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                    <title>Teen cyclist, 16, arrested after accident in Yishun with man, 74, who later died</title>
                    <link>https://mothership.sg/2026/09/teen-cyclist-arrested-accident-yishun-man-dies/</link>
                    <pubDate>2026-09-19T14:37:28</pubDate>


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                        <![CDATA[ Hannah Martens ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ Police investigations are ongoing. ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2026/09/Cover-Photos-3.png"/> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png" alt="Telegram" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872229" /></a><a href="https://bit.ly/3KjTj94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/08/wa-button.png" alt="Whatsapp" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872230" /></a></p><p>A 16-year-old boy was arrested after an accident involving a 74-year-old pedestrian who subsequently passed away.</p><p>In response to <em>Mothership's</em> queries, the Singapore Police Force said that it received a call for assistance at Block 741 Yishun Avenue 5 on Sep. 15 at around 11:45am.</p><p>A 74-year-old male pedestrian was conveyed conscious to the hospital, where he later died.</p>
<p>A 16-year-old male cyclist was arrested for the offence of rash act causing death.</p><p>Police investigations are ongoing.</p><p><h2>Looking for eyewitness</h2></p><p>On Sep. 15, Tan Bo Xue <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1853qiwMnQ/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">took to Facebook</a> to appeal for eyewitnesses over an accident involving his 74-year-old father.</p><p>Tan shared that his father had been hit by a cyclist on Sep. 15  along the pedestrian/cycling path in the vicinity of Yishun Avenue 5.</p><p>The elderly man sustained serious head injuries, including internal bleeding in the brain and a skull fracture.</p><p><iframe width="500" height="793" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fboxue91%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0zA9Wu8fJL8PfsrdK8Edeeq18ekxZ4zhVDMSuMWiQtuX1fJdWSWeP5KP3t3Krvqdbl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></p><p>On Sep. 18, Tan shared that his father passed away on Sep. 17.</p><p><iframe width="500" height="456" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fboxue91%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0p7HxsVe7cssN64eHESM67jLqATwbZEJhxTb6uAAS3MVBaCagcJcdBHwS4nkCbqoUl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></p></p> ]]>
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                    <title>Hong Kong woman, 70, falls out with best friend of 20 years after friend, 60, marries ex-boyfriend, 83</title>
                    <link>https://mothership.sg/2026/09/love-triangle-hong-kong-elderly/</link>
                    <pubDate>2026-09-19T14:23:40</pubDate>


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                        <![CDATA[ Izza Sofia ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ TVB drama playing out in real life.  ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2026/09/hk-wild-love-tri.jpg"/> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png" alt="Telegram" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872229" /></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/3KjTj94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/08/wa-button.png" alt="Whatsapp" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872230" /></a></p><p>A 20-year friendship between two women in Hong Kong apparently fell apart after one of them married the other's former boyfriend.</p><p>The relationship dispute, involving two women aged 70 and 60 and an 83-year-old man, was featured on an episode of Hong Kong’s <a href="https://www.mytvsuper.com/tc/scoopplus/scoop/catch-up/17893675370037/%E6%9D%B1%E5%BC%B5%E8%A5%BF%E6%9C%9B-%E9%87%91%E8%98%AD%E5%A7%8A%E5%A6%B9%E4%B8%8A%E9%9B%86-%E6%B7%B1%E6%B0%B4%E5%9F%97%E5%BB%BF%E5%B9%B4%E9%96%A8%E5%AF%86%E7%82%BA80%E6%AD%B2%E7%94%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%8D%E7%9B%AE-%E9%99%B7%E9%BB%83%E6%98%8F%E6%88%80%E9%87%80%E4%B8%89%E5%B9%B4%E5%B0%8D%E7%BD%B5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TVB programme</a> “Scoop”.</p>
<p>The feud between the former best friends had become serious enough to require a restraining order.</p><p><h2>20-year friendship broke down because of a man</h2></p><p>The 70-year-old woman, identified as Ah Li, said she and the 60-year-old woman, Ah Zhen, had been close friends for around 20 years.</p><p>Ah Li said that she would talk Ah Zhen on the phone for hours in the past.</p><p>Ah Li later met an 83-year-old man, identified as Quan, and the pair started dating.</p><p>Ah Li said that Quan was just an average man and that they only wanted to have each other for company.</p><p>However, several months later, Ah Zhen came to confront Ah Li.</p><p>"She came to tell me that she's seeing my boyfriend and they even slept together..She also boasted that she has a house, HKD 20,000 (around S$3,200), two rings and asked if I have anything?" Ah Li told the host in the episode.</p><p>Ah Li also asked Quan about it and he admitted he did sleep with Ah Zhen.</p><p>After knowing Quan cheated on her with Ah Zhen, Ah Li decided to break up with him.</p><p>"Trashy man ends up with trashy woman," she said in the programme.</p><p><figure id="attachment" aria-describedby="caption-attachment" style="width: 1936px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">
