Evening Update: Today’s headlines from The Straits Times on Dec 12, 2025

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New webpage for real-time MRT and LRT updates, including delays, to launch

Some passengers were irked by the shift to “localised” communications on minor delays.

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MRT reliability edges up in October

For the first time, LTA released punctuality and passenger impact data for TEL trains.

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38 Oxley Road gazetted as a national monument

The gazette takes effect on Dec 13.

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Hundreds take electric train from JB to KL on first day of service

Passengers arrived as early as 7.30am to take the sold-out train that left the station around 8.40am.

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This Malaysian city was meant to replace KL as the capital; 30 years on, it still hasn’t

What was meant to be a living capital has become a manicured administrative enclave, says one urban planner.

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SEA Games 2025: Marissa Hafezan wins S’pore’s first karate gold since 1993

Her victory also ends a 14-year medal drought in karate for Singapore at the biennial event.

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SEA Games 2025: S’pore’s Peter Gilchrist reclaims English billiards men’s singles title

Since 2011, Gilchrist has won six straight English billiards men’s singles titles.

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Flash floods in Kembangan, Upper East Coast Road amid heavy rain: PUB

Thunder and rain can be expected in the afternoon for the first fortnight of Dec, MSS had said.

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Jail for man linked to crime syndicate that controlled 70 bank accounts

More than $837k in total flowed through the accounts.

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Shenzhen-based tea chain Molly Tea to open first S’pore outlet in 2026

Instagram users posted photos of the ongoing construction of the outlet at Orchard Central mall.

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