Daily Briefing: Huationg awarded $81.3m in new contracts; Platinum slides to lowest since 2008

And here are subsidies you can get for haze-related illnesses.

Singapore-listed civil engineering firm Huationg Global has secured new contracts amounting to about $81.3 million.These include site clearance and earthworks for land preparation at Changi Airport Terminal 5, external works for proposed development of an integrated regional hospital in Sengkang, earthworks for proposed dry docks, and earthworks for advanced piling, soil improvement and pile extraction works at Depot. Read more here.

Platinum extended its slump to the lowest in more than six years amid concerns demand from automakers will slow as investigations into the Volkswagen AG scandal deepen. Volkswagen cars with diesel engines rigged to cheat on emissions tests are being pulled from markets in Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium, while prosecutors in Sweden consider opening an investigation on potential corruption. Find out more here.

The haze is like the paparazzi. The worse it gets, the more you’re likely to be seen walking around dressed in a surgical mask and huge sunglasses (optional: paper bag over your head) looking like you’re trying to avoid the prying eyes of the media. Read more here.