Daily Cuts

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Tay Soo Sien speak with Jasmine Liew, Founder, Breakthrough Catalyst, about whether hybrid work arrangements could soon lose their relevance.

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Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Tay Soo Sien speak with Associate Professor Mytheely Subramaniam, Lead Investigator of the Programme of Mental Health Policy Studies, IMH, about helping young Singaporeans avoid serious mental health symptoms.

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In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro Mary Knickrehm Kumar, Founder of the ‘With Love’ curated pop-up experience that supports and uplifts small businesses. Located along Keong Saik Road, ‘With Love’ showcases a collection of fashion, accessories and lifestyle products by creators across Southeast Asia and Australia. Kumar talks about why she founded the pop-up, how she chose and got the various brands on board, and how she aims to expand ‘With Love’.

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In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Grace Young, Board Member, Kenny Wang, Volunteer, Elaine Chin and Marya Malek, Staff Members at Ambulance Wish Singapore (AWS) – a non-profit organisation dedicated to granting the last wishes of terminally-ill patients. They talk about how AWS has granted wishes in the past and how wishes have changed over the years. They also share some stories of beneficiaries and what type of volunteers are needed to carry out various wishes. This comes on the edge of the AWS’ signature fundraising event, the Cycle of Peace (COP) 2024, a virtual cycling event that aims to raise more than S$200,000.

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Firdaus Sani, founder of Orang Laut SG and The Black Sampan digital marketing agency, shares his experience growing up on Pulau Semakau, the aspects that make Orang Laut culture unique, and why he's driven to preserve and celebrate the culture of one of Singapore's indigenous communities.

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F1 fever is back in Singapore! Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out more about what goes on behind-the-scenes with Singapore’s first F1 engineer Gautham Ramesh, CFD Methodology Engineer, Williams Racing

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F1 season is back in Singapore for the 16th instalment of the Night Race, with a power-packed concert to boot. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman ask Ethan Yeo, a student and ticket-holder what makes this year’s event special.

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From December, visitors to Thailand will need a mandatory electronic travel authorisation (ETA) for travellers from some 93 visa-exempt countries, including Singapore. But what is an ETA, why do we need one when we’re already visa-exempt, and why are more countries implementing it? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman get an explainer from a travel expert, Aaron Wong, Founder, travel website The MileLion, plus what you’ll need to prepare for future travels. 

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Japan will soon have a new prime minister to replace Fumio Kishida, who resigned from his post in mid-August. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has since named nine candidates in the running for the top job, including a surfer – the son of former PM Junichiro Koizumi – a nationalist and a woman. One of them will be elected on September 27th to be the country’s next premier. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr Taniguchi Tomohiko, Special Advisor to Fujitsu Future Studies Centre and Specially Appointed Professor, University of Tsukuba, to find out more. 

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Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Christian Ho, Singapore's first driver who will compete in next season's F3 races, about his racing career ambitions.

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