Let's Talk, Singapore

Shekhar Jaiswal, Head of Equities Research, RHB Singapore, discusses why he favours ComfortDelgro in the second half of 2022, as it benefits from border restrictions easing and return to pre-pandemic transport demand.

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Synopsis: Every second Friday of the month, join The Straits Times' associate editor Ravi Velloor, as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent.

In this episode, he hosts Ms Eirliani Abdul Rahman, former Singapore diplomat and co-founder of the Berlin-backed Global Diplomacy Lab, to discuss if a feminine foreign policy (FFP) could prove a balm for global conflicts and tension points such as Ukraine, Afghanistan and the South China Sea.  They also discuss the role of women diplomats and ask the question: What would it take for Asian nations to have more feminist-oriented external policies?

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:54 What is feminine foreign policy (FFP)? Could FFP be applied in the context of Ukraine and Afghanistan?

8:50 Where is Singapore in the FFP space?

10:08 How FFP principles would help in solving the South China Sea dispute

12:20 Women in diplomacy vs masculinity in foreign policy; do women diplomats feel a need to act like men?

15:30 What can Asian foreign ministries do to promote FFP?

Produced by: Ravi Velloor ([email protected]), Ernest Luis and Teo Tong Kai

Edited by: Teo Tong Kai

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Synopsis: Every second Friday of the month, join The Straits Times' associate editor Ravi Velloor, as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent.

In this episode, he hosts Ms Eirliani Abdul Rahman, former Singapore diplomat and co-founder of the Berlin-backed Global Diplomacy Lab, to discuss if a feminine foreign policy (FFP) could prove a balm for global conflicts and tension points such as Ukraine, Afghanistan and the South China Sea.  They also discuss the role of women diplomats and ask the question: What would it take for Asian nations to have more feminist-oriented external policies?

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:54 What is feminine foreign policy (FFP)? Could FFP be applied in the context of Ukraine and Afghanistan?

8:50 Where is Singapore in the FFP space?

10:08 How FFP principles would help in solving the South China Sea dispute

12:20 Women in diplomacy vs masculinity in foreign policy; do women diplomats feel a need to act like men?

15:30 What can Asian foreign ministries do to promote FFP?

Produced by: Ravi Velloor ([email protected]), Ernest Luis and Teo Tong Kai

Edited by: Teo Tong Kai

Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps:

Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7

Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8

Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB

Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX

Websites: 

https://www.moneyfm893.sg/

http://str.sg/stpodcasts

Feedback to: [email protected]

Ravi Velloor's columns: https://str.sg/3xRP

Ravi Velloor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaviVelloor

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Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB

Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn

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Singaporeans have gained a reputation for being results and numbers driven, hence the coining of the Singapore 5Cs - cash, car, condo, credit card and country club. 

However a survey by Circles.Life has revealed that the old 5Cs are out and have been replaced with new value-based 5Cs.

Jeanette Wong, Singapore Growth Lead, Circles.Life reveals to us what the new 5Cs are based on their study. 

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Singaporeans have gained a reputation for being results and numbers driven, hence the coining of the Singapore 5Cs - cash, car, condo, credit card and country club. 

However a survey by Circles.Life has revealed that the old 5Cs are out and have been replaced with new value-based 5Cs.

Jeanette Wong, Singapore Growth Lead, Circles.Life reveals to us what the new 5Cs are based on their study. 

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In The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the implication of the latest minutes as the Federal Reserve signals further hikes in interest rates to ‘restrictive’ levels to restrain inflation, as well as recap the woes of UK PM Boris Johnson as over 30 staff quit from his government in the past day.

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In The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the implication of the latest minutes as the Federal Reserve signals further hikes in interest rates to ‘restrictive’ levels to restrain inflation, as well as recap the woes of UK PM Boris Johnson as over 30 staff quit from his government in the past day.

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Hou Wey Fook, CIO, DBS discusses why he feels investors should raise their exposure to China now, in view of the 3 C's: Cheap, Clarity, Catalysts, as well as why he has shifted his recommendation on Japan from neutral to overweight despite the weakening yen.

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Hou Wey Fook, CIO, DBS discusses why he feels investors should raise their exposure to China now, in view of the 3 C's: Cheap, Clarity, Catalysts, as well as why he has shifted his recommendation on Japan from neutral to overweight despite the weakening yen.

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The metaverse era has begun and the growing use of immersive technologies such as augmented and virtual reality will spur those in the travel industry specifically to increase investment in new capabilities and experiences to blend physical and virtual worlds.

So does this mean that the metaverse the future of the travel industry? 

Mike Tansey, Managing Director, Growth Markets Travel Industry Lead, Accenture shares his views. 

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