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In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the WHO's announcement of how omicron is life threatening for the unvaccinated, elderly and people with underlying conditions, and The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's forecast for omicron cases in Europe within the next 6 to 8 weeks. 

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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast.

Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow at Singapore Institute of International Affairs, stands in for The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei, who is on leave. He chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points:

Highlights (click/tap above):

00:51 China's first community spread of the Omicron variant ahead of the Winter Olympics 

02:53 Progress of the Chinese own messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine

06:07 Wide-ranging crackdown in China on private enterprises

07:49 Sri Lanka President's request for China to help restructure its debt repayment

Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei ([email protected]), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3 & Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Dan Koh

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2021 has been a year where digitalisation has become of the utmost importance for companies here in Singapore. But moving forward, what does 2022 hold in store for businesses in Singapore and Asia Pacific? Ying Loong Chin, Regional Managing Director, ASEAN and SAGE (South Asian Growing Economies), Oracle shares some of the tech trends and priorities for businesses and companies in 2022, and if we will continue to see businesses spending more and more on digitalisation. 

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The 2022 Budget Statement will be delivered in Parliament on February 18 by Finance Minister Lawrence Wong. Among the issues that could feature at the Budget will be whether the government will review the country’s system of wealth taxes, as well as details on the revised carbon tax rate for 2024. Shantini Ramachandra, Tax Partner, Deloitte Singapore shares the global market trends that will shape this year's budget and how their proposal of tax measures will help businesses adapt to the changing business landscape. 

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In this week's China Perspective, Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs gives an analysis of China's first community spread of the omicron variant ahead of the Winter Olympics, progress of the Chinese own messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine, Sri Lanka President's request for China to help restructure its debt repayment, and more. 

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In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss Apple's announcement of a record revenue from the App Store during 2021 and why Jamie Dimon, the longtime CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase is seeing the best economic growth in decades. 

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