years.

People started queuing in the streets late on Tuesday to be one of the first to file past the coffin when the official lying in state period begins later on Wednesday.

Among those gathered, some were there to represent elderly parents, others to witness history and many to thank a woman who, having ascended the throne in 1952, was still holding official government meetings just two days before she died.

"She really did hold up her oath of doing everything she could for this country," said Veronica Lewis, 52, from Worthing, southern England.

On Wednesday, the Imperial State Crown will be placed on top of the coffin, along with a wreath, at Buckingham Palace.

From there it will move at 2.22pm (10.22pm, Singapore time) on a gun carriage of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery through central London to Westminster Hall, a medieval building with origins dating back to 1097 that is the oldest on the parliamentary estate.

Charles will walk in silence behind the carriage with other senior royals, including his siblings Anne, Andrew and Edward.

Also in the procession will be his sons William, 40, now the Prince of Wales, and Harry, 37, the Duke of Sussex, whose once close relationship has deteriorated in recent years to such an extent that they were said to barely be on speaking terms.

However, they appeared together with their wives when they met well-wishers outside Windsor Castle on Saturday, in a show of unity which hinted at a possible rapprochement.

Kate, William's wife and now the Princess of Wales, and Harry's wife, Meghan, will travel by car, as will Charles' wife Camilla, now the Queen Consort.

With much of central London closed to traffic, large crowds were building along the route to watch Wednesday's procession, which will be accompanied by guns firing every minute at Hyde Park, while parliament's Big Ben bell will toll.

When the cortege reaches Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster, the coffin will be carried inside by soldiers from the Grenadier Guards and placed on a catafalque. There will be a short service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual head of the Anglican Church.

Four days of lying in state will then begin until the funeral on Sep 19.

A senior palace official described Wednesday's event as relatively small and personal. The full-scale ceremonial procession on Sep 19, the day of her funeral, is likely to be one of the biggest the country has ever witnessed.

With as many as 750,000 mourners expected to file past the coffin during its period of lying in state, people queued and slept on the streets in the rain to be able to pay their final respects.

Brenda, 79, who lives on the coast to the east of London, said she had travelled to London in 1953 after the queen's coronation to see the celebrations.

"She's been our constant ever since," she said, declining to give her full name. "Today is the day. Although it's very exciting to be here, it's to pay homage to her and respect for her, for all that she's done for us."

In Scotland around 33,000 people filed past the coffin during the 24 hours it was at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, but the memorial in London is a much larger occasion.

The government has warned the queue could stretch for up to about 8km along the southern bank of the River Thames, winding past landmarks like the giant London Eye ferris wheel and a reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe theatre.

Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, speaking to people in the queue, said: "We are honouring two great British traditions, loving the queen and loving a queue."

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said some people may have to stand in line for as long as 30 hours in order to file past the coffin before the funeral on Monday.

Mourner Chris Imafidon said he was happy to endure a night of camping: "She's an icon of icons."

Glyn Norris, 63, said a bit of rain would not deter her from paying respects to a woman who had reigned for 70 years.

"We didn't even think about it," she said. "That was my queen."

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ZIHAN - Lebanese woman robs bank to pay for sister's cancer treatment

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ZIHAN - Lebanese woman robs bank to pay for sister's cancer treatment

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A Lebanese woman held up a Beirut bank on Wednesday (Sep 14) and reportedly walked out with thousands of dollars to fund what she said was hospital treatment for her ill sister.

The move and another heist on Wednesday come as Lebanese depositors - whose savings have been devalued and trapped in banks for almost three years amid an economic collapse - take matters into their own hands.

Sali Hafiz streamed a live video of her raid on a Beirut branch of Blom Bank, in which she could be heard yelling at employees to release a sum of money while entrances to the bank were sealed.

"I am Sali Hafiz, I came today ... to take the deposits of my sister who is dying in the hospital," she said in the video.

"I did not come to kill anyone or to start a fire ... I came to claim my rights."

In an interview with a local broadcaster after the heist, Hafiz said she managed to free around US$13,000 from the US$20,000 she said her family had deposited.

