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Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp, Novo Tellus Alpha Acquisition and Pegasus Asia are all slated to list on the Singapore Stock Exchange in the next few weeks, with VTAC set to trade tomorrow.

The upcoming SPAC listings mark a much-needed revival for the SGX, which has long struggled to compete with the U.S. and Hong Kong for heavyweight tech IPOs.

Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Melissa Hyak spoke to Nirgunan Tiruchelvam, Tellimer's Head of Consumer Equity Research to take a closer look at the upcoming offerings.

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At the start of 2022, there are continued questions about palm oil production due to persistent labour shortages. On Across the ASEAN, Finance Presenter JP Ong speaks to Dr Sathia Varqa, Founder at Palm Oil Analytics who shares his outlook for the year ahead.

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On Eco Money, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly spoke to Michelle Loi, Vice President, Sustainable Finance, WWF Singapore on how to break down barriers that are slowing the implementation of impactful climate actions by Asian Financial Institution.

They also discuss overcoming internal and external challenges, such as mindset, organizational structure and those in the operating environment, standing in the way of progress.

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In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, video editor Olivia Quay spoke to senior transport correspondent Christopher Tan about the latest bidding exercise which saw COE prices ending higher across all categories.

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A new documentary series headed by - arguably one of the most famous environmentalists - 95-year-old Sir David Attenborough called ‘The Green Planet’, aims to showcase earth from the perspective of plants by using pioneering new technology and the very latest science. On Sustainable Singapore, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Mike Gunton, Executive Producer, The Green Planet, BBC to share more about how they managed to achieve this.

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