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Around 1,600 new HDB flats will be built on a 10ha site in Farrer Park, and integrated with sports and recreational facilities including a new sports centre. The Build-To-Order projects will be launched for sale within three years.

In a nod to the area's rich sporting heritage, about 20 per cent of the site will be set aside as open spaces for sports and recreational uses, including a 1.2ha central green space comprising a field and a park.

In The Straits Times' The Big Story, Multimedia Journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Sports correspondent Sazali Abdul Aziz about the reactions from the sporting community to these plans.

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Singapore inflation jumped 5.4% in March - -its highest since 2012. Song Seng Wun, Economist at CIMB Private Banking, joined us on Prime Time to discuss the numbers, how big a part rising wages and surging energy costs played in the inflation print, how effective the MAS' recent tightening measures may be in helping Singaporeans weather the inflation, and if the price of beer at his neighbourhood pub has already risen. 

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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses Singapore's latest news and announcements in this weekly podcast. 

The Straits Times' Zakir Hussain, Singapore editor at The Straits Times, speaks with Money FM 89.3's Timothy Goh and Melissa Hyak.

The government will be relaxing more restrictions from April 26, 2022, after the Ministry of Health announced earlier that Singapore will lower its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition from orange to yellow level on Tuesday. 

The team discusses what you need to know about the latest easing of Covid-19 rules. 

Produced by: Zakir Hussain ([email protected]) & Money FM 89.3

Edited by: Money FM 89.3’s Nadiah Koh and ST’s Paxton Pang

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First coined in 2021 in the US, the 'Great Resignation' implies a global workforce trend where millions of employees are voluntarily leaving their jobs, having borne the worst of the pandemic with their current employers. It seems what is typically being seeing as a Western phenomenon is now hitting close to home. In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Timothy Go and Melissa Hyak poke to Adrian Choo, CEO, Career Agility International to find out more.

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The surge in energy prices is causing nations to rethink their energy security and dependency on fossil fuels. What are the green alternatives? Will Singapore need nuclear power to meet its climate goals and build a low-carbon, prosperous economy? On SGExtra, Prime Time's Timothy Go and Melissa Hyak spoke to Shabana Begum, Journalist, The Straits Times.

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A week after the Monetary Authority of Singapore enacted a one-two punch in raising the slope of the SGD's NEER rate and its midpoint, how effective will this be in helping head off inflationary pressures in Singapore? And will potential strength be blunted if other central banks also tighten their monetary policy settings? Jeff Ng, Senior Currency Analyst at MUFG, joined us on Forex Fridays to talk about how this is shaping their outlook on the Singapore Dollar, and also what he makes of recent weakness facing the Chinese Yuan and the Japanese Yen.

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