Cancer treatment for her sister costs US$50,000, she said.

An AFP correspondent at the scene said gasoline had been poured inside the bank during the heist, which lasted under an hour.

Hafiz told local media she had used her nephew's toy pistol for the hold-up.

Hafiz and suspected accomplices managed to escape through a smashed window out the back of the bank before security forces arrived, the AFP correspondent said.

Also on Wednesday, a man held up a bank in the city of Aley northeast of Beirut, the official National News Agency (NNA) reported.

He was arrested, the NNA said, without specifying if he managed to take any money.

"THANK YOU"

Hafiz is a 28-year-old activist and interior designer, her sister Zeina told AFP.

She said the family had not been in touch with Hafiz since the heist and was not involved in its planning.

Hafiz instantly turned into a folk hero on social media in Lebanon, where many are desperate to access their savings and furious at a banking sector perceived as a corrupt cartel.

Pictures and footage of her standing on a desk inside the bank carrying a gun went viral on social media.

"Thank you," one Twitter user wrote. "Two weeks ago I cried at Blom Bank. I needed the money for a surgery. I am too weak to hold a gun and take what is mine."

Last month, a man received widespread sympathy after he stormed a Beirut bank with a rifle and held employees and customers hostage for hours to demand some of his US$200,000 in frozen savings to pay hospital bills for his sick father.

He was detained but swiftly released.

In January, a bank customer held dozens of people hostage in eastern Lebanon after he was told he could not withdraw his foreign currency savings, a source at the lender said.

Local media reported that the customer was eventually given some of his savings and surrendered to security forces.

Lebanon has been battered by its worst-ever economic crisis since 2019. The local currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value on the black market, while poverty and unemployment have soared.

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Ah, the all reconizable Nazi flag,But this was not it's official world war 2 flag.

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I was supposed to go see her in December!!!!!!!!!! In Buckingham......
BTW do you think the people in London are gonna blame the new minister? She came for just 2 days and then the queen died...My grandfather told me some people thinks she brought bad luck.......She's 96 years old FYI
Another FYI: Joe Biden is going to her funeral: CNA

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ZIHAN - 'We've gone back 50 years': Pakistan farmers count flood damage

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Pakistan's farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the long-term impact is already clear.
"We have gone back 50 years," said Ashraf Ali Bhanbro, a farmer in Sindh province whose 2,500 acres of cotton and sugarcane - on the verge of being harvested - have now been wiped out.
More than 33 million people have been affected by the floods caused by record monsoon rains, and one of the worst-hit areas is Sindh in Pakistan's south.

The province is bisected by the mighty Indus River, along whose banks farming has flourished for millennia with records of irrigation systems dating back to 4,000 BC.

Sindh's problems are two-fold.

The province was drenched by record rains locally, but that water has nowhere to drain because the Indus is already at full flow, swollen by tributaries in the north, and has burst its banks in several places.

"At one stage it rained continuously for 72 hours," said Bhanbro, adding he has lost at least 270 million rupees (US$1.2 million) on inputs alone.

"That was the cost incurred on fertilisers and pesticides ... we don't include profit, which might have been much higher as it was a bumper crop."

Unless flooded farmlands can be drained, farmers like Bhanbro will not be able to plant a winter wheat crop - vital for the country's food security.

"We have one month. If water is not discharged in that period, there will be no wheat," he said at his farm in Sammu Khan village, about 40km northeast of Sukkur.

Pakistan was for years self-sufficient in wheat production, but more recently has relied on imports to ensure silos are full as part of its strategic reserves.

Islamabad can scarcely afford imports - even if it purchases discounted grain from Russia, as is being discussed.

The country owes billions to foreign creditors, and only last week managed to convince the International Monetary Fund to resume funding that can't even service foreign debt, let alone pay a flood-damage bill estimated at US$10 billion.

Driving along an elevated highway from Sukkur to Sammu Khan provides a shocking view of the devastation wrought by the floods.

In some places there is water as far as the eye can see; where cotton crops are visible in flooded fields, their leaves have turned brown, with hardly a boll to be seen.

