{
  "id": 433432,
  "title": "Mandopop singer-songwriter Carrie Yeo gets citizenship after living in S'pore since 13",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/mandopop-singer-songwriter-carrie-yeo-gets-citizenship-after-living",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-09T15:01:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/carrie-yeo-singapore-citizen/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Local Mandopop singer-songwriter Carrie Yeo, 43, has officially become a Singapore citizen, making National Day a special occasion for her. The singer, part of the pop duo The Freshman, shared the news on Instagram on August 8. Yeo revealed she has resided in Singapore since the age of 13. She expressed gratitude for national icon Kit Chan's letter of recommendation, vowing to uphold Chan's words. Fellow celebrities congratulated Yeo in the comments. Yeo told Mothership she feels incredibly happy and privileged to receive citizenship, adding that it grounds her as Singapore is now her home. She feels a stronger sense of duty to her community and people.",
  "summary": "Many Singaporeans know her from Project SuperStar 2 in 2006, where she finished as the runner-up.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}