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James Walton, Sports Business Group Leader, Deloitte Southeast Asia, shares about the key highlights that happened in the Tokyo Olympics 2021 and what are the notable learning points that stood out from this event. 

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Jay See, Alliance & Partnerships Manager, Singapore, OFX joins us putting the spotlight on currencies, giving us a round up of how major currencies have been trading this week following Central Banks announcements and key movers we should look out for. 

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Letter From The Bureau Ep 4: Taiwan wakes up to its tribal culture

13:40 mins

Synopsis: The Straits Times's foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe every month.

They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.

In this episode, she chats with ST's Taiwan correspondent Katherine Wei about the following:

1. How Taiwan's native tribes were repressed (1:10)
2. Rediscovering tribal roots, history and culture (6:03)
3. How tribes try to preserve their languages (7:25)
4. Tribal songs now on streaming platforms; some have won awards (9:34)
5. Integration of tribes in today’s society (11:38)

Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar ([email protected]), Ernest Luis & Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Hadyu Rahim

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Businesses in the local tourism sector have been hit hard by the Covid-19, which led the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to help these affected businesses by offering a variety of digital transformation initiatives and solutions. Wong Ming Fai, Chief Technology Officer, Singapore Tourism Board, shares more about this initiative by STB and how can the tourism sector integrate these solutions in their businesses. 

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Terence Chua, Senior Research Analyst, Phillip Securities Research, discusses why the bank is looking at strong momentum carrying through in the loans business, and whether there is still more upside in the stock.

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In this week's Companies to Watch, the spotlight is on Alibaba. Rusmin Ang, CEO, Fifthperson gives an analysis of a Alibaba's slow growth in major divisions from cloud to e-commerce, and if the company have faced the worst of China's regulatory clampdowns.

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Back in March, CapitaLand had proposed the group's biggest-ever overhaul that will see the privatizing of its real estate development business and consolidation of its fund management and lodging business. Andrew Lim, Group Chief Financial Officer, CapitaLand shares how this restructure will accelerate the growth of its businesses and what CLI's growth strategy will be like in APAC.

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Regional Round-up Ep 9: Malaysia PM's impending reign loss and possible political developments

11:30 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 Elliott Danker about the following points:

1. Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin postponed Parliament session due to outbreak of Covid-19 cases (2:10)
2. Muhyiddin's position as Prime Minister and possible successors upon resignation (4:30)
3. Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim decision to possibly work together for the country (7:27)
4. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's virtual meet with South-east Asian officials (9:11)

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

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Margaret Yang, Strategist, DailyFX, discusses the bright spots in OCBC and UOB's 2Q earnings, and how much upside is already priced into their share prices.

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As of 2021, an estimated average of 200 million users worldwide have invested in digital currencies, an annual user increase of 2.8 percent from the previous year. But despite this many are still uncertain of digital currencies as a means of investment and wealth management. Mavis Mok, CEO, HWGG Capital shares the difference between digital currencies investing and traditional investing, and some advice investors exploring digital currencies should take note of. 

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