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Engaging a digital marketing agency can be a big step and a huge investment, with many companies offering packages at eye-watering prices and some claiming to be a one-stop shop for everything. To help businesses choose the right digital marketing agency from the start, Tom Goh, Curriculum Developer and Instructor, Equinet Academy, shares more about the current landscape, importance of understanding one's business well, and the criteria of a good digital marketing agency. 

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Nirmal Ghosh, US Bureau Chief, Straits Times gives an analysis of the eighth Amtrak train crash in America which killed at least three people, a US appeals court that blocked the vaccine mandate just days before it was set to take place in New York, Texas' new law that restricts access to abortion-inducing medications, and more. 

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Inside Hong Kong Ep 9: Hong Kong bans celebrating Taiwan's Independence Day

9:57 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in Hong Kong.

The Straits Times' Hong Kong correspondent Claire Huang speaks with Money FM's Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go on the following points:

1. What went wrong with the Hong Kong Elections Committee process? (00:59)
2. Tackling the issues of Hong Kong's property squeeze and land shortage (5:03)
3. 'Contrary to the interest of national security' - broadened National Security Law phrase kept vague (6:49)
4. Police to continue investigating disbanded pro-democracy organisations (8:04)

Produced by: Prime Time, Money FM 89.3 & Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Nadiah Koh

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Coming from a humble background and despite not taking the usual pathway to becoming a lawyer, Bazul Ashhab still managed to do so. Now, with his own law firm, Bazul Ashhab, Managing Partner & Head of Dispute Resolution, Oon & Bazul, has plans to change up the law sector. In this interview, he shares about his career journey, why he believes there is a need for change in the sector, and what he plans to do about it.

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Over 2,600 hawkers will receive gas rebates totalling over $1 million from City Gas, a producer and retailer of piped town gas in Singapore. The gas rebates will help many hawker stalls still hunkering down amidst the pandemic. Perry Ong, CEO, City Gas, shares more about the initiative and their future plans to ensure sustainability in the cause. 

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Dong Chen, Senior Asia Economist, Pictet Wealth Management discusses how there may be near term pain for markets and the economy as China transitions to a new economic drivers, regulations and values.

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