Let's Talk, Singapore

With Singapore announcing the opening up of air travel over the weekend, OCBC Bank will launch two new travel-themed propositions for customers who have been looking out for tourism opportunities since the Covid-19 outbreak. The propositions include a new one-stop travel site and a new travel-themed credit card.

Gary Wong, Head of Digital Payments and Ecosystems, OCBC Bank, shares more about the new propositions and how they will fit into OCBC’s ecosystem.

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A total of 4,501 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats were launched for sale by the Housing Board on Wednesday (Nov 17), including 960 units in Rochor - the first project under the new Prime Location Public Housing (PLH) model.

And this raises the question: should you buy or rent in the Rochor area? Ku Swee Yong, Chief Investment Officer, Kasa Singapore weighs the pros and cons of buying and renting in Singapore, along with his outlook for the nation’s housing landscape.

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In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the earnings of U.S.-listed Chinese technology shares that are hit from Beijing's regulatory clampdown, Nasdaq's Golden Dragon Index year to date performance, and Shell's threat of an exit penalty by the Dutch opposition parties. 

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Regional Round-up Ep 24: Indonesia's new Covid mutation of AY.23 similar to Delta Plus variant

9:52 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments.

The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish.

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

1:05 Possible of quarantine-free land travel between Singapore and Malaysia

3:09 New AY.23 mutation originating in Indonesia shares similarities with the Delta Plus variant that has cropped up in Britain

4:43 Payments made to officers allegedly linked to Indonesian navy - linked to possible piracy - and how it has been denied by authorities so far

6:30 Electoral fraud in Myanmar and what it means for Aung San Suu Kyi

7:54 Sara Duterte-Carpio - eldest daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte - has filed her candidacy for Vice President

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Dan Koh

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Manpreet Gill, Head of FICC Investment Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank talks about what it will mean for markets if Jerome Powell gets reappointed, or if there is a change at the helm in the form of frontrunner Fed governor Lael Brainard.

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