Kenneth Cheng

2 months ago | 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.

Nov 9, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Kenneth Cheng

In early 2022, I found myself at a career crossroads. I was six years into my first job after graduation with a relatively small mainstream media outlet, where I had cut my teeth as a young journalist.

Sep 9, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Kenneth Cheng |Lee Nian Tjoe

The Public Transport Council said the Government will provide an extra $250 million in subsidies to cover this deferred increase. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG Updated Sep 09, 2024, 05:03 PM Published Sep 09, 2024, 05:00 PM SINGAPORE – Each train and bus ride will cost adults who pay by card 10 cents more from Dec 28, as public transport fares climb by 6 per cent.

Jul 3, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Kenneth Cheng

SINGAPORE - Nearly three weeks after a maritime accident forced 400 tonnes of fuel to leak from a damaged boat, smearing Singapore’s beaches and shorelines, the oil spill remains a talking point. Could the spill on June 14 have been better contained? What are the economic costs and environmental impact, and will small businesses hit in the pocket be given help?

May 27, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Kenneth Cheng

SINGAPORE/BANGKOK - A week since she was taken to a Bangkok hospital after extreme turbulence rocked the Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight she was on, dental hygienist Karen Archer just wants “to get well and go home”. The 64-year-old Briton, who cracked three small spinal bones in the ordeal that hit Flight SQ321, was on her way from London to meet a friend for a five-day holiday in Singapore.