"Let's forget the cotton," said Latif Dinno, a farmer in Saleh Pat, 30KM northeast of Sukkur.

The big landowners will likely ride out the floods, but tens of thousands of farm labourers face terrible hardships.

Many only get paid for what they pick, and supplement their earnings by growing food on tiny plots of land in villages scattered across the province.

Those too are under water, and tens of thousands have fled their flooded homes to seek shelter on higher ground.

"There is nothing left to pick," said Saeed Baloch, who labours every season with members of his extended family, pooling their earnings.

It's not just the farmers that are affected, but every link in the supply chain is feeling the strain.

"We are doomed," said Waseem Ahmed, a cotton trader in Saleh Pat, who like many in the industry paid advances to fix purchase prices and hedge against inflation and market fluctuation.

"Against 200 maund (about 8,000 kg) expected, only 35 maund has been reaped," he said, adding he had shelved plans to expand his business.

At a small collection store in a usually vibrant cotton market in Sindh, two boys poked half-heartedly at a heap of wet cotton, checking to see if anything could be salvaged.

"The market is shut down and even the ginning factories are closed," trader Ahmed said, pointing to a row of closed shops.

The sense of helplessness is overwhelming, but cotton picker Dinno hopes for divine intervention.

"We look up to Allah. He is the ultimate saviour," he said.

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there are only 42 people in this class...
16 named people, but... 63 anonymous???

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Should you wear a mask on a plane if it's optional?

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Should you wear a mask on a plane if it's optional?

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First off, which flights can you go on without a mask?
If the country you are travelling to or arriving from has a mask mandate, you'll have to wear one on the flight."Where there is a mandatory requirement for masks to be worn ... the mask must be worn on the flight itself," said the Health Ministry's director of medical services Kenneth Mak at a press conference on Wednesday. According to Singapore Airlines (SIA), some destinations which require passengers aged six and above to wear a mask on a flight are: Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Cambodia, mainland China and Canada. But many other destinations do not require masks on planes. These include Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand, Maldives, the US and UK.SIA said it will match its internal policy with the Singapore Government's. The airline will no longer require passengers to wear face masks from Aug 29, unless mandated by the place that the flight is travelling to or from.Jetstar also said that it will ensure its mask policy "continues to be aligned with the relevant authorities" of the destinations it flies to.

How safe is flying without a mask?

Although masks are optional on some flights, should you still wear one? Infectious diseases experts noted that ventilation standards for planes are high, and that there have been no major COVID-19 clusters originating from flights.

“Travelling in commercial aircraft is much safer than people think,” said Professor Dale Fisher, senior consultant at the National University Hospital’s Division of Infectious Diseases.

The air in a plane is changed over every three minutes, he said. About 60 per cent of the air entering the cabin is completely fresh and from outside, while the other 40 per cent is passed through hospital-grade HEPA, or high-efficiency particulate air filters, which remove 99.97 per cent of airborne particles.

“This is why there have been no major clusters on planes. It is almost impossible for COVID particles to be wafting through a plane. So I think it is reasonable to not wear a mask – unless of course you have a respiratory infection,” said Prof Fisher.

Travellers also remove their masks when eating and drinking on the plane, he noted.

By not wearing a mask throughout the flight and taking them off sometimes, they would be exposing themselves to those around them during those periods, said Prof Fisher, who is also Professor of Medicine at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Another infectious diseases expert, Dr Leong Hoe Nam, said the HEPA filters are "as good as it gets".

But Dr Leong, who runs a private practice at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, said transmission could still occur "three rows in front of and behind your seat".

“Given that passengers in coach are packed close together, this doesn't give much comfort. Business class and first-class patients will be exposed as well. All you need is one patient,” he told CNA.

To avoid falling sick while on holiday, he advised travellers to continue wearing a mask on flights even if it is optional.

Who should wear a mask while on a flight?

Different individuals are at different levels of risk if they catch COVID-19, and this may influence their decision to wear a mask on a flight, experts said.

For example, those who are younger or who have recovered recently from COVID-19 “may brave it”, said Dr Leong.

However, some reports indicate that people could catch COVID-19 again as early as 17 days after a prior infection, he said.

