<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Singapore-based restaurant reservation platform has laid off 24% of all its employees from across its offices in the region, according to Channel NewsAsia (CNA).</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a report on Thursday (Dec 22), CNA cited the company as saying that 38 workers in Singapore have been laid off.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Besides its headquarters in Singapore, Chope has offices across Asia, including in Jakarta, Bali, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Shanghai.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Most of the roles affected were in product, engineering and marketing, it added. Affected employees have been provided with a “departure package”, said the firm, without elaborating what the package was.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Chope confirmed that workers in Singapore will not be affected in other ways.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Chope was founded in 2011 and has more than 13,000 restaurants listed on its platform.</p></div>

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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Singapore-based restaurant reservation platform has laid off 24% of all its employees from across its offices in the region, according to Channel NewsAsia (CNA).

In a report on Thursday (Dec 22), CNA cited the company as saying that 38 workers in Singapore have be...

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<p>The founding family of Japan's&nbsp;Seven&nbsp;&amp; i Holdings has approached KKR &amp; Co and other investment firms about participating in the potential buyout of the retailer, the <em>Nikkei </em>newspaper reported on Saturday.</p>


<p>China's Huawei, blacklisted by the US, said on Saturday it is targeting 100,000 applications for its Harmony operating system (OS) in coming months as it seeks widespread help to achieve self-reliance.</p>


<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally&nbsp;scored a landslide victory in Maharashtra, the country's richest state, while the opposition bloc performed strongly in Jharkhand, a mineral-rich region.</p>


<p>(Nov 23): The US government’s debt load is now seen as the biggest risk to financial stability, outweighing persistent inflation in a Federal Reserve survey.</p>

<p>“Concerns surrounding US fiscal debt sustainability were atop the list this survey, followed by escalating tensions in the Middle...

<p>There is still no evidence to show that the pollution at Pantai Esen in&nbsp;Permatang Damar Laut, Batu Maung&nbsp;near here is due to reclamation works for the man-made Silicon Island.</p>


<p>The European Union (EU), US and other wealthy countries at the&nbsp;COP29&nbsp;climate summit have agreed to raise their offer of a global finance target to US$300 billion (RM1.34 trillion) per year by 2035, sources told <em>Reuters </em>on Saturday.</p>


<p>Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim reaffirmed the Madani government's commitment to prioritising the welfare of the people across all states, including those led by the opposition, by steadily increasing their allocations.</p>


<p>Nato secretary general Mark Rutte met US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida as Europe waits apprehensively to see how the next administration will approach the war in Ukraine.</p>
