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  1. Follow-up: After Indonesia cuts gas exports to Singapore, PM Lawrence Wong says Singapore expects parties to honour commercial contracts

    Indonesia began reducing natural gas exports to Singapore on Saturday, Oct 24; upstream regulator SKK Migas told CNA the cut was to shift more supply to domestic power generation. Singapore's Energy Market Authority said the reduction of 31 million standard cubic feet a day is less than 2% of demand. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said at the People's Action Party conference on Sunday, Oct 25, that Singapore expects all parties that signed commercial gas supply contracts to 'honour their commitments', and that Singapore's gas importers would take necessary steps to protect their rights and interests under the contracts.

    Oct 25, 2026 Afternoon
  2. Follow-up: PM Lawrence Wong tells PAP conference government will tackle living costs and jobs this term; CEC slate adds 3 new faces

    At the biennial People's Action Party conference at the Singapore Expo on Sunday, Oct 25, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong told about 3,000 members that in the coming years the government would continue to ease cost-of-living pressures, help Singaporeans secure better jobs and strengthen support across life stages from education to retirement, including for those who hit setbacks. He noted that after the National Day Rally package for families with children in August, some had asked what support other groups would receive. The Straits Times reported that the recommended slate of 19 for the Central Executive Committee election that day included three new faces: the transport minister, the acting manpower minister and the acting minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs, two of whom first entered parliament only at last year's general election — named in the paper as Jeffrey Siow and Jasmin Lau among the new ministers.

    Oct 25, 2026 Afternoon
  3. Singapore's ruling PAP elects new Central Executive Committee; PM Lawrence Wong looks to team with 'experience and fresh perspectives'

    Singapore's ruling People's Action Party holds its biennial party conference on Oct 25 to elect its top decision-making body, the Central Executive Committee. Prime Minister and party secretary-general Lawrence Wong said in a social media video on Oct 24 that he looked forward to working with a team combining experience and fresh perspectives, his first comment on the possible make-up of the new leadership. More than 2,000 party cadres usually elect 12 members, two runners-up are co-opted, and up to four more can be added to a maximum of 18.

    Oct 25, 2026 Morning