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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 - AI in Singapore’s finance sector

AI is reshaping Singapore’s finance sector, bringing optimism alongside concerns over jobs, fair hiring and future career pathways. Cheryl Goh speaks with Chiew Chun Wee, Regional Policy & Insights Lead for Asia Pacific at ACCA to find out how financial institutions are responding, and why purpose, workplace culture and employee wellbeing matter more than ever.

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CNA938 Rewind - One person's clutter, another person's treasure

Singapore is pushing to build a more circular economy but can we really recycle our way out of the waste problem? Or do we need to rethink our throwaway culture altogether? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at why repairing, reusing and sharing everyday items may have a bigger environmental impact than simply recycling and how community initiatives are helping Singaporeans keep perfectly usable items out of our landfills. For more, they speak with Jonathan Kwok, Community Innovator Executive, SL2.

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CNA938 Rewind - Saving for old age while paying for everyone else: The trap young Singaporeans are in

Nearly half of Singapore adults are financially supporting family members. Young adults under 35 are giving away roughly 40 per cent of their monthly income to loved ones and delaying their own health care in the process. A new Manulife survey puts numbers to a tension many Singaporeans are already living. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speaks with Christopher Gee, Deputy Director of Research and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, NUS, to unpack what it really means, what's driving it, and what – if anything – can be done about it.

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CNA938 Rewind - Stock take today: Yen hits 40-year low, Wall Street awaits US jobs data

On today's (30 June) markets analysis on Open For Business, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Brendan Ahern, Chief Investment Officer at KraneShares.

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CNA938 Rewind - South Korea's billion-dollar AI bet: Bold vision or high-stakes gamble?

South Korean chipmakers are expected to pledge more than 650 billion US dollars of investment into the country's AI infrastructure over the next decade. Samsung and SK Hynix are among the biggest beneficiaries of the global AI wave, as they dominate the production of high-end memory chips.But can they afford it? Will the infrastructure keep up? And what happens if the AI boom cools? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Mark Matthews, Managing Director, Head of Research Asia, Julius Baer, to find out. 

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