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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: Artist, marathoner, business consultant, and more — how Dr Grace Chew reinvented her through adversity

Dr Grace Chew's journey is as colourful and meaningful as her paintings. She is a visual artist, a former cabin crew member with SIA, a marathoner, a former Mrs Singapore World winner — and a successful management consultant with a PhD in international business management. Much of her drive to excel stems from the adversity she had to overcome in her earlier years. She shares the most valuable lessons she's gained by persevering through the setbacks and constantly reinventing herself.

Dr Grace Chew also shares how she's preparing for her first solo art exhibition, aptly titled Transformation, which will be held from 24-26 Oct 2025.

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CNA938 Rewind - Benny’s Music, Melancholia & Life Decisions

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with local singer and alternate-folk musician Benny’s, whose songs are deeply inspired by the environment that surrounds her. Benny’s will talk about her music and how her signature introspective lyricism and melancholic melodies show up in the songs she creates. She’ll then talk about how she crafts a song, how she chose her stage name and the issues addressed in her album “Do I”. Discover more Singaporean music and musicians – like Benny’s – at Hear65.com an initiative by the National Arts Council, produced by independent music media company Bandwagon.

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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: PropertyGuru's Lewis Ng on drive, values, and family in a fast-changing industry

Lewis Ng's appointment as CEO of PropertyGuru in March 2025 was a homecoming of sorts; he had previously been with the company in senior leadership roles from 2014 to 2019. Lewis shares how his experience as a young boy working in his immigrant parent's restaurant in Sydney shaped his work ethic, his plans for PropertyGuru in a rapidly-evolving landscape, and the core values that have grown through his journey.

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CNA938 Rewind - Silas Yeak – improving home & personal life with his 3D printed designs

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro talks to designer Silas Yeak, founder of Yeak Designs, which offers 3D printing services, custom design solutions and unique products. Yeak will talk about how and why he started the business which includes customising 3D-printed art, making unique phone accessories, and even scanning customers to make one-of-a-kind keepsake figurines. He’ll also talk about designing everyday solutions for his home, running pop-up booths, working with clients, and growing up with ADHD.

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CNA938 Rewind - The true accounts on CNA's docuseries Separation: Declassified

We know of the 9th of August 1965 as the day we were ‘expelled’ from Malaysia, but there may be more than meets the eye to the separation story. Hui Wong speaks with Senior Producer, Peh Yuxin, and Producer, Clarisse Goh to get the details of CNA's new two-part docuseries.

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CNA938 Rewind - From CCTV to face scans: Drawing the line between privacy and security

In a bid to tackle repeat shoplifting offenders, retail chains like Sheng Siong have started using facial-recognition technology in their CCTV cameras, allowing staff to be alerted when known shoplifters enter the store. Hairianto Diman discusses how this high-tech measure fits into broader retail security efforts and the issue of privacy versus security with Associate Professor Razwana Begum, Head, Public Safety and Security Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences 

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