Evening Update: Today's headlines from The Straits Times on May 30

Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Monday, May 30.


Wage growth rebounded to 3.9% in 2021; 7 in 10 workers receive a raise

The rebound was due to a broad-based economic recovery and a tight labour market, said the Manpower Ministry.

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Ex-property agent fined record $1.16m for illegally subletting private homes on Airbnb, HomeAway

From June 30, 2017, to July 2018, Simon Chan Chai Wan's total revenue was more than $1.25 million.

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Fire on yacht in Keppel extinguished in about an hour, no injuries reported: SCDF

Firefighters from Marina Bay and Alexandra fire stations were assisted by staff on the premises to help contain the fire.

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Inside Singapore's mosquito factory: How mozzies are being bred to fight dengue

Wolbachia-Aedes mosquitoes are bred in the facility in Ang Mo Kio.

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YouTuber Dee Kosh convicted of offering $2k to boy for sexual services

The 33-year-old also pleaded guilty to one charge of attempted sexual exploitation of a young person.

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20 bodies retrieved from Nepal plane crash site: Aviation authority

There were 22 people on board.

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Interactive: A race to the cloud in Asean

Why are data centres the new frontier for Chinese and US investments in Asean?

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Singapore desktop PC market grew in Q1 2022, bucking global trend

Users upgraded their notebooks to desktops to get work done better on larger machines.

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Markets cheer lower inflation, but volatility remains

Global recession remains a real possibility as higher rates threaten to slow growth but fail to curb price rises, writes associate editor Ven Sreenivasan.

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K-star Hyun Bin's Madame Tussauds wax figure to land in Singapore

The wax figure will be touring Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong.

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