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</p><p><h2>Three years of conflict</h2></p><p>Their dispute did not end there.</p><p>Ah Zhen had repeatedly harassed Ah Li for around three years, affecting her business, Ah Li said.</p><p>Ah Li claimed that Ah Zhen broke a glass display cabinet and her phones when the latter came to her stall to make a scene in the past.</p><p>To stop the harassment, she applied a restraining order against Ah Zhen.</p><p><h2>The other perspective</h2></p><p>On the other hand, Ah Zhen accused Ah Li for contacting Quan after their marriage.</p><p>The programme got Ah Zhen's views and accompanied Ah Li to her stall in hopes of resolving their dispute.</p><p>Ah Zhen said that few months into her marriage with Quan, he started to treat her badly and she believed it's because of Ah Li.</p><p>She also denied taking Quan away from Ah Li, claiming that the pair had already broken up three months before he pursued her.</p><p>She then claimed Quan was attracted to her because she was younger and had a good figure.</p><p>“My husband likes me because, firstly, I'm young, and secondly, I have a good figure. Can't you see?” the 60-year-old said.</p><p><figure id="attachment" aria-describedby="caption-attachment" style="width: 1956px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">
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</p><p><figure id="attachment" aria-describedby="caption-attachment" style="width: 1940px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">
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</p><p>The two elderly women did not resolve their differences through this meet-up.</p><p><h2>Husband wanted a divorce</h2></p><p>The programme subsequently got Quan to share his views.</p><p>The 83-year-old maintained that the conflict was between the two women and said there's nothing he could do.</p><p>He denied being unfaithful to Ah Zhen and said he had not approached Ah Li after marrying Ah Zhen.</p><p>He described Ah Zhen as  "<em>sot sot teh</em>" (crazy), adding that she has anger management issues and would lash out at others when she's triggered.</p><p><figure id="attachment" aria-describedby="caption-attachment" style="width: 1940px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">
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</p><p>Quan also described her as extremely jealous.</p><p>Quan said that Ah Zhen cajoled him into getting married with her.</p><p>However, after knowing Ah Zhen better, he wanted a divorce but Ah Zhen refused.</p><p>At the end of the programme, Ah Li told the Scoop host that she was relieved Quan spoke the truth to clear her name.</p><p>However, she felt Quan should keep Ah Zhen in check, warning that she would not hesitate to report Ah Zhen to the police if the harassment continued.</p></p> ]]>
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                    <title>At least 20 passersby rally together to move fallen tree in MacPherson, manage to clear 1 lane</title>
                    <link>https://mothership.sg/2026/09/fallen-tree-macpherson/</link>
                    <pubDate>2026-09-19T13:09:15</pubDate>


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                        <![CDATA[ Chloe Loh ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ Not all heroes wear capes. ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2026/09/cover-pic-1-12.png"/> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png" alt="Telegram" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872229" /></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/3KjTj94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/08/wa-button.png" alt="Whatsapp" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872230" /></a></p><p>At least 20 passers-by were spotted working together to help move a tree that had fallen onto a road in MacPherson on Sep. 18.</p><p>The incident came to light after an Instagram user, @crayoncheryl, posted a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/Ddbl9IFS6j6/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">video</a> showing several people pushing the tree towards the side of the road, while others cleared smaller branches.</p>
<p>At one point, the group could be heard counting, "One, two, three!" before pushing the tree together.</p><p><figure id="attachment" aria-describedby="caption-attachment" style="width: 720px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">
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</p><p><h2>No one was injured</h2></p><p>Speaking to <em>Mothership</em>, the Instagram user said the incident took place at around 6pm on Friday, opposite MacPherson Sheng Hong Child Care Centre.</p><p>She said she was walking towards a bus stop when she saw the fallen tree.</p><p>Fortunately, no one was injured and no vehicles were damaged, she said.</p><p>She later went closer to the scene and saw bus drivers informing other buses behind them that the road was completely blocked.</p><p>There were also some cars that began making U-turns to leave the area.</p><p>The user said she initially thought the fallen tree would result in a major traffic jam.</p><p><blockquote><p>"It didn’t occur to me we can actually move it first without authorities, until the first person went in and many others followed."</p></blockquote></p><p>According to her, about 20 to 30 people eventually worked together to clear the tree.</p><p>The group comprised a mix of people, including migrant workers, bus drivers, and bikers.</p><p><h2>One person suggested breaking the main branch</h2></p><p>The group initially tried to break the smaller branches, but this was taking some time, the user said.</p><p>Someone then suggested breaking the main branch and pushing the tree instead.</p><p>The group eventually managed to move the tree enough to clear one lane of the road.</p><p>"Everyone clapped and some of the vehicles honked in celebration too," the user said.</p><p>The entire process took less than 15 minutes from the time she arrived at the scene, she added.</p><p>After boarding her bus, the user said she called the National Parks Board (NParks) to check if the fallen tree had been reported.</p><p>In response, NParks told her that they were aware of the incident and that contractors were on their way, she said.</p></p> ]]>
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                    <title>Ex-MUIS senior director, 59, misappropriated over S$68,000 in funds meant for religious school, gets jail</title>
                    <link>https://mothership.sg/2026/09/ex-muis-senior-director-misappropriates/</link>
                    <pubDate>2026-09-19T12:57:45</pubDate>


