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CNA938 Rewind - GDP target met amid weak spending: China plans big boost for consumers

CNA938 Rewind

China met its official 5% GDP growth target in 2025, buoyed by strong exports even as domestic demand and retail spending lag. This prompted Beijing to announce a suite of new measures to spur consumption over the next five years. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at the latest plan aimed to unlock consumption – a structural shift that could reshape China’s growth engine with Arup Raha, Independent Economist

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CNA938 Rewind - The Big Question: Why is the arts in Singapore struggling?

From the closure of The Substation to the loss of library@esplanade as well as indie cinema operators and theatre production companies, Singapore’s arts scene is at a crossroads. Is there still a place for the arts and artists in Singapore? And who holds the responsibility to keep the scene alive? On The Big Question, Andrea Heng and Susan Ng have a roundtable conversation with Shrey Bhargava, local actor; Xue, Founder, The Butoh Collective & Ryan Su, Founder, The Ryan Foundation – a non-profit organisation promoting arts awareness in Singapore

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CNA938 Rewind - Breaking barriers: Companies hitting $1 trillion market cap

Walmart has become the first retailer ever to hit $1 trillion in market valuation, riding on a year-long rally that has seen its shares rise nearly 26%. It joins Big Tech heavyweights such as Nvidia and Alphabet. Andrea Heng and Susan Ng look at the rarity of a non tech giant company achieving this feat and the risks companies pushing into the trillion-dollar club face with Simon Ree, Founder, Tao of Trading 

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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: Trust, boundaries, and date nights — How Kelvin Kao and Daphne Ling run an ad agency, opened a cafe, and raise five children together

Kelvin Kao and Daphne Ling are partners — in marriage and in business. Along with raising five children, they also own and run an ad agency — and for five years they operated a cafe downstairs. Through the hustle, they say they gained invaluable perspectives about people and themselves. They share what they've learned about making a partnership work through trust, boundaries, intentionality — and date nights.

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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: "You are enough" — Najip Ali embraces evolution and continues redefining creative boundaries

Najip Ali is a pillar of Singapore's entertainment industry. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has been an actor, host, singer, rapper, talent show judge, director, and executive producer. On both sides of the camera, Najip has redefined creative boundaries and embraced evolution. And through the expectations, setbacks, and successes, he has found a deeper personal wisdom. Also in this conversation, the iconic former Asia Bagus co-host shares how his formative experience in Japan shaped his creative sensibilities, and why he's invested so much of his career into finding and developing new talent, such as with his latest programme Berani Lakon! ("Dare to Act!") which airs its grand-final episode on 10 February 2026 at 8:30pm on Suria.

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CNA938 Rewind - When growth doesn’t hire: can GDP rise while jobs vanish?

Could reduced job creation in an AI-led economy ultimately stunt Singapore’s GDP growth? Daniel Martin speaks with Louise Loo, Head of Asia Economics at Oxford Economics.

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