Deep Dive

There’s no let-up on the bleak projections for the Singapore economy this year and one big sector Singaporeans will be watching closely is the property market. What impact will COVID-19 have on the private and HDB markets? What choices can
homeowners make and when should they move? Is it possible for the property market to crash or have previous government cooling measures mitigated these
big swings?

Lin Suling puts these questions and more to Christine Sun, Head of Research and Consultancy at OrangeTee & Tie, and Alan Cheong, Executive Director of Research and Consultancy at Savills Singapore.

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During this pandemic, Singapore’s food and beverage sector has had to grapple with immense challenges from embracing food delivery and take-away fully, to meeting changing rules to stem the outbreak. Industry watchers have said the coronavirus pandemic is the F&B’s biggest test. Who will be left standing when COVID-19 ends? How can owners save jobs, their businesses and still keep Singapore fed? And amid concerns over high commission fees charged to eateries, what does a sustainable business model look like?

Jakob Angele, CEO of foodpanda APAC and Andrew Chan, Managing Director of The Soup Spoon join Lin Suling to tackle these issues.

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During this pandemic, Singapore’s food and beverage sector has had to grapple with immense challenges from embracing food delivery and take-away fully, to meeting changing rules to stem the outbreak. Industry watchers have said the coronavirus pandemic is the F&B’s biggest test. Who will be left standing when COVID-19 ends? How can owners save jobs, their businesses and still keep Singapore fed? And amid concerns over high commission fees charged to eateries, what does a sustainable business model look like?

Jakob Angele, CEO of foodpanda APAC and Andrew Chan, Managing Director of The Soup Spoon join Lin Suling to tackle these issues.

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As companies around the world make the leap to embrace digital transformation and remote working amidst a worsening COVID-19 outbreak, we break down the challenges and impact on personal productivity, leadership, team work and innovation.

This week, Lin Suling speaks to Boston Consulting Group Managing Director and Partner Michael Tan and IMD Business School LEGO Professor of Management and Innovation Howard Yu who give advice on what bosses need to do to navigate this transition.

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Singapore kicked off the biggest national learn-from-home exercise as schools shifted into home-based learning, one of the circuit breakers measures pulled to stem the COVID-19 spread. How prepared were we? What lessons can teachers, parents and students take away from this uncertain period? How are parents reacting to this front-row seat experience to their kids’ educational journey?

This week’s guests are Crystal Lim-Lange, Co-Founder and CEO of ForestWolf and Cherie Lim-Tseng, COO of Secur Solutions Group and Founder of Rie Ink Training.

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Safe distancing: A buzzword that has entered Singapore’s vocabulary this COVID-19 outbreak, but are we getting it right? With tighter restrictions, including limits on gatherings and calls to defer non-essential trips to the mall, do we understand what’s at stake, and why we wouldn't want a total lockdown? This week's guests are Hsu Li Yang, Associate Professor at NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and Gillian Koh, Deputy Director of Research at the Institute of Policy Studies.

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