Draft:Steve Lai
BBC presenter Steve Lai
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Steve Lai (born 1979) is a Bruneian journalist who is the BBC's Singapore-based presenter of its Newsday programme, which is broadcast on the BBC News Channel every weekday. He had been in the role since January 2024, having previously worked at CNA, where he was co-host of the flagship morning news programme and an anchor of award-winning special event programmes.[1]
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Comment: In addition to the reviewer's comments above, the issue here relates to the WP:GOLDENRULE - we need ideally 3 examples of fully independent coverage - not via his employer and not interviews - to show notability. It can be tricky since journalists tend not to write about other journalists. ChrysGalley (talk) 10:47, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
Career
At CNA, Lai was co-host of the flagship morning news programme and before that was a presenter on the flagship evening news programme. Lai has anchored election coverage in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Myanmar.[2] His focus has been covering major developments across Asia in politics, economics and the social landscape. He anchored coverage of the 2016 US Presidential Election and the 2018 Trump-Kim Summit and has delivered some of the most important news for audiences in Singapore.
His first job in journalism was at Radio Television Brunei after which he worked as a presenter of ESPN's Sportcentre Asia. His break at ESPN came as a result of winning an online competition to present the sports coverage. Lai became interested in journalism after hearing a talk from BBC correspondent Justin Webb whilst at school.[3] Lai also played for and captained Brunei's national rugby team which he spoke about on a BBC podcast in February 2026.[4][5]
Before getting into journalism Lai worked at the Canadian High Commission in Brunei and for the Brunei Economic Development Board.
Lai is one of Brunei's most successful people in the international media but says that "Getting out of Brunei was the turning point of my career".[6]
Personal life
Steve grew up in Muara on Brunei's north-east coast, and went on to attend the co-educational private Sidcot School near Bristol in England.After school he studied business management at the University of Gloucestershire.[7] He has two daughters with his wife Wei Wei.[8]
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