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DBS Bank provides aid for social enterprises
Staff writer
With many businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic this year, DBS Bank Ltd (星展銀行) has stepped up its support of social enterprises (SE) with a disbursement of loans and grants totaling S$9 million (US$6.74 million) to provide much needed assistance for social enterprises, it said, adding that it is committed to promoting the development of social enterprises.
DBS also announced that 13 Asian social enterprises, including Taiwan-based Sense Innovation (森思眼動), Milk House (鮮乳坊) and Tsai Tung Agriculture (菜蟲農食), have been awarded grants and loans as part of the 2020 DBS Social Enterprise Grant Programme.
According to Karen Ngui (魏洪英), DBS Foundation board member and head of group strategic marketing at DBS Bank, “companies must not only think about delivering value to shareholders, but also consider the interests of the communities they serve.”
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TASHKENT A court in Tashkent has postponed a hearing into a lawsuit filed by dozens of entrepreneurs against a decision by the Uzbek capital s mayor, Jahongir Ortiqhojaev, which will hand city land to a company affiliated with the president s son-in-law.
The Chilonzor district court on December 14 put back the hearing to December 22 after the plaintiffs motion to remove Judge Dostmurod Toshev from the process was rejected.
The case concerns a December 2019 decision by Ortiqhojaev that would give more than six hectares of land in Yunusobod, one of Tashkent s most-expensive districts, to the Urban Developers construction company.
Urban Developers, which plans to develop a trade and entertainment complex in Yunusobod, appears to be associated with Oibek Tursunov, the husband of President Shavkat Mirziyoev s elder daughter Saida. The company was established a month before the mayor announced his decision.
These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic.
Home to over 1,000 pubs and Britainâs oldest brewery, Shepherd Neame, locals will tell you that Kent is the spiritual home of Englandâs medieval pub. The countyâs wonky inns, warmed by vast inglenook fireplaces and bedecked with hops, have served locally brewed ales and provided refuge to pilgrims bound for Canterbury and travellers heading for the Channel for centuries.
As you discover Kentâs cosy, candle-lit pubs and flower-filled gardens today, in rural settings such as the North Downs and Kent Weald and urban spots like Canterbury and Sissinghurst, it seems that little has changed. However, contemporary pilgrims can expect local brews in addition to fine dining, gin bars and plush bedrooms complete with four-poster beds, roll-top baths and organic toiletries. Here s our pick of th