Lunch with Sumiko

Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.

Growing up, Filipino-born Maria Ressa realised that one can be one’s worst enemy. She told herself to embrace whatever she feared, to “rob it of its sting”. Last October, she co-won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for her journalistic work.

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Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.

For years, lawyer Adrian Tan hated being associated with The Teenage Textbook, the book he wrote as a student. He has since grown to embrace it and in fact, the newly-elected president of the Law Society of Singapore has returned to writing.

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Produced by: Sumiko Tan and ST Video team

Edited by: ST Video team, Penelope Lee and Teo Tong Kai

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Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa

The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2

Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB

Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn

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In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt

Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m

SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR

#PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad

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Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.

Aloysius Yapp regrets losing part of his childhood by dropping out of school when he was 14. But his focus was on playing pool and last year, he became the world no. 1. Now, the 25-year-old says with a steely determination that he is just beginning.

Lunch With Sumiko videos: https://str.sg/wPrB 

Produced by: Sumiko Tan and ST Video team

Edited by: ST Video team, Penelope Lee and Teo Tong Kai

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Discover ST's special edition podcasts:

Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa

The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2

Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB

Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn

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Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7

Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf

Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN

In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt

Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m

SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR

#PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad

ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE

Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas

Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ

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Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.

Aaron Tan, co-founder of Carro, a unicorn start-up dealing in used cars, says he is aggressive when it comes to business.

Read Sumiko Tan's full stories here: https://str.sg/Jbhe

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Produced by: Sumiko Tan and ST Video

Edited by: ST Video and Penelope Lee

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Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts

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Discover ST's special edition podcasts:

Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa

The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2

Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB

Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn

---

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Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7

Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf

Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN

In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt

Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m

SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR

#PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad

ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE

Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas

The Big Story: https://str.sg/wuZe

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Lunch With Sumiko Ep 35: Pandemic fighter Kenneth Mak believes in being Mr Approachable

5:34 mins

Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.

Director of medical services Kenneth Mak places great store on being approachable, even when he's in the thick of tackling a pandemic.

Read Sumiko Tan's full stories here: https://str.sg/Jbhe

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Produced by: Sumiko Tan and ST Video team

Edited by: ST Video team and Penelope Lee

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Discover ST's special edition podcasts:

Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa

The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2

Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB

Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn

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Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7

Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf

Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN

In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt

Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m

SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR

#PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad

ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE

Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas

The Big Story: https://str.sg/wuZe

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Lunch With Sumiko Ep 34: "I'm a perpetual optimist", says Tan See Leng, Manpower Minister

5:47 mins

Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.

Dr Tan See Leng entered politics after 30 years as a GP and in the corporate world. The Manpower Minister speaks about how his private sector background gives him an 'outside the system' perspective.

Read Sumiko Tan's full stories here: https://str.sg/Jbhe

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Lunch With Sumiko Ep 33: "How average people can find success", Prajit Nanu, CEO of Nium

4:42 mins

Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.

Prajit Nanu was an average student in Mumbai. Orphaned in his teens, hunger and ambition drove him to start the fintech Nium, which is now worth US$1 billion.

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Produced by: Sumiko Tan and ST Video team

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Lunch With Sumiko Ep 32: How Klook rode the Covid-19 crisis- Eric Gnock Fah

4:51 mins

Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.

Co-founder of tech travel start-up Klook, Eric Gnock Fah tells Executive Editor Sumiko Tan how the company has survived he pandemic the put a stop to travel.

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Produced by: Sumiko Tan and ST Video team

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Lunch With Sumiko Ep 31: ‘My toughest assignment' - Khaw Boon Wan on his new role as SPH Media Trust chairman

8:41 mins

Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.

Mr Khaw Boon Wan came out of retirement to chair SPH Media Trust, which takes over the media operations of Singapore Press Holdings.

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