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When it comes to male-dominated industries, one that regularly tops the list is the real estate industry. In Powering Your Property, Prime Time's Timothy Go and Melissa Hyak spoke to Deb Noller, CEO at Switch Automation about female representation in the sector.

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 How are volatile oil and gas prices on the back of Russia's invasion of Ukraine posing threats to developing countries in the region? Can developing nations further a push towards cleaner, renewable energies in a time of high energy inflation? Why would Chinese traders resell LNG bought in the US to Europe to make a quick buck? And is the turbulence in nickel markets all down to a Chinese tycoon named Big Shot? JP Ong spoke to Bloomberg Energy and Commodities Reporter Stephen Stapczynski about the last few weeks in commodities.

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Each Monday in March, we'll be speaking to the folks at Rajah & Tann to take a closer look at NFT's -- what these mysterious "Non-Fungible Tokens" are, what opportunities and pitfalls may befall potential investors and creators, and if there is a role for regulating this fast-changing new world. In Part Three, JP Ong speaks with Rajesh Sreenivasan, Head of Rajah & Tann's Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Practice, and Benjamin Cheong, a Partner at Rajah & Tann, where they expound on the idea of NFT's and the smart contract, and also tackle why authorities in the UK made their first seizure of NFT's, and the curious case of the NBA player who started, then scrapped, a planned NFT project after its value rose significantly.

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The number of international visitor arrivals is on the rise as Singapore readies to open up its borders to all vaccinated travellers.

But industry players and observers are still waiting for a significant recovery in inbound tourism, with tourists currently a fraction of the travellers entering under the Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Transport correspondent Toh Ting Wei to find out if tourism will return to pre-pandemic levels.

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In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Timothy Go and Melissa Hyak spoke to Adrian Choo, CEO, Career Agility International about the out look for Singapore's labour market.

Total employment rebounded in 2021, with unemployment rates dipping to near pre-pandemic levels, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in its 2021 Labour Market Report released on Monday (Mar 14).

The labour market recovery is expected to continue this year, with economic growth gaining momentum, and hiring and job vacancies going up, said MOM.

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