Those who are more vulnerable might choose to wear a mask if their immunity is poor, Dr Leong said. This could include transplant patients who are on various immunosuppressive drugs, cancer survivors, or if they are returning home to family members who are at higher risk.

Professor Paul Tambyah, president of the Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, advocated that travellers should do "whatever they are comfortable with".

“For people who are immunocompromised or who have not been infected before, it would probably be a good idea to wear a mask through the flight although this may be uncomfortable,” he added.

“For those who are quadruple vaccinated and previously infected, the risks of severe disease are really low, so this is up to them.”
Prof Fisher agreed that vaccinated people are at very low risk of severe disease.

If someone seated nearby has symptoms, travellers could opt to wear a mask, he added. It would also be ideal if the cabin crew could ask passengers with symptoms to wear a mask.

“As a matter of course, it would be reasonable to encourage mask wearing when you can't distance and you are very vulnerable. But that is not because they are on a plane,” said Prof Fisher, stressing again that the ventilation on commercial planes is superior “to almost any other setting”.

What other precautions should you take?

Basic hygiene on the flight is important, said Prof Tambyah.

A study on H1N1 during a long-haul flight in 2009 also showed that sleeping through the flight was protective, he said.

“Personally, I think that climbing over someone to get to the toilet or the snack bar is a high-risk activity,” he added. "Having said that, not moving around on a plane puts one at risk of a deep vein thrombosis ('economy class syndrome') so we have to make some choices."

Dr Leong recommended that travellers wear a KN94, KN95 or N95 mask throughout their flights.

They could also eat their meals before or after everyone else, and wipe down their chairs and tray tables with disposable, single-use alcohol wipes, he said.

Many travellers also take their masks off in the toilet to breathe better, said Dr Leong.

“But this may be their own undoing. The previous user could have left a ton of virus in the cubicle waiting for you.”

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ZIHAN - My handwriting is terrible. Does it really matter?

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Last month, I went on holiday to a small town at the bottom of Spain that I have been visiting for more than 20 years, where a friend asked: “Why is your Spanish still so bad?”

“Er,” I said, struggling to remember how to say in Spanish that, after decades of fitful studies, there had in fact been times when I could speak as well as any local four-year-old.

This was not one of those times, unfortunately. So I went home, sat down and started writing out lists of verb conjugations by hand, which was when I discovered something worse.

My handwriting, never good, had turned into barely legible scrawl. My words jerked across the page like the trails of a snail dunked in crystal meth. The very act of writing was a strain. Years of typing and texting had taken an unattractive toll.

I cannot be alone. Nearly 60 per cent of Britons say they write less by hand than they did five years ago, a survey found last year, and 12 per cent have never written even a shopping list. Children email Santa and some struggle to hold a pen.

The question is, does this really matter? Wouldn’t the world be a better place if everything we wrote was as clear and unambiguous as the printed word? The medical world certainly would: A 42-year-old American once died after a pharmacist reading a cardiologist’s sloppily written prescription dispensed the wrong pills.

But the data show that, when it comes to learning, handwriting definitely matters. Several studies have found that both children and adults learn and remember more when they write by hand. “It stimulates the brain in a very different way than a keyboard does,” said Audrey van der Meer, a neuropsychology professor in Norway whose research on the topic is widely cited.

This casts a depressing light on recent figures suggesting that the share of younger UK primary school pupils reaching expected writing standards sank from 70 per cent in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 to 59 per cent in 2022.

Van der Meer admits she hardly writes by hand any more and recently realised she would not recognise her 19-year-old daughter’s writing, “because as far as I can tell, she has hardly ever written anything by hand”.

When van der Meer gives lectures, she stares out at “a wall of Apple signs” on the laptops of her students, few of whom take notes by hand now. “It’s a real shame,” she said.

The withered state of writing has begun to affect other lives too, like those of courtroom handwriting experts. “It’s a concern,” said Steve Cosslett, a British forensic document examiner who has given evidence in hundreds of court cases since he began his career at a Home Office forensic science laboratory in 1983.

