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Singapore's beauty industry will be getting a skills facelift with the launch of a new framework to help more than 13,000 workers in the industry to plan their career and development pathways. Simon Lee, Beauty Services Alliance Representative & Founder, Hair & Cosmetology Association (Singapore) shares more about the framework and how it will benefit the beauty sector.

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On the Weekly Wrap-up, Eugene Tan, Associate Professor of Law at SMU gives his analysis on some of the top headlines from this week including; DBS announcing its job-sharing scheme, the upcoming first Singapore airlines flight to Hong Kong within the travel bubble and what it might mean for Singapore if hawker culture is added to the Unesco cultural heritage list. 

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Asian Insider Ep 50: What would a Biden administration mean for Asia?

15:45 mins

Synopsis: Every Friday, 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, ST's associate editor Vikram Khanna moderates and hosts a special panel comprising Singapore ambassadors and professors Tommy Koh and Chan Heng Chee, and Nirmal Ghosh and ST's global affairs correspondent Benjamin Kang Lim.

They say that under Joe Biden, the US may engineer a "cold peace" with China while re-engaging with its allies in Asia.

Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh ([email protected]) & ST Video team

Edited by: ST Video team and Penelope Lee

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Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist, AMP Capital shares why Australian markets are poised for a rebound and how tensions with China and the wider shift away from fossil fuels will impact.

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A new global passenger survey commissioned by Inmarsat, has found flying habits are set to change drastically for the long-term, with 9 in 10 airline passengers from the Asia Pacific region surveyed not expecting to return to their previous travel routines once the pandemic is over. David Coiley, Vice President Asia Pacific, Inmarsat Aviation shares what these changes in travel habits mean for the aviation sector in a post pandemic world.

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According to CARMA ASIA’s annual CEO Brand Report, DBS, SIA, Wilmar and Singtel house Singapore’s most prominent and favourable CEOs. But what can a favourable CEO image do for a business, especially in times of crisis? Andrew Nicholls, Managing Director & Co-Founder, CARMA ASIA breaks down the findings from the report.

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This week, troubled water treatment firm Hyflux was placed under judicial management after the company was given 12 extensions of its debt moratorium over 2 and a half years. What does this mean for the 34,000 perpetual and preference shareholders are owed $900 million? David Gerald, Founder, President and CEO, Securities Investors Association (Singapore) shares more.

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Manpreet Gill, Head of FICC Investment Strategy, Standard Chartered Private Bank discusses how investors should position themselves between value and growth as markets whipsaw amid vaccine progress and surging COVID-19 cases.

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Straits Times Regional Correspondent, Leslie Lopez gives his take on the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and its impact on the region, whether Malaysian politicians can put their differences aside to approve the country's Budget for 2021, highlights the reasoning behind why recordings of Malaysian fugitive "Jho Low" have been released now, and which way Thailand's Parliament vote for amending the nation's constitution might go.

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According to the data from the Law Ministry's Insolvency Office, the number of individuals filing for bankruptcy soared 47 percent from a year earlier to 434 in January, the highest since October 2004. Low Jin Liang, Senior Associate Director, PKWA Law shares what exactly is like to be bankrupt and the process to apply for it.

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