Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong

 In The Straits Times' The Big Story, multimedia correspondent Harianto Diman speaks to Associate Professor Alex Cook, vice-dean of research at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at NUS, who weighs in on the Omicron situation in Singapore.

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Data published by the CPF Board showed that more people who used their CPF monies to pay their housing loans were unable to fully refund the amount after selling their properties in 2020, compared with the previous 2 years.

However, the CPF Board told The Straits Times that not a single person who was unable to do a full refund was required to top up their CPF in cash that year.

In Powering Your Property, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque spoke to Nicholas Mak, Head of Research and Consultancy, ERA Real Estate to find out why this is happening and how you can protect yourself from this growing trend when it comes to financing options.

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With the Reit merger trend not cooling in the local market anytime soon, Prime Time’s Finance Presenter JP Ong speaks to Vijay Natarajan, Analyst, RHB Group who shares his analysis on the proposed ESR-Reit and ALog Trust, and Mapletree mergers. 

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Singapore’s public health strategy against the Omicron variant and the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations for children are among the key issues discussed in Parliament today - the first sitting of the year. 

To find out more, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque spoke to Zakir Hussain, Singapore Editor, The Straits Times.

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Blank-check companies are set to make a debut in Singapore this month as the financial hub, which has struggled to attract new stock listings, gears up for competition from Hong Kong.

Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd is seeking at least S$170 million, while Tikehau Capital SCA-backed Pegasus Asia could raise at least S$150 million. 

In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque spoke to Ishika Mookerjee, Journalist, Bloomberg for an update on Singapore SPACS.

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