Megan Khung deserved better. It takes all of us to keep other children like her safe

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Megan Khung died after her mother Foo Li Ping's boyfriend Wong Shi Xiang punched her in the stomach.  
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Theresa Tan

APR 11, 2025

The death of four-year-old Megan Khung, who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of her mother and her former boyfriend, has shocked many Singaporeans.

Topmost on people’s minds are these questions: Why did Megan have to die? What more could the child protection authorities and social service agencies have done to save the child?

Little India riot: The dog that did not bark

TODAY


31 Dec 2013

Singapore


By Eugene KB Tan -

In the aftermath of the Little India riot, the focus and dominant narrative, unsurprisingly, have been on law and order issues.

The Government’s narrative is that the riot was a “one-off” spontaneous mayhem; the proximate cause being the inebriated state of some foreign workers reacting angrily and violently to a fatal accident involving one of their own.

Yet, the law and order narrative does not sit well with the long-standing issues in Little India, such as the easy availability of alcohol, jaywalking, littering and other public nuisances, as well as overcrowding.

Record 122°C subsurface temperature found in Sembawang, suggesting geothermal energy potential

Geothermal energy, a clean and renewable source of energy from the ground, could reduce Singapore’s reliance on fossil fuels.

Granite rock core samples obtained from 1,200m below ground at the Sembawang site. (Photo: NTU)

Erin Liam
03 Jul 2025


SINGAPORE: At a small plot of land just 600m from Sembawang Hot Spring, researchers have found subsurface temperatures of 122 degrees Celsius - the highest recorded in Singapore to date.