Kenneth Cheng

3 days ago | straitstimes.com | Kenneth Cheng

SINGAPORE –Rail operator SMRT will be handed a $3 million fine for a major six-day disruption on the East-West Line (EWL) in September 2024, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on June 3. LTA said the penalty was “proportionate” to the circumstances of the incident, which crippled MRT services between Jurong East and Buona Vista stations. It said it considered the cost SMRT had borne from repairs, as well as from providing free bus services and shuttle train services at the affected stations.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Kenneth Cheng

SINGAPORE – In June 1975, a major national project got underway to reclaim land for a new international airport in Changi. It was a bold move that would eventually cement Singapore’s position as a key aviation hub. Some 50 years later, the airport has marked yet another significant milestone – one that is no less bold or ambitious. On May 14, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong broke ground onChangi Airport’s fifth terminal, which will be as big as Terminals 1 to 4 combined.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Kenneth Cheng |Wong Pei Ting

SINGAPORE – As the hustings kick off for the general election, the opposition WP has sent some of its strongest new candidates to Punggol and Tampines GRCs. After months of speculation on where it would field them for the polls, all was revealed on Nomination Day on April 23. Senior counsel Harpreet Singh and three other new faces were confirmed on the WP ticket for Punggol GRC.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Kenneth Cheng

Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – With less than a day to candidate nominations for the general election, question marks still hang over where several bigwigs from both the ruling PAP and the WP, Singapore’s main opposition party, will be fielded.

Feb 9, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Kenneth Cheng

On Dec 29, 2024, minutes after I touched down at Changi Airport from a holiday in China, my phone pinged with news alerts about a deadly Jeju Air crash in South Korea. The explosive manner in which the passenger plane crashed came as a shock. It felt surreal that I was reading the news while waiting to get off a Boeing 737-800 – the exact same aircraft type as the jet that crashed at Muan Airport, killing 179. The grim news did not stop.