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                        <![CDATA[ Nadya Pang ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ He has since appealed against the sentence. ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2026/09/funds.jpg"/> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png" alt="Telegram" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872229" /></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/3KjTj94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/08/wa-button.png" alt="Whatsapp" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872230" /></a></p><p>A Singaporean man responsible for managing the affairs of a madrasah misappropriated S$68,629 from the religious school at Braddell Road.</p><p>59-year-old Razak Mohamed Lazim was a former senior director at the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) from 2011 to January 2016.</p>
<p>On Sep. 18, Razak was sentenced to seven weeks' jail on one charge of computer misuse and one charge of misappropriation.</p><p><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/muis-cheating-temasek-madrasah-misappropriated-funds-6393876?cid=FBcna&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawUZralwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAGJyaWQRMWk2WjVOTnNzVXpMeUkyMDZzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeEnH4bics3kBYRhUhtbgnVjdYMaTCQgCR_VWOAWCqHIGYscSRfqwYJeayUgc_aem_yKecFQKOGjCnzMWAipK-uA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>CNA</em></a> reported that he also received a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNATA) for two charges of allegedly cheating Temasek Foundation International of S$784,900, and one charge of accessing the school's email server.</p><p>A <a href="https://singaporelegaladvice.com/law-articles/acquittal-acquitted-singapore/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DNATA</a> means that the accused can still be prosecuted for these charges at a later date.</p><p>Razak will appeal against the sentence, his lawyers said.</p><p><h2>Long history with MUIS and madrasah</h2></p><p>According to court documents seen by <em>Mothership, </em>at the material time, MUIS was responsible for overseeing the appointments of members to Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri Al-Islamiah's board of governors (BOG).</p><p>Razak first joined the Madrasah Management Committee (MMC), subordinate to the BOG, in 2002.</p><p>He served as the committee's chairman from 2006 to 2008, joined the BOG sometime in 2008, and was also the executive director of the madrasah from 2009 to 2011.</p><p>While being employed by MUIS, Razak also continued his concurrent appointments on the MMC and BOG.</p><p>He eventually resigned from MUIS and the madrasah on Jan. 19, 2016, but formally remained on the MMC and BOG til Dec. 31, 2017.</p><p><h2 class="p1">Appointed executive director</h2></p><p>Sometime in 2014, the MMC decided that the madrasah's international projects that promoted Islamic education and the building of such schools in the region should be moved to Irsyad Trust Limited (ITL).</p><p>This was a separate company established in 2006, intended to be a vehicle for MMC's initiatives.</p><p>In April 2016, shortly after his resignation, Razak was appointed to ITL as an executive director; he was one of two required signatories of the company’s bank account with the ability to execute transactions.</p><p><h2>Misappropriated funds</h2></p><p>According to court documents, the madrasah developed textbooks as part of its teaching curriculum.</p><p>The school entered into a distribution agreement with a printing company, Key-Orient Lamitec (KOL), which allowed it to market and distribute the textbooks.</p><p>The madrasah, as the "copyright owner", would receive royalty payments from the sale of textbooks.</p><p>Sometime in 2019, a publisher signed a content license agreement to use the master copy of the textbooks. Accordingly, it made three payments to KOL between Jan. 15, 2019 and Feb. 4, 2020.</p><p>The third payment made to KOL comprised S$205,888. As per the agreement, KOL was supposed to pay S$116,671 to ITL and S$68,629 to the madrasah.</p><p>But on Feb. 5, 2020, Razak emailed KOL and requested that both sums be transferred to ITL, claiming that ITL would "disburse the [the madrasah's] royalty directly".</p><p>Instead of doing so, he misappropriated the S$68,629 meant for the madrasah.</p><p><h2>Failed to disburse donations</h2></p><p>10 days later, ITL's board of directors met.</p><p>Razak told the board that ITL had made annual contributions of S$20,000 to the school. The board hence decided to make a S$70,000 donation to the madrasah.</p><p>As ITL's executive director, Razak was tasked to disburse the "donation".</p><p>However, Razak did not transfer any money to the school for around two years.</p><p>It was only in Feb. 22, 2022, when he finally prepared a cheque for S$70,000, issued by ITL to the madrasah.</p><p>In doing so, he used the S$68,629 sum he had earlier misappropriated from the madrasah's textbook royalties, the court heard.</p><p>However, the school responded that it was unable to accept the "donation" due to an "ongoing review of financial transactions" between the two institutions.</p><p>On Jun. 8, 2022, Razak was called by the Commercial Affairs Department to assist in investigations.</p><p>Several weeks later, Razak transferred an additional S$70,000 from ITL's bank account to KOL's.</p><p>He called it an "adjustment to agent fee for exploring Arabic".</p><p><h2>"Super user" access rights</h2></p><p>Razak was also granted "super user" access rights to the madrasah's email server, which gave him the ability to configure and access email accounts.</p><p>Despite having already resigned from his position in 2019, Razak used his access rights to create a new account that would forward emails sent to his old account to his personal email address.</p><p>Court documents stated that Razak admitted that he did so without obtaining any authorisation from the madrasah’s principal, vice-principals or heads of department.</p><p><h2>Penalties</h2></p><p>The prosecution sought a sentence of two to three months' imprisonment, according to court documents.</p><p>Prosecutors noted that while there is no evidence of loss or damage caused by Razak's unauthorised access to the madrasah server, it was highly significant as he faced three similar charges and a considerable degree of deliberation and premeditation was involved.</p><p>They added that he dishonestly misappropriated S$68,629 which belonged to the madrasah, a sum which was very high.</p><p>For accessing an email server without permission, a first-time offender can face up to two years' jail, a fine of up to S$5,000, or both.</p><p>For misappropriating funds, an offender could be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.</p></p> ]]>