For example, to check the authenticity of a signature on a will, you need a number of genuine signatures by the writer. But these are harder to find now that people do not sign things like cheques any more. “People can’t provide sufficient reference material,” he said.

Cosslett also reckons the forensic handwriting field is shrinking. The number of forensic document analysts working for laboratories accredited to do police work in England and Wales has shrunk from at least 25 in the 1980s to five or six today, he said.

That 's unsettling, considering some of the cases on which Cosslett’s firm has worked. His analysis helped convict Victorino Chua, a nurse in north-west England who was jailed for at least 35 years in 2015 for murdering and poisoning patients by injecting insulin into saline bags. And Cosslett’s colleagues’ evidence was used in the case of a carer who was put away for nearly as long after she forged the will of a reclusive millionaire before starving him to death.

It is hard to imagine a world in which handwriting dies out completely, let alone a time when everyone prefers to type out a love letter or dictate it to Siri. I think something will also be lost if there are no more people like graphologist Tracey Trussell.

Graphologists, unlike most forensic handwriting experts, analyse handwriting to assess personality traits. Sceptics abound about this sort of thing, but Trussell said she is often hired by companies – hotels, property managers, engineering firms – to assess potential employees.

“Business is as brisk as it’s always been,” she assured me the other day. Curious, I asked if she would analyse a bit of my handwriting and, within a day, had received her eight-page evaluation of my scrawl.

I was told my “self-esteem is healthy” on account of my personal pronoun “I” being a good size, while my right-slanted words show a finely tuned emotional barometer, albeit with “the ability to be acerbic and scathing at times”.

“Spot on,” said my husband. The rest of us may take more convincing, yet life would surely be poorer without this sort of thing. As Trussell notes in her book, Life Lines, writing by hand is one of our species’ foundational achievements. We take it for granted, but if it disappeared completely, we would miss it more than we can ever imagine.

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ZIHAN - Man arrested for allegedly burning National Day decorations

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A 39-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday (Aug 10) for allegedly burning National Day decorations.

The police received a report on Aug 10 at about 1.30pm informing them that a man was allegedly burning National Day decorations that had been put up around Blk 115A Canberra Walk.

Through ground enquiries and with the aid of images from police cameras, the man was arrested within six hours of the reported case, the police said in a news release on Thursday.

"The Police have zero tolerance against those who deliberately damage property and they will be dealt with severely in accordance with the law."

The man will be charged in court on Friday with the offence of mischief by fire. The offence carries a jail term of up to seven years and a fine.

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ZIHAN - Three people arrested after a fight near Paya Lebar Road

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Three people were arrested on Wednesday (Aug 10) for fighting along Arumugam Road, which is next to Paya Lebar Road.

In response to queries by CNA, the police said that they were alerted to the incident at about 6pm on Wednesday.

In a video circulating on social media, a woman in a red top is seen throwing a chair at another woman, prompting her to grab a chair to hit back at the woman in red.

Another man then joins in, also hitting the woman in red with a chair.

As the two women struggle with each other, the man lands several punches at the woman in red, leaving her bleeding in the face.

The fight ends after some people in the crowd manage to break it up.

Police said a 69-year-old man, and two women aged 65 and 71, were arrested.

The 71-year-old woman was taken to the hospital. Police said investigations are ongoing.

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ZIHAN - 50 residents evacuated after fire breaks out at Toa Payoh flat; one taken to hospital for smoke inhalation

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ZIHAN - 50 residents evacuated after fire breaks out at Toa Payoh flat; one taken to hospital for smoke inhalation

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About 50 residents were evacuated from a Housing Board block in Toa Payoh on Friday (Aug 12) evening following a blaze in one of the units. One person was also taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

In an update on Facebook at about 11.15pm, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to a fire at Block 222 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh at about 8.20pm.

Upon arrival, SCDF said the fire was raging and thick black smoke was emitting from a unit on the third storey.

"At the height of the firefighting operation, two water jets were deployed to fight the fire," it said, adding that the entire unit was affected by heat and smoke damage.

Photos taken by SCDF showed the charred interior of the unit, its walls and floors darkened with soot.

The interior of the affected unit at Block 222 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh on Aug 12, 2022.

