More than 8,800 BTO flats completed in Tengah; Actor Ryan Lian suffers facial injuries after shocking attack: Singapore live news

Ng Yu Zhi – the Singapore businessman who allegedly masterminded a billion-dollar nickel trading scam – was accused by prosecutors at his trial of funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars to fund his lavish lifestyle.

Prosecutors said Ng had convinced investors to put a total of S$1.5 billion (US$1.1b) into a nickel trading scheme before directing a third of that amount into his own accounts.

He allegedly led investors in his Envy Group to believe they could profit from physical nickel trades, pushing impressive average quarterly gains of 15%.

“The Envy companies paid earlier investors not with returns generated from physical nickel trading, but with the monies invested by other investors,” said prosecutors.

According to reports, Ng’s companies received money from a total of 947 investors with nearly S$482 million misappropriated over a six-year period.

Ng pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 42 charges including money laundering.

Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Irwan Serigar Abdullah were today (27 November) both granted discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) from corruption charges linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.

They had been charged in 2018 with six counts of criminal breach of trust involving government funds worth RM6.6 billion ringgit.

Lawyers for the pair, who consistently denied wrongdoing, said that the Kuala Lumpur High Court had granted their DNAA bid due to procedural delays and the failure of the prosecution to disclose key documents.

“The court correctly exercised its jurisdiction to discharge our client of the charges, consonant with the law," Najib's lawyer Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee was quoted by Reuters as saying.

Lee Jung-jae returns as Seong Gi-hun or Player 456 for another round of the deadly Squid Game.

In Season 2, which premiers on 26 December, we see Gi-hun enter the competition with a more selfless objective.

“I’m trying to put an end to this game,” Gi-hun says in a scene shown in Netflix’s new trailer.

But that’s not all we’re shown. There’s glimpses of old games.

As Gi-hun tries to coach the other 455 participants through the iconic Red Light, Green Light, things don’t go to plan with bullets and blood flying freely.

And the trailer also hints of new sadistic games.

“We are not trying to harm you. We are presenting you with an opportunity,” one guard ominously says in the trailer.

Other returning cast member to the series include Wi Ha-jun who reprises his role as detective Hwang Jun-ho while Lee Byung-hun is also back as the mysterious Front Man.

‘Squid Game’ is the most-watched show in Netflix history with more than 2.2 billion hours clocked.

Popular Malaysian coffee shop chain Oriental Kopi officially opened its doors in Singapore on Wednesday (27 November).

The Malaysian favourite has launched its first overseas outlet in Bugis Junction as part of a collaboration with Paradise Group.

The shop is famous for its drinks such as Oriental Kopi and Oriental Mocha as well as for its bites like Signature Egg Tarts and Oriental Polo Bun.

Oriental Kopi is Nanyang-style coffee featuring Arabica, Robusta, and Liberica coffee beans.

The Oriental Mocha – which can be served hot or iced – combines their signature coffee brew with chocolate flavours.

Another popular item, Oriental Kopi’s Signature Egg Tarts are Portuguese-styled and have the title of being the ‘thickest egg tart’ in Malaysia.

The Oriental Polo Bun, with two thick slabs of chilled butter and condensed milk, is also a hit across the Causeway and was awarded the title for ‘Most Number of Polo Buns sold’ by the Malaysian Book of Records.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong for his “long-term care and support for cooperation between China and Singapore” as prime minister.

Xi made the comments on 26 November in a meeting in Beijing with Singapore's former PM who added that theirrelationship with China was "especially valuable given the more uncertain and troubled international environment."

Lee is on a six-day official visit to China – his first in his new role of Senior Minister.

According to state broadcaster CCTV, Xi also told Lee that China was willing to work with Singapore to practice "genuine multilateralism, follow the trend of economic globalisation, safeguard international justice and resist bloc rivalry, division and confrontation amid risks and challenges.”

"President Xi and I reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the region, as well as the key role of a free and open international trading system to the development of the global economy," SM Lee later wrote in Facebook post about the meeting.

The comments come at a time of heightened global trade tension following Donald Trump’s victory in the US Elections.

Trump has threatened to begin his presidency in January with tariffs and an immediate trade war against China, Canada, and Mexico.

More than 8,800 flats have been completed across eight BTO projects in Tengah, announced the Housing Development Board (HDB) on Tuesday evening (26 November).

This is almost 40% of the estimated 23,000 flats offered in Tengah to date.

Residents have also begun moving into their new homes in Tengah’s Garden District which was the second district after Plantation to be developed in Tengah. The other districts are Park, Brickland, and Forest Hill.

As of 15 November 2024, 2,936 households in the four housing projects at Garden District have collected their keys, according to HDB. This figure is around 89% of the 3,306 flats booked.