SINGAPOREAN singer JJ Lin was spotted with his girlfriend for the first time in public since announcing their relationship late last year, reported China Press.
Members of the public in Singapore spotted the 44-year-old musician enjoying a movie together with Chinese influencer Annalisa at a cinema recently.
Neither of them were wearing hats or masks to cover their face, prompting many to speculate that they had wanted to be seen.
“Are they planning to appear together more often so that we gradually get used to it?” one netizen quipped.
Many even pointed out that they looked like a married couple by how similar their hairstyles were which featured bangs.
Lin has been frequently spotted in public with Annalisa, sparking rumours of a budding romance.
He finally confirmed the relationship in Dec 2025. However, the announcement was not without controversy.
Taiwanese livestreamer Mida Zeng, who was rumoured to be Lin’s girlfriend, took to social media and insinuated that Lin was cheating on her.
However, Lin has never confirmed a relationship with Zeng.
> Without a clear transition plan, the policy to allow six-year-olds to enter Year One could lead to the closure of many private kindergartens, according to an educator group, reported China Press.
The Malaysian Private Early Childhood Educators Coalition said private kindergartens could be left only with four-year-olds if parents send five-year-olds to government-run preschools while six-year-olds enter Year One.
The coalition’s acting president Zaliza Alias urged the Education Ministry to allow six-year-olds to be placed in private kindergartens before automatically transitioning to Year Two.
Describing it as a “soft landing” approach, she said it will prevent an immediate exodus of six-year-olds from private kindergartens and allow the Ministry some time to prepare is teachers for the transition.
She added that the coalition’s proposal will not impose an additional fiscal burden on the government as parents will be bearing the cost of sending their six-year-old children to private kindergartens.
According to Zaliza, members of the coalition met Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek on Jan 25 and officially submitted their proposal to her.
The coalition is a nationwide organisation representing more than 3,000 private kindergartens with over 100,000 early childhood educators.
The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