The entire unit was affected by heat and smoke damage.

One person was taken to Singapore General Hospital for smoke inhalation, said SCDF.

Another person was assessed by an SCDF paramedic for smoke inhalation and later refused to be taken to the hospital.

About 50 residents were evacuated by SCDF and the police as a precautionary measure.

"We understand some occupants of the affected block had self-evacuated proactively," said SCDF, adding that the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Residents look on after a fire broke out in a unit at Block 222 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh on Aug 12, 2022.

Residents look on after a fire broke out in a unit at Block 222 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh on Aug 12, 2022.

Residents watch as Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) firefighters put out a fire in a unit at Block 222 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh on Aug 12, 2022.

Residents evacuate after a fire broke out in a unit at Block 222 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh on Aug 12, 2022.

Footage of the incident showed dozens of people standing outside the block, some of them recording with their mobile phones. Shattering glass could be heard as the blaze raged from the unit's window.

A CNA reader, who declined to be named, said the fire started at about 8.10pm.

"I was in my room. I (smelled) smoke before being (alerted) that there was a fire happening," she said.

"I thought it was just for the (Hungry Ghost Festival) prayers, but I (noticed) the smoke was really distinct and coming into my room through the window."

Smoke rises from a flat at Block 222 Toa Payoh Lorong 8 on Aug 12, 2022.

The reader quickly left her flat and went downstairs.

"I saw others coming out (of) their houses and the neighbour downstairs said it was the third floor. So I went back to inform my neighbour," she said.

"I just felt like something isn't right and quickly evacuated from my room."

A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) firefighter is seen at Block 222 Toa Payoh Lorong 8 on Aug 12, 2022.

When asked if she noticed anything prior to the fire, the resident said that she just found the odour of the smoke to be "a little unusual", similar to the smell of an electrical fire.

The reader reported that there was "a small explosion" as the fire escalated at around 8.25pm. By then, SCDF firefighters were already on the scene alongside police officers who cordoned off the area.

Most of the block's residents had left their flats by this time, she added.

In a comment on SCDF's first post, Facebook user Audrey Anne Felix said that her mother and godchild had left their flat on the 19th floor of the block.

They had earlier attempted to prevent smoke from entering the unit by placing wet towels under their doorway, she said, thanking SCDF for their "quick action in putting out the fire".

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ZIHAN - Get ready to scream: Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Singapore is back after a two-year hiatus

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ZIHAN - Get ready to scream: Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Singapore is back after a two-year hiatus

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Universal Studios Singapore’s Halloween Horror Nights is finally back for its 10th edition this year. Its last instalment was in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. From Sep 30 to Nov 5, on selected nights, scare-seekers can explore three haunted houses, two scare zones, a laser tag challenge, a “horrifying” dining experience, among others.

In addition to its series of haunted houses, which fans of the popular Halloween event have come to expect, visitors can opt for add-ons (at extra cost), such as the Monsters & Manifestation (S$38) experience. The tour, hosted by a character called The Keeper, no less, takes a look at the technical magic that goes on behind the thrills.

Thrill-seekers can explore three haunted houses, two scare zones, a laser tag challenge, a “horrifying” dining experience, among others.

Fans of laser tag and escape rooms will appreciate the laser tag challenge (S$38). Here, groups of five people have to band together to tackle puzzles to escape from blood-thirsty villains.

And this year, for S$105 a person, you can even share a somewhat macabre meal with “dead guests” at the theme park’s KT’s Grill restaurant.

Halloween isn’t quite Halloween without a horror house or two. Or three, as is the case at Halloween Horror Nights. The three that USS has created for 2022 are a tribute to some of the scariest moments from the event’s previous nine editions.

In Hospitality of Horror, a once-glorious mansion built for a rich tycoon and his wife is restored, after being abandoned for decades. (Photo: Resorts World Sentosa)

One of the haunted houses, Killustrator: The Final Chapter, features a lonely, crazed artist.

Operation: Dead Force features special forces who have to defeat a zombie apocalypse.

The Hunt for Pontianak features popular influencers who, as part of a dangerous livestream challenge, hunt and trap pontianak.

