Daniel Lai

Daniel joined The Straits Times’ breaking news team in 2025. An alumnus of the National University of Singapore, he holds a degree in political science, and minors in South-east Asian Studies and Indonesian language studies.

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SimplyGo fixes two-day pre-peak discount glitch that affected 210,000 journeys a day

Under the Morning Pre-Peak Fare Scheme, commuters who tap in before 7.45am at any rail station across Singapore on weekdays (excluding public holidays) can get up to 50 cents in savings.

Motorcyclist dies in hospital after two-bike accident on BKE

Apple impersonation scams cost S’pore victims at least $195k in crypto assets within 2 weeks

Five such cases involving this scam variant have been reported since Aug 7.

Friday sermons at Singapore mosques temporarily shortened due to hot weather, haze

Instead of the usual six to seven pages for the first sermon, it will be under four pages for now, said MUIS in a social media post that day.

Compensation or ‘con-pensation’: S’pore consumer watchdog warns of e-mail phishing attempts

Recipients of phishing e-mails would be informed that they were eligible for compensation in a filed dispute with CASE.

Korea Artiz Studio premises taken back by hotel after bridal shop stops operations over unpaid wages

Korea Artiz Studio abruptly ceased operations on Aug 14.

Two Court of Appeal judges to retire; Family Justice Courts judge’s appointment extended

(From left) Justices Steven Chong Horng Siong and Tay Yong Kwang will be retiring in September. Justice Teh Hwee Hwee will continue as presiding judge of the Family Justice Courts for another three years from Oct 1.

CASE gets 66 complaints involving over $270,000 in losses after Korea Artiz Studio stops operations

Singapore’s consumer watchdog said it received reports that Korea Artiz Studio had abruptly ceased operations.

Driver taken to hospital following accident in Geylang involving 5 cars, motorcycle

The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force were alerted to the accident at about 5.55pm on Aug 14.

Malaysia’s Subang Airport runway reopens following helicopter fire

The incident occurred at about 12.30pm on Aug 15.

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