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CNA938 Rewind - KORIO - Surviving COVID & the Tough F&B Industry, One Sandwich (and Donut) at a Time

n ‘Made in SG’ Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Myron Tan and Shaz Henshaw, the Singaporean founders of KORIO the cult favourite sandwich shop selling New-York inspired sandwiches and brioche doughnuts. The husband-and-wife team will recall why they set up KORIO – tapping on their unique strengths - and how they managed to survive the COVID crisis, before shutting down temporarily in 2023. They’ll then recall how they engineered a triumphant comeback in partnership with Zouk Group. They’ll also discuss their gameplan to thrive in the current F&B scene rocked by a string of high-profile closures, and a tough economic environment.

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CNA938 Rewind - Check into HOTEL – the 5-hour Wild Rice production - with actor Ghafir Akbar as your guide

In ‘Culture Club’ Melanie Oliveiro speaks with award-winning Malaysian actor Ghafir Akbar, now starring in the restaged version of HOTEL by theatre company Wild Rice. Billed as a multi-generational epic, HOTEL spans a century and is performed for over five hours in nine languages. Ghafir will discuss the production’s timeless appeal, his characters, as well as the hotel’s other residents which include Indian mutineers, Cantonese nannies, Malay film stars, Japanese soldiers, and wedding guests. He’ll also talk about how acting is a passion and lifelong career.

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CNA938 Rewind - 'Skibidi' and 'delulu’: What makes a word “worthy” for a dictionary?

Words popularised by Gen Z and Gen Alpha including "skibidi", "delulu" and "tradwife" are among 6,000 new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary over the last year. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Assistant Professor Tamisha Tan, Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, School of Humanities, NTU, to understand the process behind words being included in dictionaries and the factors in deciding which words to be added.

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CNA938 Rewind - NDR 2025: Putting out the fire of vaping through stiffer penalties

In his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said Singapore will toughen its stance on vaping, treating it as a drug issue with harsher penalties including jail for sellers of vapes with harmful substances. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman spoke with Dr. Yvette van der Eijk, Assistant Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, to get an assessment of the measures to clamp down on the vaping scourge and discuss the support needed for addicts.

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CNA938 Rewind - Stock take today: Intel’s twin lifeline, the bubble risk in tech

On the daily markets analysis on Open For Business, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Damian McIntyre, Head of Multi-Asset Solutions, Federated Hermes.

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CNA938 Rewind - Softbank, Trump administration: Twin lifeline for Intel?

The Trump administration is in talks to take a 10% stake in Intel by converting some or all of the struggling company's Chips Act grants into equity. Additionally, the once iconic US chipmaker is getting a $2 billion capital injection from SoftBank Group. How far will all this support go in helping the struggling chipmaker? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Bob O'Donnell, President and Chief Analyst, TECHnalysis Research, to find out. 

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