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Widespread travel curbs and thinning visitor arrivals have battered the hospitality industry but new hotels continue to open, including three this month. And more than 8,600 new hotel rooms remain in the pipeline as at the third quarter of this year, according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

World leaders at a Climate Ambition Summit on Saturday offered only incremental steps and few specific, short-term commitments to counter global warming. The underwhelming summit puts more pressure on US President-elect Joe Biden to convince some of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters to step up.

To enhance police presence and enable quick intervention in park connectors, the police are trialling a new technology structure - the Police Beacon. Comprising closed-circuit television cameras and a communications button linked to the police operations command centre, the beacon makes it possible for officers in the command centre to observe and talk to parkgoers.

The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) has urged Muslims to be vaccinated once a Covid-19 vaccine is available, and medically authorised as safe and effective. In religious guidance issued yesterday, Muis said a Covid-19 vaccine is permissible for use as it is a basic necessity to protect lives in a pandemic.

The hands-on management style that Indonesian President Joko Widodo's son Gibran Rakabuming Raka (right) learnt from his father has worked its charms on the residents of Solo city in Central Java, where Mr Gibran is set to become its mayor. His quiet, diligent demeanour is expected to see him through his new role.

New job opportunities will be created in the lead-up to the 2022 launch of digital banks in Singapore, with even more positions created as they progress towards becoming full-functioning banks, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The jobs include key roles in leadership and management.