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CNA938 Rewind - Crafting Community Bonding Through Eco Art with People’s Association & Cherie Ng

CNA938 Rewind

In ‘Made in SG’ Melanie Oliveiro speaks with eco-art creator Cherie Ng who is also the lead artist for the North East Mega Giant Delight installation. It’s part of Giant Delight SG60 - which comes under the PAssionArts Festival – that features 18 super-sized, interactive art installations co-created by artists and residents, each celebrating unique neighbourhood stories across Singapore. Ng will talk about being the lead artist for the North East Mega Giant Delight installation “Living Side by Side”, and how she was involved in a total of 5 out of the 18 Giant Delight installations. Ng will also discuss how she worked with the community to decorate the installations/pods. Joining in the conversation is People’s Association’s Ting Min Er, who leads the Giant Delight programme.

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CNA938 Rewind - Empire State of Mind with 3D Pop Artist Charles Fazzino

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with American 3D pop artist Charles Fazzino who talks how he partnered with Bruno Gallery Singapore to unveil a new body of work: “The Unbelievable Island of Singapore at 60”. Fazzino will explain how he was inspired to create artworks in honour of Singapore’s 60th birthday with an exclusive series of 120 limited-edition 3D decoupage artworks, with the collection being presented in two variations - 60 “Day Edition” and 60 “Night Edition” pieces. Fazzino will also talk about who, and what, inspires his craft.

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CNA938 Rewind - Cooking up a TikTok Storm with @SGCulturedBoi and @ThePantryBoy

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with TikTok personalities and food brand ambassadors, and how they use the social media app to market their personal brands to fellow Singaporeans and netizens. Josiah Chow recalls how he started his own business selling traditional sauces via his channel “SG Cultured Boi”. Daren Teo – known as “The Pantry Boy” – will talk about how he blends different culinary influences into his recipes. Both Chow and Teo will also talk about their different styles of content creation and how food is their passion.

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CNA938 Rewind - Meta accused of silencing VR child safety research

New disclosures from current and former Meta employees allege the company has been hiding internal research pointing to serious risks to children in its virtual reality (VR) platforms. Meta strongly disputes the allegations, saying it has conducted youth safety research, added parental controls, default privacy measures for teenagers, and that its legal interventions were meant to ensure compliance with privacy laws – not to cover up problems. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at the challenges in prosecuting crimes in the VR space with Nasya Bahfen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University.

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CNA938 Rewind - Not the catch of the day: 6.3m whale carcass surfaces at Tanjong Pagar

A 6.3m baleen whale carcass was found off Tanjong Pagar on Sept 6. The cause of death is unknown but research is well underway. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at the recovery protocol when such carcasses are discovered with Sirius Ng, PhD Candidate at NUS.

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CNA938 Rewind - Fake bulk orders: Prank taken too far or a deeper malicious intent?

Following the case of the Tiong Bahru hawker who received a fake bulk order of his biryani, three more local F&B businesses have fallen victim to a fraudulent bulk order case with a similar modus operandi. What could be the motivation behind these scam orders? And why impersonate authority figures? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out with Prof Hannah Yee-Fen Lim, Nanyang Business School, NTU

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