BYD first China marque to break into Singapore’s top 10 (BT)
BYD has become the first car brand from China to rank among Singapore’s top 10 bestsellers, jumping to fifth place and becoming the top electric vehicle (EV) brand in 2023.
How does Singapore screen adults who work with kids? (CNA)
Around one preschool staff per 100,000 enrolled children has been convicted of child mismanagement each year between 2019 and 2022.
Singapore’s SGD260,000 Toyotas fuel angst over widening wealth gap (BT)
Singapore’s vehicle ownership cost remains not far from a record high, as the government’s zero-growth approach to registering new cars collided with demand from the island state’s burgeoning rich.
Inspired by her mother’s birth story, she wrote a book about inter-racial adoptions in S’pore (ST)
Dr Theresa Devasahayam wrote the book in part because her own mother, Mrs Jane Devasahayam, was adopted.
Why an offence like molestation can be compounded and the accused is acquitted (TODAY)
Why do the authorities allow some cases to be compounded, what happens in such a process and what are the legal implications for the accused?
澳洲能源公司再呈计划书 拟向我国供电满足15％需求 (Zaobao)
澳大利亚可再生能源公司SunCable计划在悉尼鲍威尔斯溪建巨型太阳能板场，并通过一条4300公里的海底电缆，全天把1.75吉瓦的再生能源，从澳洲达尔文，途经印度尼西亚，送到新加坡。
What is reformative training, and why is it used in wide range of cases in Singapore? (TODAY)
Recent cases of juvenile offenders being sentenced to reformative training have led some to wonder what crimes are considered under the regime.
Why wasn't Ong Beng Seng charged with Iswaran? Lawyers weigh in (CNA)
When former Transport Minister S Iswaran was charged with corruption, his alleged accomplice was not hauled to court alongside him despite being named in almost all the charges.