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CNA938 Rewind - La Dolce Vita! Enjoying what the Italian Film Festival 2025 has to offer

CNA938 Rewind

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro finds out where film fans can go to enjoy the rich selection of movies to be screened at the Italian Film Festival 2025. His Excellency Dante Brandi, the Ambassador of Italy to Singapore, will highlight some of the films – from the opener ‘Diamonds’ by Ferzan Özpetek hailed as Italy’s love letter to women, to the closing film ‘Arsa’ an experimental audiovisual experience by the artist duo MASBEDO. The Italian Film Festival 2025 will run from 7 to 22 June at The Projector Cineleisure.

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CNA938 Rewind - Can self-employed persons in the arts thrive in Singapore? Artists say Yes, with the right support

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro finds out more about the ‘Arts Acceleration Programme for Arts Self-Employed Persons’, which started in April, and jointly organised by UOB FinLab and the National Arts Council. A couple of experienced self-employed persons: music director Evan Low, and visual artist and illustrator Toby Tan will share their expertise in diversifying opportunities, harnessing digital tools for entrepreneurship, and leveraging personal branding, among other things.

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CNA938 Rewind - Stay relevant, engaged & have fun! What makes Mediacorp's Social Media Team tick

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with her colleagues from Mediacorp's Social Media Team on what they do on the job: building social media campaigns focusing on online engagement, as well as managing the social media presence of various channels, influencers and content creators.  Marketing manager Amelia Lee and Taran Singh, creative producer and host will also talk about other ‘uniquely Mediacorp’ social media pages like Just Try Lah, In the Hot Seat and IYKYK. They’ll also discuss the ever-evolving nature of social media.

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CNA938 Rewind - #TalkBack: As wages increase by 3.2 percent in 2024 (MOM survey), are you earning enough in 2025?

Wages in Singapore have risen at the fastest pace since the Covid-19 pandemic. It rose 3.2 per cent last year, up from 0.4 in 2023. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin spoke further with Roger Loo, Executive Director and Head of Management Consulting, BDO Singapore.

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CNA938 Rewind - Why did it take a year for parts of the weather radar to be sent for testing?

Parts of the weather radar system from Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 have been sent for tests in the US, following last year’s severe turbulence incident. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin discuss further with Alvin Lie, independent aviation analyst.

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CNA938 Rewind - Singaporean student planning on Harvard in 2026 may have to rethink

The Trump administration recently moved to block Harvard from enrolling international students. If the directive comes into effect, Harvard - which is the oldest institution of higher education in the US - will no longer be allowed to take in foreign students for the 2025-2026 academic year. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with "Josh", a Singaporean student, who was accepted at Harvard and hoped to start next year, but isn't sure if he’ll be able to go there now.

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