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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: How Nichol Ng rebuilt the family business and started a food charity — while raising four children

CNA938 Rewind

Nichol Ng, co-founder and Group CEO of food distributor X-Inc, is known for starting The Food Bank Singapore (with her brother Nicholas) in 2012. While the siblings handed over the reins of the charity in 2025, Nichol continues pouring herself into her business, her family, and social causes — now as chairperson of Playeum, a charity which empowers children from marginalised backgrounds through "artful play". Nichol shares how her entrepreneurship journey started when she answered the call to rebuild her family business which had hit hard times, how she proved her doubters wrong, and the five most valuable lessons she would write in her letter to her younger self.

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CNA938 Rewind - #TalkBack: Protecting yourself and others — what to do after seeing a flasher

A 30-year-old Malaysian man was recently sentenced to four weeks’ jail for exposing himself to a 15-year-old boy in a public toilet at Senja Hawker Centre. What should you do if you encounter a flasher? Daniel Martin speaks with Ivan Tan, a licensed private investigator and operations manager at Asia Top Investigation.

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CNA938 Rewind - Daniel’s guest spent 3-months sleeping rough, in public spaces, parks and more

The number of rough sleepers counted on a single night fell by 6.4 per cent last year compared with three years ago. But can more be done to help these individuals? Daniel Martin speaks with Derek Lim, volunteer head and outreach coordinator at Homeless Hearts of Singapore, and “Jonathan”, a former rough sleeper.

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CNA938 Rewind - From habit to handcuffs: the real cost of vaping in Singapore

Two vape-related cases recently made headlines – one man jailed for eight weeks, eight times the original sentence after a court-ordered review, and a woman became the first to be jailed for skipping mandatory rehab after being caught with a Kpod. What does this harsher approach signal for future cases? Daniel Martin speaks with Jennifer Chih, Senior Partner of Nair, Jen & Tan LLC.

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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: How Nazhath Faheema "holds space" for youths to talk about race, religion, and identity

Nazhath Faheema is the founder of hash.peace, a youth-focussed group that advocates interfaith and intercultural dialogue. Faheema shares the events that started her on a passionate journey to help sustain Singapore's multicultural harmony, why some people are sometimes surprised to see her in certain places of worship, and what she'd say in her letter to her younger self.

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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: "You are not a victim; you are an overcomer who will help others" — Melissa Lim of the Brain Tumour Society Singapore

Six years after Melissa Lim's mother passed from brain cancer, Melissa herself was diagnosed with a brain tumour and underwent surgery. Her experience as a caregiver and subsequent ordeal as a patient led her to start the Brain Tumour Society Singapore in 2014, which supports patients and their families. Melissa tells us how she found the inner strength to go through the most trying times of her treatment and recovery, and shares the empowering messages she'd write in her letter to her younger self.

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