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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: From campus to cockpit — How Captain Benson Woon made a mid-career decision to pursue his childhood dream

CNA938 Rewind

For seven years, Benson Woon taught students as a lecturer. While he enjoyed the job, teaching was his second love. Since he was a child, he knew he wanted to become a commercial pilot — but had to take a detour. Then at 29, he seized the opportunity to try again — and made it. Since 2013, Captain Benson Woon, who's now a pilot-instructor with Scoot, has been living his dream in the skies. He reflects on his journey and shares what he'd write in his letter to his younger self — and offers some insights for individuals who may want to explore taking a similar career flightpath.

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CNA938 Rewind - Mind Your Money - Can autonomous delivery finally go door to door?

Autonomous delivery is moving closer to a fully connected journey from public roads to individual doorsteps. Hui Wong speaks with Alan Ng, Founder and CEO of QuikBot Technologies to explore where demand is coming from across Asia-Pacific, Singapore’s role as a test market, and what it will take to scale the model commercially.

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CNA938 Rewind - Documenting Singapore’s fish before they disappear

As Singapore’s coastline continues to evolve through development and land reclamation, a growing community of anglers, photographers and citizen scientists is racing to record the marine life that still calls our waters home. Hairianto Diman speaks with Andriel Cheong, a recreational angler on his efforts to document Singapore’s fish biodiversity before it is lost to history. 

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CNA938 Rewind - Behind the doors of a nursing home: When systems fail

Beyond caregiving, nursing homes rely on rigorous systems for medication management, infection control, clinical care and governance. Through the case of Windsor Convalescent Home, whose licence is set to be revoked after repeated lapses were found by auditors, Hairianto Diman examines the unseen work required to keep residents safe with Dr Lim Peng Peng, Head, St Luke’s ElderCare Residence @ Ang Mo Kio & Head, Medical Services

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CNA938 Rewind - The yen won't budge: What's driving Japan's currency crunch

The Bank of Japan just hiked interest rates to their highest level since 1995 – and the yen barely moved. It's still hovering near multi-decade lows, even after Tokyo reportedly spent ¥12 trillion defending it earlier this year. So what's actually going on? Hairianto Diman unpacks why monetary policy isn't working and what role government spending is playing with Dr. Martin Schulz, Chief Economist, Fujitsu

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CNA938 Rewind - Top 5 tech gadgets for Father's Day #SGToday

Father’s Day falls on Sunday (21 June). But fret not if you haven’t bought Dad something – we’ve got our top 5 list of last minute tech gifts all prepped for you. Daniel Martin speaks with Aloysius Low, Co-Founder and Editor, Can Buy or Not.

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