Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong

A G20 meeting is going to be held in Bali this week with the attendance of Russian FM Sergei Lavrov regardless of opposition from the US due to its war in Ukraine. Furthermore, such a battle is also expected to influence Japan elections taking place on this coming Sunday. Lastly, the world covid-19 situation will also be updated. 

In The Spotlight, Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke with Pete Ross, Producer/Presenter, BBC to find out more. 

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Investors are keenly watching the latest developments in China. Earlier, Beijing was rolling back to its Covid-19 control to better support its ailing economy. Quarantine period for overseas travellers, for one, had shrunk to 7 days from the 14 to 21 days previously. Digital travel passes will also no longer indicate whether a person has visited high-risk cities - further boosting domestic travels. But to what extent would such relaxation of Covid-19 measures boost the world's second largest economies? To what extent will a recent flare up of Covid-19 cases in eastern China throw a spanner in the works? In Market View, Prime Time’s Finance Presenter Chua Tian Tian spoke with Iris Pang, Chief Economist of Greater China, ING for more.

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Investors are keenly watching the latest developments in China. Earlier, Beijing was rolling back to its Covid-19 control to better support its ailing economy. Quarantine period for overseas travellers, for one, had shrunk to 7 days from the 14 to 21 days previously. Digital travel passes will also no longer indicate whether a person has visited high-risk cities - further boosting domestic travels. But to what extent would such relaxation of Covid-19 measures boost the world's second largest economies? To what extent will a recent flare up of Covid-19 cases in eastern China throw a spanner in the works? In Market View, Prime Time’s Finance Presenter Chua Tian Tian spoke with Iris Pang, Chief Economist of Greater China, ING for more.

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Fresh evacuation orders were issued for thousands of Sydney residents on Monday after relentless rain flooded several suburbs in Australia’s largest city. Officials are warning of more wild weather to come.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke with Australia correspondent Jonathan Pearlman to find out more.

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Fresh evacuation orders were issued for thousands of Sydney residents on Monday after relentless rain flooded several suburbs in Australia’s largest city. Officials are warning of more wild weather to come.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke with Australia correspondent Jonathan Pearlman to find out more.

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Airports in Europe are facing a crisis of staff shortage which forces some hubs to urge airlines to stop selling tickets. This issue adds on the chaos in travelling including luggages lost, travel disappointment in the post-pandemic tourism.

Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke with Lavinia Rajaram, APAC Head of Communications, Expedia Group to find out more. 

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Airports in Europe are facing a crisis of staff shortage which forces some hubs to urge airlines to stop selling tickets. This issue adds on the chaos in travelling including luggages lost, travel disappointment in the post-pandemic tourism.

Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke with Lavinia Rajaram, APAC Head of Communications, Expedia Group to find out more. 

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Investors are keeping their eyes on a raft of economic data from the US as they enter into the second half of the year. In the meantime, new developments are also coming out from the European Central Bank's forum in Sintra, Portugal. But how do we make sense of the information, and what implications do they have on the US and Europe? In Market View, Prime Time's Finance Presenter Chua Tian Tian spoke to Jeff Ng, Senior Currency Analyst at MUFG to find out.

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Investors are keeping their eyes on a raft of economic data from the US as they enter into the second half of the year. In the meantime, new developments are also coming out from the European Central Bank's forum in Sintra, Portugal. But how do we make sense of the information, and what implications do they have on the US and Europe? In Market View, Prime Time's Finance Presenter Chua Tian Tian spoke to Jeff Ng, Senior Currency Analyst at MUFG to find out.

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The FBI says on its website that it estimates that seniors lose more than $3 billion each year to fraudsters. Scammers go after seniors because they believe older adults have a significant amount of money sitting in their accounts. 

At home, the Singapore Police Force last year flagged the top three common scams involving seniors aged 60 and above as phishing scams, social media scams and investment scams. 

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky reported that almost one in three seniors in Southeast Asia experience anxiety when paying online.

How can we help the seniors among us?

In the Spotlight, Bharati Jagdish and Timothy Go speak with Sohini Rajola, Regional Head of Asia Pacific, Western Union to find out more.

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