Get ready to be scared out of your wits in a zombie apocalypse, and a tour of a luxurious – but haunted, obviously – mansion once home to a rich tycoon and his wife. Plus, make ready for the return of the demented artist, the Killistrator.

What’s a horror night without scare zones? Keep your friends close as you explore two scare zones in the park. Astrology gets a horror twist with The Dark Zodiac, and you can also be part of a livestream challenge to trap the pontianak, a ghost synonymous with Southeast Asian folklore.

Halloween Horror Nights 10 will take place from Sep 30 to Nov 5 at Universal Studios Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa. You can buy your tickets here; regular tickets cost S$78 for peak nights and S$68 for non-peak nights, per guest.

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ZIHAN - NDP skydiving displays can challenge even the best of parachutists, say former commandos

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Even the most experienced parachutists can get into trouble during a skydiving display like those at National Day Parades (NDP), former Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) commandos said, citing factors like wind conditions and tiny drop zones.

Parachutists could struggle to steer into the small landing area as their relatively smaller canopies are buffeted by strong crosswinds moments before landing.

This is in contrast with military jumps, where soldiers use bigger canopies that can support their combat load and better withstand strong gusts to land in much larger drop zones, the former commandos told CNA.

Their accounts come after a Red Lion made a hard landing during the NDP on Tuesday (Aug 9). The last of 10 parachutists to land, 3rd Warrant Officer (3WO) Jeffrey Heng tumbled to the ground and had to be stretchered off.

Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen later said in a Facebook post that 3WO Heng suffered some injuries but would not require surgery, and that he is expected to make a full recovery.

Former commando Joseph Leow, who jumped at more than 10 NDPs in the 1980s as part of the SAF parachute team before it was called the Red Lions, said crosswinds likely affected 3WO Heng's final approach.

"When the wind comes sideways, it makes your canopy wobble," the 67-year-old told CNA. "You can tell me you've got 10,000 jumps, but the crosswinds will affect your control, definitely."

Mr Leow, who has clocked about 4,200 jumps across his military and commercial career - he now runs a company selling military-grade parachutes - said parachutists landing in crosswinds "must be very careful" during their final approach.

"Your approach must be high, your turning must be accurate," he said. "You have to control your steering ... you have to turn your canopy slightly into the wind direction so you don't get that kind of heavy or rough canopy wobbling during the approach."

Mr Dave Tan, another former commando who executed more than 100 jumps during a 16-year military career in the 1990s, agreed that unpredictable changes in wind direction could affect display skydivers.

"Especially for NDP jumps, I think the biggest worry is how the airflow is deflected by the buildings. Normally, this kind of turbulence is very difficult even for experienced persons," said the 49-year-old, who now runs a business selling sports equipment.

"I also didn't have a chance to do it, because you need a certain number of jumps before performing for the Red Lions."

Mr Tan observed that 3WO Heng's canopy appeared to be "a bit lopsided" - an indication that it was affected by crosswinds - during his final approach, saying that this could be "very dangerous".

Former commando Dave Tan said he is glad that 3rd Warrant Officer Jeffrey Heng (pictured) did not sustain major injuries, adding that he reached out to active unit members regarding the Red Lion's condition. (Photo: Facebook/Ng Eng Hen)

Parachutists landing in crosswinds should immediately slow down, avoid changing direction and brace for landing by adopting the "feet knee lock tight" position, he said, adding that they should break their fall by rolling.

"You are unable to change direction because it's too low. But it all happens in a split second. There's very little time (to react)," he stated.

However, Mr Tan acknowledged that display parachutists often have to land in small areas, like centre stage at The Float. Mr Leow said he has jumped into the pool at the former Big Splash, the Chinese Garden and other smaller stadiums as part of skydiving displays.

"The distance of landing is so short, so they are trying their best to land within that distance. So I think a lot of factors need to be adjusted accordingly," Mr Tan said.

"It's different from like an airfield where the drop zone is really huge. So you can manoeuvre (and land farther away), just that you need to walk longer."

The Ministry of Defence said in a Facebook post in 2019 that the Red Lions have to land close to the centre of the stage so that everyone can get a good view regardless of where they sit.

