Let's Talk, Singapore

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  • Sustainable Singapore: Personal cooling solutions without warming the planet
    Close Comfort is an Australia and Singapore based brand that produces eco-friendly personal cooling devices that are less-consuming and less-emitting. Professor James Trevelyan, Inventor and CEO, Close Comfort shares more about the difference between a personal air cooler and an air conditioner and how much energy the Cool Focus unit saves in comparison to other portable air conditioners.
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    15 min
  • Working to regain trust from Singapore retail investors
    Singapore ranked 11th out of 15 surveyed markets with only 36 percent of retail investors trusting the financial services sector. Singapore also reported the biggest drop in trust levels by 11 percentage points as compared to 2018. Chan Fook Leong, Executive Director, Advocacy, CFA Society Singapore shares the importance of trust between investors and the financial services and how financial services or investment professionals can gain trust from investors once again.
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    11 min
  • Regional Roundup: 24 June 2020
    The ongoing power struggle in Malaysia between former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and PKR President Anwar Ibrahim continues, even as Dr Mahathir says he will quit the Pakatan plus pact. Meanwhile, Indonesia continues to see Covid-19 cases rise. Straits Times Regional Correspondent, Leslie Lopez gives his analysis on this, and more from around Southeast Asia.
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    11 min
  • Singapore's role in the changing global dynamics of Southeast Asia's energy sector
    As the world's fifth-largest refinery export hub, Singapore is well-positioned to lead the world in the downstream industry. However, changing global dynamics, including Covid-19, have put some pressure on the industry’s standing as a pillar of Singapore’s economy, and challenge its relevance as the world moves towards decarbonisation. Tim Rockell, Chairman of the Energy & Utilities Business Group, British Chamber of Commerce Singapore shares the outlook of the energy sector for 2020 and how Singapore’s role in Southeast Asia’s energy sector will change. 
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    16 min
  • How technology will shape the behaviours of a post-pandemic workforce
    Over the last few months, many of us have interacted socially more over a machine than you have done so face-to-face. In the so-called ‘new norm’, workers may no longer need to be assigned to one function, location or even team. Neville Vincent, Vice President, South Asia Pacific, Nutanix shares how technology will reshape and change the behaviours of a post-pandemic workforce.
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    15 min
  • China Updates: 23 June 2020
    Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs breaks down the latest on China's recent suspension on imports of poultry products from a plant owned by US-based meat processor, Tyson Foods, the reveal of a blueprint for a controversial new national security law and more.
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    7 min
  • Week Ahead with CNBC: 22 June 2020
    CNBC's Nancy Hungerford walks through how markets will trade this week with a spike in new COVID-19 cases in the US prompting the re-closures of Apple stores, and Beijing banning Tyson Foods imports.
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    7 min
  • The importance of upskilling for your job search in 2020
    In the latest Randstad Singapore’s latest Workmonitor survey, it was revealed that 89 percent of respondents are willing to be retrained to ensure their employability. Interestingly, this sentiment is highest among mature workers, with 93 percent of respondents aged 55 and above sharing it. Jaya Dass, Managing Director, Malaysia & Singapore, Randstad shares the right skills one should upgrade themselves in if they are planning to go on a job hunt in 2020 and some tips for those looking for a new role this year.
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    13 min

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