SM Lee on significance of orderly transitions in political leadership; Home matches at ASEAN championship to start from $8: Singapore live news

Actor Jung Woo-sung is the father of model Moon Ga-bi's son.

The actors’ agency ended media speculation by confirming the news, adding the parents "are discussing the best way to raise the child” and that the actor intends to "fulfil his responsibilities.”

However, the agency declined to provide further details on the relationship status of the duo or whether there were any plans for marriage.

Moon had revealed her baby son’s birth on Friday but did not disclose the father's identity.

In a lengthy social media post, she shared spent most of her pregnancy quietly with her family but is now looking forward to celebrating the life of her child.

"The only reason I chose to do that was for the sake of my unborn child. I always thought that I had to hide something precious in order to protect it. I needed time to prepare everything because I was a mother-to-be who was so lacking and unprepared, but I think that was actually a cowardly mother's choice.”

The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) has on Monday (25 November) issued a legal notice to two money transfer shops in Chinatown.

The shops are Hanshan Money Express and ZGR Global (formerly known as Zhongguo Remittance). According to CCCS, both have engaged in anti-competitive coordination to exchange information on each other’s outward remittance rates for Chinese currency renminbi.

The CCCS found that this practice had occurred for more than six years, from at least 1 January 2016 to 22 February 2022.

“The Parties exchanged information on each other’s outward remittance rates for RMB instead of determining their rates independently,” said CCCS in a statement.

“This removed the risks of price competition and significantly reduced the uncertainty between the Parties about the prevailing outward RMB remittance rate each was offering to customers at any given time,” added CCCS.

As a result, the CCCS determined that this ‘Information Exchange Conduct’ between the two shops reduced pressures to offer competitive rates to consumers.

Both shops can put their cases forward to CCCS for consideration before the commission makes a decision.

The Singapore banking sector’s exposure to the scandal-rocked Adani Group is small, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Monday (25 November).

“Banks have in place measures to review and manage their exposures to borrowers and counterparties," an MAS spokesperson said in a statement.

The Adani Group is led by its billionaire head Gautam Adani who was indicted on US bribery allegations last week.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has also issued a summons to Adani, according to a court filing.

The SEC is suing the head of the Adani Group and his nephew Sagar Adani, alleging they engaged in hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to help an Adani company while “falsely touting the company’s compliance with antibribery principles and laws in connection with a US$750 million bond offering.”

The Adani Group has denied the criminal charges as "baseless" while its group CFO said the indictment is linked to one contract of Adani Green Energy and that no other firms in the conglomerate were accused of wrongdoing.

Singaporean director Chiang Wei Liang – alongside co-director Yin You Qiao – won Best New Director for their film ‘Mongrel’ at the 61st Golden Horse Awards.

Chiang's ‘Mongrel’ tells the story of a Thai migrant worker who becomes a caregiver to a sick elderly woman and her son in Taiwan.

The film was nominated for seven prizes at the Golden Horse Awards and also received the Special Mention Golden Camera prize at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year in May.

A Deadline review of the film in May described 'Mongrel' as “bleak beyond belief, set in a milieu constructed of verifiable fact but so dreadful that it feels like a sci-fi dystopia.”

“It is also an absolutely brilliant piece of filmmaking. Not only is it a sustained act of witness to one of the enduring crimes of our time, but it is superbly controlled, paced and pictorially constructed within the frame,” wrote Stephanie Bunbury for Deadline.

Multiple homes and businesses in Clementi were affected by a burst water pipe overnight, according to Jurong GRC MP Tan Wu Meng.

MP Tan posted on Facebook that the pipe was located next to Block 324 Clementi Ave 5 and that urgent repairs are ongoing.

“I was onsite earlier this morning around 7.30am, and have met with agencies. Also met up with some of our residents who were passing by,” he said.

He added that national water agency PUB, Land Transport Authority and the Jurong-Clementi Town Council were assisting affected residents.

Based on a video uploaded by MP Tan, the area around the block can be seen as still flooded this morning (25 November).

Singapore is at the centre of attention for the world of chess.

The opening ceremony for the 2024 FIDE World Championship Match – this year’s World Chess Championship – was held over the weekend at Resorts World Sentosa, setting the stage for today’s first match.

Indian 18-year-old prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju is looking to become the youngest world champion with victory over the defending Ding Liren of China.

The winner will be crowned via a best-of-14-games format with the first match starting later this afternoon while the final match is scheduled for 15 December.

The overall prize fund is US$2.5m and each player will receive US$200,000 for each game won – the remaining balance is split equally. If the winner is decided on tiebreakers, the champion receives US$1.3m with the runner-up taking home US$1.2m.

Gukesh is regarded as favourite to win due to his strong recent performances while Ding has struggled, according to chess experts.

“Chess is more than a game; it’s a platform for resilience, strategy, and inclusivity – qualities that resonate deeply with who we are as a nation,” said Edwin Tong, Singapore's Minister for Culture, Community and Youth.

The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) released on Sunday (24 November) a ‘revamped ticketing structure’ for next month’s ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup.

Lions’ home matches will start from $8 during the ‘Early Bird Sales’ period which runs from noon today (25 November) until 1 December.

Singapore have been drawn in Group A in the competition and will kick off their campaign at the National Stadium against Cambodia on 11 December. The Lions will then travel to play East Timor (14 December) before returning home to host defending champions Thailand on 17 December in a widely-anticipated match.

“Affordable ticket pricing is part of an overarching move by the FAS to better engage Singapore football fans and has already seen several initiatives rolled out,” said the FAS in a statement.

The move comes shortly after some fans expressed dismay at the high pricing of tickets for the national team’s recent international friendlies.

You can see the full details of FAS revamped ticketing for ASEAN Championship, here.