"Landing at the Padang is no easy feat," the ministry said of that year's NDP display. "The challenges include the sudden wind rush when the Red Lions enter the designated drop zone and the need to steer away from nearby trees and buildings."

Furthermore, Mr Tan said the Red Lions are using sport chutes that are smaller than conventional military chutes. While these sport chutes are more manoeuvrable, they are also more susceptible to strong winds, he said.

The heat from the asphalt in the landing zone - significantly warmer than the air above - could also rise and create currents, leading to turbulent conditions at low altitudes, Mr Tan said.

"EVERY JUMP IS A NEW JUMP"

It is difficult to realise these complexities when seeing the Red Lions pull off successful jumps year after year, and Mr Tan said this is also why the SAF places a lot of emphasis on training its parachutists and ensuring their skills are up to date.

"Sometimes you just do your best, and hope nothing will surface," he said.

"I think most of the people there (in the Red Lions) are experienced enough to know what is going on, but just that s*** happens. These are external factors that nobody can predict."

In a 2009 essay on the Red Lions, Mr Lam Shiu Tong, who was the chief commando officer from 2006 to 2011, said the parachutists often jump in "seldom favourable" environments with strong winds and urban obstacles.

"Once the Red Lion opens his canopy, he will have to follow the ‘stack’ sequence and pilot his own parachute to land within 10m of the landing strip," he wrote.

"In this case, the difference between a good landing and a broken limb may be metres or inches away. Everything at this stage is purely dependent on the parachutist’s assessment and decision-making skills. No help can be provided at this point!"

Mr Leow said he has attended world skydiving meets and seen experienced parachutists with more than 6,000 jumps botch their landings and break their legs.

"There is a risk," he added. "It can never be the same jump; every jump is a new jump."

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ZIHAN - North Korea lifts mask mandate after COVID-19 'victory'

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North Korea has lifted a mask mandate and eased other virus restrictions, state media said Saturday (Aug 13), days after leader Kim Jong Un declared "victory" over COVID-19.

The announcement comes after Pyongyang earlier this week blamed Seoul for causing the COVID-19 outbreak in the North and threatened to "wipe out" the South Korean authorities, if necessary.

Virus restrictions were eased as "the public health crisis created in the country was completely defused and its whole territory was turned into a clean one free from the malignant virus in the shortest period", Pyongyang's official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

"The step for obligatory mask-wearing was lifted in all areas except frontline areas and borderline cities and counties, given that the whole country was turned into an epidemic-free zone," KCNA said.

North Korea declared a "shining victory" over COVID-19 earlier this week just months after announcing its first cases in May.

Social distancing and other anti-virus measures were also lifted except for border regions.

But people with symptoms of respiratory disease were recommended to wear masks and North Koreans were urged to "remain vigilant" against "abnormal things" - apparently referring to propaganda leaflets from the South.

Despite a ban that took effect in 2021, South Korean activists for years have flown balloons carrying propaganda leaflets and dollars over the border, which the North has long protested against.

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday blamed these activities for the North's COVID-19 outbreak, vowing "deadly" retaliation against Seoul.

Kim Yo Jong also revealed that the top leader himself had fallen ill during the outbreak and suffered from a "high fever".

North Korea has recorded nearly 4.8 million "fever" cases - while only identifying a fraction of those as COVID-19 - since late April, with just 74 deaths, according to KCNA.

Experts, including the World Health Organization, have long questioned Pyongyang's COVID-19 statistics and claims to have brought the outbreak under control.

North Korea has one of the world's worst healthcare systems, with poorly equipped hospitals and few intensive care units, experts say.

It is not believed to have vaccinated any of its 26 million population, although it may have received some vaccines from China, Seoul-based specialist site NK News has reported.

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ZIHAN - Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Philippine islands region: EMSC

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ZIHAN - Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Philippine islands region: EMSC

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An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the Moro Gulf, Mindanao region in the Philippines on Saturday (Aug 13), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km, EMSC said.

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Footage posted on social media appears to show the screen slamming into one dancer, knocking him over as the audience screamed.