An Ocean's fury: 10 years after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

An Ocean's fury: 10 years after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

I travelled to Meulaboh in Aceh, Indonesia, to document the lives of survivors 10 years after the earthquake and tsunami killed hundreds of thousands in the region. I also found out how some money from Singapore given in aid to the victims has been mismanaged, with a few projects incomplete or abandoned.

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NEA to take action against stall owner

NEA to take action against stall owner

Digging into a fatal food poisoning case that was brought up in Parliament, eventually leading to changes in NEA policy regarding food stall hygiene assessment. The four-year-old victim died four days after he ate at a Kopitiam nasi padang stall. Checks subsequently found unsafe levels of bacteria at the food stall due to various hygiene lapses, and following news reports, the stall's contract was ultimately terminated.

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Repeat offender of mosquito breeding behind dengue outbreak

Repeat offender of mosquito breeding behind dengue outbreak

Dengue resurged in Singapore during 2013-14, resulting in then unprecedented number of cases in the country. I was part of a team of reporters who covered the outbreaks, and in mid-2014 discovered that a construction company which had repeatedly flouted anti-mosquito breeding regulations had likely contributed to a spike in one neighbourhood’s dengue cases. This led to a series of articles calling for stiffer penalties for such repeat offenders.

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