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                    <title>Why are Micron's Taiwan workers rejecting up to 68 months bonuses & even threatening a strike?</title>
                    <link>https://mothership.sg/2026/09/micron-taiwan-reject-bonus/</link>
                    <pubDate>2026-09-19T11:58:15</pubDate>


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                        <![CDATA[ Chloe Loh ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ The head of the Micron Taiwan workers' union said the workers were not interested in a one-off payout. ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2026/09/cover-pic-27.png"/> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png" alt="Telegram" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872229" /></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/3KjTj94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/08/wa-button.png" alt="Whatsapp" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872230" /></a></p><p>Taiwanese employees at U.S. chipmaker Micron have rejected a <a href="https://mothership.sg/2026/09/micron-taiwan-68-months-bonus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reward package</a> announced by the company on Sep. 11, 2026, saying they want a long-term profit-sharing mechanism instead.</p><p>Under the reward package, employees in Taiwan would receive bonuses equivalent to 35 to 68 months for the fiscal year of 2026.</p>
<p>The minimum cash compensation will be about NT$1.7 million (about S$68,000).</p><p>The Micron Taiwan workers' union has since called for an alternative arrangement, under which 15 per cent of the company's operating profits will be allocated to employees.</p><iframe class='post-embed title='Why are Micron's Taiwan workers rejecting up to 68 months bonuses & even threatening a strike?' style='min-height: 350px;' clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);' src='/2026/09/micron-taiwan-68-months-bonus/embed/' width='600' frameborder='0' marginwidth='0' marginheight='0' scrolling='no'></iframe><p><h2>Workers seeking a long-term and fair system</h2></p><p>According to a report by local news outlet <a href="https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202609150015" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Focus Taiwan</em></a>, the head of the Micron Taiwan workers' union, Lin Che Jui, said the reward package had been proposed by Micron without prior consultation or agreement with the union.</p><p>Lin said the company appeared to be seeking to influence public opinion through the announcement.</p><p>However, the union was not interested in a one-off payout, he said.</p><p>Rather, they wanted a long-term and fair system for distributing the company's profits.</p><p>Lin called on Micron to establish a transparent and verifiable profit-sharing mechanism under which 15 per cent of the company's operating profits would be distributed to employees.</p><p><a href="https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20260915-180fin-191241?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mirror Media</a> also reported that the union raised its profit-sharing demand on Sep. 4, but the company said it could only make a decision after consulting its board in October. Hence, this one-time reward announcement came as a surprise to the union.</p><p>Two rounds of negotiations are reportedly scheduled for Sep. 18 and 21.</p><p>According to Lin, if the company continues to try and influence the negotiations, the union would declare that talks had broken down and hold a vote among its members on whether to strike.</p><p><h2>Package announced after strike threat</h2></p><p>The reward package announcement comes after unions representing about two-thirds of the local Micron workforce in Taiwan <a href="https://mothership.sg/2026/09/micron-taiwan-68-months-bonus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">signalled</a> support among members for a strike.</p><p>Citing international media reports, <em>Focus Taiwan</em> said Taiwan is Micron's largest memory chip production base and accounts for about 60 per cent of the company's total production capacity.</p><p>Industry sources told <em>Focus Taiwan</em> that a strike at Micron Taiwan could further constrain chip supplies and worsen an existing supply-demand imbalance amid strong demand driven by artificial intelligence.</p><p>In response, Micron said it would continue listening to its employees and participate in the mediation process in good faith.</p><p>Operators, technicians, and shift engineers are among those eligible for the payouts under the reward package.</p><p>Entry-level engineers are expected to receive rewards averaging NT$3.4 million (around S$136,200), including an average of NT$2.9 million (around S$116,170) in cash compensation.</p></p> ]]>
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                    <title>Yoga Inc closes last 2 outlets in S'pore, students & teachers allegedly not told of closure</title>
                    <link>https://mothership.sg/2026/09/yoga-inc-close-outlets-singapore/</link>
                    <pubDate>2026-09-19T11:38:17</pubDate>


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                        <![CDATA[ Hannah Martens ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ Another one. ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2026/09/Cover-Photos-1.png"/> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png" alt="Telegram" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872229" /></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/3KjTj94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/08/wa-button.png" alt="Whatsapp" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872230" /></a></p><p>Yoga studio Yoga Inc has closed its remaining Singapore outlets.</p><p>According to a <a href="https://yenfeng.substack.com/p/yoga-inc-closes-remaining-singapore" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Substack blog called The Yoga Edit</a>, instructors apparently received a text message on Sep. 18.</p>
