Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on July 14

Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Wednesday, July 14.


KTV lounges at Balestier Point, Golden Mile Complex and Textile Centre probed for Covid-19 infection

Staff, visitors of WU Bistro in Golden Mile Complex, Club De Zara in Textile Centre will also be tested.

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KTV lounge linked to Vietnamese social hostess Covid-19 cluster undergoes deep cleaning

Workers at Club Dolce and two other KTV lounges are being tested for Covid-19.

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Home-grown music conductor Adrian Tan dies in his sleep aged 44

Tan was music director of the Singapore Wind Symphony and the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra.

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Chinese father reunited with kidnapped son after 24-year search

The boy was two years and five months old when he was abducted in front of the family home in Shandong province.

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Part of Singapore Quarry cliff breaks off, NParks monitoring stability

Preliminary assessments do not show any signs of further soil movement, NParks said.

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Temperatures dip to as low as 22.5 deg C in S'pore; large trees fall amid heavy rain

PUB warned of flash flood risk as water levels in drains and canals reach 90 per cent in some areas.

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SBS Transit apologises for outdated Hari Raya Aidilfitri greetings on MRT train

The SBS apology follows a Facebook post by a netizen on the same day pointing out that the decorations were incorrect.

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Hot spring and British naval history feature in NHB's Sembawang heritage trail

Thirty-one stops have been marked out after much research, and there are three routes to choose from.

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Tech firms in China cancel weekend overtime to boost fertility rate, adhere to labour laws

Starting from August, employees at ByteDance will have two days off a week.

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Former Mediacorp actor Jeff Wang bitten by dog on Instagram Live

"I saw that he was baring his teeth through the screen. I knew that I was going to get bitten," said Wang.

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