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SINGAPORE – Two women accused of shoplifting at different Sheng Siong outlets in unrelated incidents were each handed a theft charge on Nov 20. Catherine Tan Li Eng, 50, and Leong Seek Yuen, 45, were allegedly identified through the supermarket chain’s facial recognition CCTV technology.   In a statement on Nov 19, the police said Tan allegedly stole three bottles of red wine worth around $86 from a Sheng Siong outlet in Punggol Central on Sept 11.   A store manager immediately recognised her following an alert from the facial recognition CCTV technology. The police added that Tan was then detained while she was attempting to leave without paying. She was arrested soon after. A police spokesperson said: “Further investigations revealed that the woman was also allegedly involved in earlier cases of shop theft at the same outlet.”   Court documents stated that Tan allegedly stole 19 bottles of red wine worth nearly $556 in total from the outlet between Sept 2 and 11. In an unrelated case, Leong is said to have stolen items including drinks and meat items worth around $90 in total from a Sheng Siong outlet in Sin Ming Avenue, near Upper Thomson Road, between May 27 and Aug 12. The police said that one of the supermarket’s store managers detained her on Oct 1 following an alert from its facial recognition technology.   Tan and Leong were among multiple people who were handed shoplifting charges on Nov 20. One of them, Christina Jiyoon Han, 24, is accused of stealing a Labubu doll worth $250 from a shop at Plaza Singapura shopping centre in Orchard Road on April 21. Tan’s case will be mentioned again in court in December, while the cases involving Leong and Han have been adjourned to January. The first six months of 2025 saw an increase in shop theft incidents , with 2,097 cases compared with 2,013 in the same period in 2024.   The police had earlier said that compared with other major retailers, Cold Storage and Sheng Siong reported a higher average number of shop theft cases per outlet. They also had the highest increases in shop theft cases compared with the same period in 2024. The police said in August that the increase at Sheng Siong is likely due to the use of its facial recognition technology to identify offenders. The supermarket chain added the technology to its security camera system in April 2024 to better identify and catch shoplifters.  Suspects are typically identified only after they leave the store with unpaid items. The staff trawl through security footage and identify the culprit, whose face is then flagged in the system. When that person visits a Sheng Siong outlet again, the system alerts store managers. The staff monitor the suspects and stop them if they try to shoplift again. Suspects’ faces are removed from the system only after they are arrested.

In a project launched in cooperation with Singapore’s National Youth Council, KPMG has just announced it will offer 10,000 hours of mentoring, job shadowing, and learning exchanges for young Singaporeans. The programme “Discover. Experience. Enable.” is designed to prepare them for future jobs in a green and digital age, with a focus on high-growth global sectors such as AI, decarbonisation, and sustainable impact. It will run throughout 2026 and be provided by KPMG’s professionals to students and young graduates aged 19 to 28: Participants will meet mentors from Audit, Tax, Consulting, and Deal Advisory to discuss AI, innovation, sustainability, and workforce transformation in the Singaporean context. KPMG professionals will also share their industry experiences, case studies, and challenges in dealing with emerging technologies (like AI) and achieving sustainable growth. Job experience sessions will be available as well, running three times in 2026. They will allow you to spend a day at the company, observing the work of consultants, tax specialists, or sustainability experts, helping you figure out how your interests align with on-the-job reality.   In the age of job-hugging, as described in the Straits Times a few days ago, it might be well worth it to gather practical insights from one of the biggest companies, currently navigating the changes brought by AI as well as Singapore’s ambitions to become one of the hubs of green industries. When & how? Registrations for the project start in early 2026 and, as you may well imagine, the number of available places for each mentoring cycle will be limited. You can read more about the initiative on KPMG’s website. For registration, you need to head over to the National Youth Council’s “Discover On My Way” platform and follow the updates there.

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