<p>Instructors were informed that Yoga Inc's remaining two outlets at SAFRA Punggol and Our Tampines Hub ceased operations effective immediately.</p><p>A Facebook post by SAFRA Punggol also announced the outlet's closure on Sep. 18.</p><p><figure id="attachment" aria-describedby="caption-attachment" style="width: 680px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">
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</p><p>Checks by <em>Mothership</em> on Sep. 19 found that Yoga Inc's Instagram page appeared to be removed, and its official website seemed to be stripped bare, with minimal information.</p><p>Links regarding schedule and locations led to pages that could not be found.</p><p><figure id="attachment" aria-describedby="caption-attachment" style="width: 1367px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">
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</p><p><h2>Cancelled</h2></p><p>One instructor with Yoga Inc, Sunnie Ang, shared on Instagram on Sep. 18 that all her classes at Yoga Inc Tampines were cancelled.</p><p>"Just like that, with a message sent to us (5min ago) the studio ceased its operations with immediate effect. Wow," she wrote.</p><p><figure id="attachment" aria-describedby="caption-attachment" style="width: 1237px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">
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</p><p>As for students, it seems that they were not informed of the studio's closure.</p><p>One of Ang's students commented on her post that the students were not aware classes had been cancelled.</p><p>She shared that she and others only discovered the studio was closed on Sep. 19 after turning up at One Tampines Hub for Ang's 9:45am classes.</p><p><figure id="attachment" aria-describedby="caption-attachment" style="width: 479px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">
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</p><p>A reader also told <em>Mothership</em> that students were not informed of the studio's closure, and she still had 18 classes left with the studio.</p><p>According to<a href="https://www.bizfile.gov.sg/buy-info/entity-details/201326522H" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Bizfile</a>, Yoga Inc Pte Ltd has been struck off, and the entity has ceased.</p><p><figure id="attachment" aria-describedby="caption-attachment" style="width: 714px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">
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</p><p><h2>Businesses closing</h2></p><p>Yoga Inc's closure follows the closure of True Fitness and True Yoga.</p><p>On Sep. 10, staff were informed that True Fitness and True Yoga were placed into provisional liquidation, with all outlets closing immediately.</p><p>A notice put up at one of their outlets read:</p><p><blockquote><p>"Dear valued members, we write to inform you that True Fitness Pte. Ltd and True Yoga Pte Ltd have been placed under provisional liquidation effective Sep. 10, 2026.</p><p>In view of the provisional liquidation, all clubs have ceased operations with immediate effect."</p></blockquote></p><p>One Reddit user who had a membership valid until April 2027 had supposedly just visited an outlet and claimed it was "business as usual" and that there were even "some new staff recently".</p><p>Among the members affected was a <em>Mothership</em> reader who has been a member for over 20 years. She received a notification regarding the liquidation on her app on the night of Sep. 10.</p><p>She has over S$1,000 in a two-year package with the gym, where she originally pre-paid over S$2,000 and has since used half of it.</p><iframe class='post-embed title='Yoga Inc closes last 2 outlets in S'pore, students & teachers allegedly not told of closure' style='min-height: 350px;' clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);' src='/2026/09/true-fitness-true-yoga-close/embed/' width='600' frameborder='0' marginwidth='0' marginheight='0' scrolling='no'></iframe><p><span>Customers have since reported losses of more than S$</span><span>609,000</span><span> in unutilised memberships, packages, and services to the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE).</span></p><p><span>CASE has received 241 complaints from consumers affected by the closure to date.</span></p><iframe class='post-embed title='Yoga Inc closes last 2 outlets in S'pore, students & teachers allegedly not told of closure' style='min-height: 350px;' clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);' src='/2026/09/true-fitness-true-yoga-customers-report-losses/embed/' width='600' frameborder='0' marginwidth='0' marginheight='0' scrolling='no'></iframe></p> ]]>
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                    <title>'Bank card! Bank card!': S'porean woman overhears scam call on MRT, intervenes & helps victim hang up</title>
                    <link>https://mothership.sg/2026/09/woman-intervene-scam-call/</link>
                    <pubDate>2026-09-19T11:26:57</pubDate>


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                        <![CDATA[ Nicolas Wong ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2026/09/IC-GE2025-COVER-2026-09-19T112430.962.png"/> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png" alt="Telegram" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872229" /></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/3KjTj94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/08/wa-button.png" alt="Whatsapp" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872230" /></a></p><p>On Sep. 17, a Singaporean woman overheard what seemed to be a scam call on the MRT.</p><p>Noticing that her fellow commuter appeared distressed, she made the decision to intercept the possible scam.</p>
