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Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat to go to Feinmetall manufacturing unit
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat shall be visiting Feinmetall Singapore’s manufacturing unit in Marsiling as we speak as a part of the publish-Finances engagements with the enterprise sector.
At Feinmetall, Mr Heng can be studying extra concerning the firm’s operations, in addition to its partnership with the business physique, the Singapore Precision Engineering and Tooling Affiliation. – YASMINE YAHYA
Watermark Award winners to be introduced right now
Nationwide water company PUB will announce the winners of this yr’s Watermark Award in the present day. Three champions for water sustainability might be recognised for his or her excellent contributions and commitments in the direction of defending and elevating consciousness of Singapore’s water assets.
Final yr’s winners have been Alexandra Well being System, which manages Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Siloso Seashore Resort on Sentosa, and Asia Sq. constructing’s sustainability supervisor, Mr Philip Chan. – LIN YANGCHEN
UN talks on safety of marine areas
The United Nations will launch right now preparatory talks on a legally binding treaty defending marine areas past nationwide jurisdiction – that’s two-thirds of the floor of the oceans.
Presently, simply over three per cent of oceans, all inside nationwide boundaries, are off limits to business exploitation. The lack of marine life is so superior that it might take bigger areas to guard biodiversity and stop some fish shares from collapsing. The UN Conference on Biodiversity has referred to as for a goal of 10 per cent by 2020.
However as with the 2-decade wrangle over find out how to deal with international warming, which lastly yielded a common deal in December, a half-dozen key points divide nations grouped in acquainted blocs on how greatest to handle the excessive seas. One is the scope of zones by which industrial fishing and mineral extraction can be curtailed or banned. Nations additionally disagree on what guidelines to set for exploiting marine genetic assets.