Let's Talk, Singapore

According to a new report from cloud banking platform Mambu, 30 percent of Singaporean consumers are more willing to change financial service providers than they were prior to the pandemic. Myles Bertrand, Managing Director APAC, Mambu, shares about the survey results and the reason behind why more Singaporean consumers are willing to switch banks - despite a notable increase in digitalisation efforts.

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Suresh Tantia, Senior Investment Strategist, Credit Suisse discusses how investors should be positioned in 2022 against a backdrop of central bank tightening as well as a widening recovery gap between developed and emerging countries. 

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In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the new Coronavirus variant becoming a ‘serious concern’ in South Africa, the UK suspending flights to six African countries as new Covid-19 variant raises alarms and Black Friday get its name. 

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Asian Insider Ep 80: The troubled and volatile relationship between India and China

30:06 mins

Synopsis: Each month, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the week's global talking points with expert guests.

In this episode, Nirmal Ghosh hosts two guests. Nirupama Rao based in Bangalore, was India's former Foreign Secretary, former Ambassador to Peru and China and former High Commissioner to Sri Lanka.

Washington DC-based Jeff Smith is a research fellow at the Asian Studies Center and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation.

0:00 Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):

2:03 The kind of thinking necessary to overcome the disputes on the India-China border

6:23 US Pentagon's annual report mentions military security and development involving China's construction activities on this border to press its claim at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) 

11:18 China has taken some of India's territory over the past nine years - what is India's security and foreign policy establishment on this?

20:59 No reason not to assume that the LAC in the eastern sector of boundary will not come alive in the months to come, due to lack of trust and mutual sensitivity between the two countries

25:25 With the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) sharing concerns over China's growing power and gaining some traction, is this destined to be a dangerous bilateral situation for both countries?

Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh ([email protected]), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim & Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Hadyu Rahim & Fa'izah Sani

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Greenland Hotel and Tourism Group (GHTG), one of China’s largest hotel operators and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Greenland Holdings, recently announced its ambition to accelerate the growth of its overseas operations through the launch of its Overseas Operations Centre in Singapore. William Lau, General Manager, Overseas Operation Centre, Greenland Hotel and Tourism Group explains the decision to expand overseas amidst a pandemic, along with their key areas of focus for the region.  

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After a year-long consultation exercise to pinpoint better ways to assist professionals, managers and executives (PMEs), the NTUC-SNEF PME Taskforce has recently issued nine recommendations to address pertinent concerns of PMES. Patrick Tay, Assistant Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress & Co-Chair of the NTUC-SNEF PME Taskforce, discusses these recommendations and the current outlook of our local market.

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