<p>In an Instagram post, Vit Olivia Ng, 29, shared about her experience.</p><p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdYFpH-SwE1/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></p><p><div style="padding: 16px;"></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdYFpH-SwE1/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> </a></p><p><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"></p><p><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div></p><p><div style="display: flex; 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Bank card!".</p><p>Concerned that the woman was about to fall victim to a scam call, Ng decided to approach her and intervene.</p><p>She also recorded the whole interaction.</p><p><h2>Was a foreigner</h2></p><p>In the video, Ng could be heard telling the woman: "Sorry sis, I think it's a scam call."</p><p>She helped the victim hang up the call and told her not to show her personal documents to anyone in future.</p><p>According to Ng, the speaker on the line was a man dressed as a police officer with a purple backdrop and the Singapore Police Force (SPF) logo.</p><p>She later learnt that the woman was a Filipino national, who had just arrived in Singapore three weeks prior to seek employment.</p><p><blockquote><p>"I think she was fearful of offending the 'Singapore Police' or breaking the law, so I believe not much convincing was needed for her to show her passport...</p><p>As a foreigner, I believe it’s understandable to feel fearful when you receive a call from someone claiming to be a government official, especially when they say they are from the police."</p></blockquote></p><p><h2>Very thankful and relieved</h2></p><p>Ng told <em>Mothership</em> that the victim was "very thankful and relieved".</p><p>After the incident, she sat with the woman and explained the common scams in Singapore so that she could be aware of them in the future.</p><p>She also passed the woman her contact so she could reach out if she needed help in Singapore.</p><p>Ng added that she hopes to spread awareness of such incidents.</p><p>"Scams can happen to anyone, so I hope we can continue spreading awareness, looking out for one another, and helping prevent others from becoming victims," she said.</p></p> ]]>
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                    <title>S'pore gardener, 55, hospitalised after cooking & eating wild mushroom</title>
                    <link>https://mothership.sg/2026/09/singapore-woman-mushroom-poisoning/</link>
                    <pubDate>2026-09-19T10:11:56</pubDate>


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                        <![CDATA[ Xueting Wu ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ The first reported Chlorophyllum molybdites poisoning in Singapore.  ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2026/09/mushroom-poisoning.jpg"/> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png" alt="Telegram" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872229" /></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/3KjTj94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/08/wa-button.png" alt="Whatsapp" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872230" /></a></p><p>About an hour after a woman ate some wild mushrooms she had foraged and cooked, she started experiencing abdominal pain.</p><p>The pain continued to grow, such that she was admitted to the emergency department of Khoo Teck Puat Hospital roughly two hours later with severe, generalised crampy abdominal pain.</p>
<p>She also had multiple episodes of vomiting and diarrhoea.</p><p>According to a case report published in 2024 in the <em>Journal of Emergency Medicine and Care</em>, the woman was poisoned by a toxic mushroom known as Chlorophyllum molybdites — the first such case reported in Singapore.</p><p>Also dubbed "the vomiter", Chlorophyllum molybdites is a gastrointestinal irritant, and one of the most common causes of mushroom poisoning worldwide.</p><p>This case, recorded by doctors from Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital,  was also recently reported on various Singapore media such as Channel 8 and Shin Min Daily News to raise awareness of mushroom poisoning.</p><p><h2>Mushrooms were found in her neighbourhood</h2></p><p>According to the case report, the woman, a 55-year-old gardener, shared that she had foraged the mushrooms growing around her neighbourhood.</p><p>Before picking them, she first showed pictures of the mushrooms to a friend who was a fellow gardener.</p><p>The friend claimed that the mushrooms were edible because he believed he had eaten the same mushrooms previously.</p><p>The woman brought the mushrooms home and cooked around 20 grams of them, stir-frying them with butter and garlic.</p><p>They were part of a meal she shared with her family, but only the woman ate the mushrooms.</p><p>She ate them around midnight, and they tasted pleasant, she said later.</p><p>At 3am, she was in the hospital complaining of abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea.</p><p>Her symptoms, along with the fact that she had just ingested mushrooms, led the hospital to suspect mushroom poisoning.</p><p>She received treatment, and made a complete recovery after two days.</p><p><h2>Chlorophyllum molybdites poisoning</h2></p><p>According to the case report, most cases of mushroom poisoning were caused by eating misidentified mushrooms while foraging.</p><p>Singapore is home to more than 150 different species of mushrooms, including several poisonous species.</p><p>Chlorophyllum molybdites have green spores and gills, and a cap that is broad and convex but flattens when mature.</p><p>They are often mistaken for other edible species such as the Macrolepiota procera, also known as the parasol mushroom, because the brown scales on their caps look similar.</p><p>Consuming Chlorophyllum molybdites has been reported to cause abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and more within one to three hours.</p><p>The mushroom remains toxic even after it is cooked, the case report said.</p><p>It added that most people who experienced Chlorophyllum molybdites poisoning had their symptoms resolved within 24 hours, and no deaths have been reported.</p><p><h2>Caution against foraging wild mushrooms</h2></p><p>This wasn't the first case of mushroom poisoning in Singapore.</p><p>Jonathan Tang, senior consultant at the National University Hospital (NUH) emergency medicine department, told <a href="https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20260918-9697119" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Shin Min Daily News</em></a> that he encountered a case in November 2025.</p><p>A middle-aged woman mistakenly drank a tea made with an unknown mushroom species, and started vomiting and having diarrhoea three hours later.</p><p>He advised the public not to forage wild mushrooms, and only consume mushrooms bought from legitimate food sources.</p><p>He added that poisonous mushrooms might resemble edible ones.</p><p>"Unless you are a fungi expert, it is not possible to be accurately assess whether one is safe to consume," he said.</p></p> ]]>
