Foo Cexiang made a statement regarding the role of Parliament in relation to individual firms, specifically mentioning SIA's Air India investment. He emphasized that Parliament is not the risk committee for such companies.
Further details are available from the source, but it is known that Foo Cexiang noted MPs lack certain key elements to determine commercial risk.
He stated that MPs do not have the necessary operational data, expertise, or mandate to make such determinations, highlighting the limitations of their role in this context.
This past weekend marked the first month of the English Premier League’s experiment in streaming, Premier League Plus. For the first time in the world, the Premier League is offering a direct to consumer service, streaming live matches to Singaporean viewers, albeit with its Sing...
The government is looking into the data and methodology of an academic working paper which found that civil servants in Singapore disproportionately purchased homes near planned MRT stations before they were publicly announced. The working paper was published by American non-prof...
Content warning: The story contains descriptions of sexual exploitation of a minor. A married man in Singapore who was in an exploitative relationship with a 14-year-old girl arranged for "threesomes" with his friends and strangers. The 39-year-old man, who has a history of sexua...
A 15-year-old boy in Malaysia was acquitted of murdering his 16-year-old schoolmate at a secondary school in Bandar Utama in 2025. The High Court on Sep. 14 found him to have been of unsound mind during the incident. The boy will be detained and treated at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Ki...
A woman who took part in the TriFactor Duathlon on Sep. 13, 2026 was allegedly left badly injured after a fellow rider collided into her. The other rider apparently did not stop to check on her after the collision, and continued riding on, according to the woman's sister. The sis...
Japanese adult video (AV) actress Hana Kuraki has died at the age of 25. Host club owner Sakito acknowledged Kuraki’s death in a Sep. 12 post on X, saying he had gone to the scene after being contacted by one of her friends. According to Tokyo Reporter , Kuraki was found dead on ...
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will introduce a new lodgement service for the overnight parking of heavy vehicles from Sep 15, 2026, expanding the existing Vehicle Parking Certificate scheme to give heavy vehicle owners more flexibility in meeting their operational...
