Daily Briefing: SIA's A380 tickets sell out in 30 minutes; SGUnited Jobs and Skills programme grants over 3,600 retail jobs

And Fincy app to exit Myanmar’s Yatai City project amidst online gambling allegations.

From Bloomberg:

Singapore Airlines said all seats on its Airbus A380 pop-up restaurants were reserved within 30 minutes of bookings opening Monday.

With flights largely grounded by the pandemic, SIA is trying novel ways to raise money, including using two A380 superjumbos parked at Changi Airport as temporary restaurants on 24 and 25 October.

A meal in a suite costs $642 (US$474), whilst seats in business class are going for $321 (US$236.51) and then dropping to $96.30 (US$70.95) for premium economy and $53.50 (US$39.42) for economy.

Customers can also pay with frequent-flyer miles.

About half the seats in each aircraft will be available for dining, in line with restaurant guidelines on group limits and distancing, according to SIA.

It plans to open a wait list from 6 PM local time Monday due to strong demand.

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From ChannelNewsAsia:

More than 650 companies in the retail sector have offered close to 3,600 opportunities from April to end-September under the SG United Jobs and Skills programme, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in its latest jobs situation report.

These include jobs, company-hosted traineeships and attachments, as well as training opportunities.

About 70% of the opportunities offered were for jobs, said MOM, adding that 40% of the job roles were professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMET) roles such as sales, marketing and business development managers, retail and wholesale trade managers and commercial and marketing sales executives.

The remaining 60% of jobs were non-PMET roles, such as shop and store salespeople.

Many retail shops were shut during the circuit breaker as part of measures implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19.

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From DealStreetAsia:

Singapore-based financial services app Fincy is pulling out of one of its smart city projects in Myanmar’s Yatai City.

Its decision to exit Yatai follows a string of investigative articles published by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and Frontier Myanmar alleging Fincy’s connection with Yatai International, which was reported to be linked with online gambling and other illegal activities in Myanmar.

According to a company statement released on Wednesday, Fincy said that it “refutes all claims of nefarious dealings” and “holds zero tolerance to illegal activities and unethical practices.”

It also cited its decision to pull out of Yatai as a result of these allegations.

The Singapore-based firm had previously lauded Yatai as one of its key projects, citing itself to be the “exclusive provider of financial infrastructure to Yatai City.”

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