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                    <title>Indonesia just received a 'free' 40-year-old aircraft carrier from Italy, why?</title>
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                    <pubDate>2026-09-18T18:57:02</pubDate>


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                        <![CDATA[ Tan Min-Wei ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ Cheap to buy, expensive to keep.  ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2026/09/Copy-of-Cover-image-2026-09-18T181541.285.jpg"/> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png" alt="Telegram" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872229" /></a> <a href="https://bit.ly/3KjTj94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/whatsapp-button.png" alt="Whatsapp" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872230" /></a>On Sep. 16, if you had a view of the Singapore Strait and you looked out over the sea, you would have seen… well, a lot of haze.</p><p>But in the mist you might have seen the ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, a forty-year-old aircraft carrier, making its way through its final leg of a 20-day journey from Italy to Indonesia, its newest owner.</p><p><iframe width="500" height="767" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmaphotosg%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0yibHtUQwFc3qwbHLJWXzFD5MXzbddw3LorYfsYDwpkqnnuKKRiy8GGgsYGBGnaZml&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></p><p>The Garibaldi is soon to be the KRI Sriwijaya, the latest addition to Indonesia’s navy, and is due to begin its new career as a… firefighter?</p>
<p>Why is Indonesia buying an aircraft carrier, what capabilities does it have, and how much will it cost?</p><p>And did you know it's the second Southeast Asian aircraft carrier still in service?</p><p><h2>The Garibaldi/Sriwijaya</h2></p><p>To <a href="https://www.twz.com/news-features/indonesias-first-aircraft-carrier-is-on-its-way-from-italy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">answer</a> the first question, one must know a little bit about the ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, soon to be renamed the KRI Sriwijaya, in honour of the ancient sea-spanning empire that spanned from Java to parts of modern Cambodia.</p><p>Entering <a href="http://www.military-today.com/navy/giuseppe_garibaldi.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">service</a> in 1985, the aircraft carrier was meant to perform an anti-submarine mission, serving as a base for aircraft to hunt submarines in the Mediterranean.</p><p>Like many aircraft carriers, it was meant to serve at the centre of a Naval task force; according to Military Times, it was fitted with full flagship facilities as well as command, control, and communication systems for both naval and air force operations.</p><p>It also had the capability of carrying up to 600 troops for short periods.</p><p>Under Italian service, the ship's complement was up to 18 helicopters or 16 Harrier II jet fighters, or some combination of the two.</p><p>The Harrier II is notable for being able to hover and land similarly to a helicopter.</p><p>But aircraft of these types are in short supply nowadays, with the only comparable modern aircraft being the F-35B.</p><p><h2>Thousands of islands, and reasons</h2></p><p>The reasoning for an Indonesian aircraft carrier is not hard to fathom.</p><p>An archipelagic state that counts its islands in the tens of thousands, in recent decades, the Indonesian military understands it needs to bolster its naval forces as it seeks to police the vast maritime network that connects the country.</p><p>What is known of Indonesia’s planning for the Sriwijaya acknowledges this.</p><p>Several S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies <a href="https://rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/idss/ip25098-does-indonesias-carrier-bid-signal-a-shift-in-defence-modernisation-strategy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">papers</a>, including an op-ed for <a href="https://thediplomat.com/2026/03/why-indonesias-proposed-aircraft-carrier-acquisition-makes-sense/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Diplomat</em></a>, look at the procurement of the ship.</p><p>The Indonesian military says the Sriwijaya is <a href="https://rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/idss/ip26034-indonesias-aircraft-carrier-acquisition-a-planned-force-transformation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">destined</a> for the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) function, and that it can serve as a “floating aid ship”.</p><p><em><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-18/indonesia-s-prabowo-gets-free-italian-aircraft-carrier-giuseppe-garibaldi?srnd=all" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a></em> suggests that it could even be used to help fight the haze by launching water-bombing missions in Kalimantan.</p><p><h2>Mother Ship</h2></p><p>In this configuration, the ship is used less as a traditional aircraft carrier and more as a helicopter carrier.</p><p>There are plans in place for helicopters from all three branches of the Indonesian military, the army, navy, and air force, to operate from the ship, including tri-service exercises to get used to landing and operating from the ship.</p><p><em>The Diplomat</em> article says the term for an aircraft carrier in Indonesian, “Kapal Induk”, literally means “Mother ship”, implying the Sriwijaya is "a platform designed to support and organise the operations of smaller assets, rather than serving primarily as a strike platform.”</p><p>In this sense, rather than having several expensive fixed hubs, the Sriwijaya would serve as a single mobile hub.</p><p><h2>Money and personnel</h2></p><p>Many observers worry about the cost of operating a ship as complex as an aircraft carrier, especially an ageing one.</p><p>The Australian Naval Institute estimated the ship would require at least 550 skilled seamen and an additional 280 personnel to handle the aircraft operations.</p><p>Added to that complexity is the ship’s age, meaning that the difficulty only grows.</p><p><a href="https://www.twz.com/news-features/indonesias-first-aircraft-carrier-is-on-its-way-from-italy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The War Zone</em></a> suggests that Indonesia is considering the possibilities for the future, and moots that it might serve as a launching platform for drones such as the Turkish-origin Bayraktar TB3.</p><p>That type of drone has operated off Turkish naval ships in the past, and Indonesia <a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2025/02/indonesia-procures-60-bayraktar-tb3-drones/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bought</a> 60 of the type in 2025.</p><p>As for the cost of the ship, <em><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-18/indonesia-s-prabowo-gets-free-italian-aircraft-carrier-giuseppe-garibaldi?srnd=all" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a> </em>reports that Italy is not charging Indonesia for the ship, but will save around €19 million (S$27.9 million), the cost of dismantling the ship.</p><p>It also reports that Italy was paying €5 million (S$7.3 million) to operate the ship each year.</p><p>Indonesia’s government is planning to borrow as much as $450 million (S$575 million) for repairs and equipment, and Antara suggests modernisation and retrofitting might cost up to US$900 million (S$1.15 billion).</p><p>This is a daunting price tag for a country with no <a href="https://www.csis.org/blogs/latest-southeast-asia/latest-southeast-asia-financial-turmoil-indonesia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shortage</a> of financial commitments at the moment.</p><p><h2>The other aircraft carrier</h2></p><p>The Sriwijaya will be Southeast Asia’s second domestically operated aircraft carrier, with Thailand operating the first.</p><p>The HTMS Chakri Naruebet was built in Spain and commissioned in 1997, designed to operate the first generation of Harrier jets.</p><p>But the ship was delivered into the teeth of Southeast Asia’s financial crisis, and the carrier was relegated to a reduced role, with<a href="https://www.twz.com/the-harriers-are-gone-but-thailands-unlikely-aircraft-carrier-sails-on" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em> The War Zone</em></a> saying it served as a “royal yacht".</p><p>In recent years, the Chakri Naruebet remains operational, even visiting Singapore in 2017.</p><p>Modernisation efforts have also seen the Thai Navy launching drones from its deck, suggesting the nature of its future.</p><p>But for the moment, the ship can most often be found in its home dock in Sattahip, Thailand, where <a href="https://sa.trip.com/moments/detail/sattahip-2044482-130211860?locale=en-SA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tourists</a> can visit it, one of the few operational aircraft carriers that can be easily visited by members of the public.</p></p> ]]>
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                    <title>Bus & car collide in Tampines, girl, 6, injured</title>
                    <link>https://mothership.sg/2026/09/tampines-bus-car-collide-girl-injured/</link>
                    <pubDate>2026-09-18T18:14:25</pubDate>


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                        <![CDATA[ Rafael See Toh ]]>
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                        <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2026/09/cover-photo-mothership-83.png"/> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3qgqzHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/07/telegram-button.png" alt="Telegram" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872229" /></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/3KjTj94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://static.mothership.sg/1/2023/08/wa-button.png" alt="Whatsapp" width="700" height="73" class="aligncenter wp-image-872230" /></a></p><p>A six-year-old girl was injured in a traffic incident involving a car and a bus in Tampines.</p><p>The incident occurred on Sep. 16 at about 4pm at the junction of Tampines Central 1 and Tampines Central 3.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20260918-9696937" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Shin Min Daily News</em></a>, a passerby, identified as Yu (transliterated), 60, said she was passing by the area when she heard a loud bang.</p><p>When she approached the scene, she found that a bus had collided with a silver car.</p><p>The front of the bus collided with the car's left side, and both vehicles stopped on the road.</p><p>Traffic police were also present at the scene.</p><p>In response to queries from <em>Mothership</em>, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the incident at about 4:25pm.</p><p>SBS Transit spokesperson Grace Wu said bus service 8 was heading towards the junction, and the traffic light was in its favour.</p><p>However, a vehicle travelling along Tampines Central 1 allegedly did not stop at the red light, resulting in a collision.</p><p>A six-year-old female bus passenger was conveyed conscious to the hospital and later received outpatient treatment.</p><p>SBS Transit has kept in contact with the girl’s family and provided care and support.</p><p>The remaining passengers were transferred to another bus to continue their journey.</p><p>Police investigations are ongoing.</p></p> ]]>
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