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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

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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 - PM Wong removes Pritam Singh as Leader of the Opposition: What’s next?

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has removed Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh as Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition, effective immediately, and asked the Workers’ Party to nominate another MP for the role. Mr Wong said any new nominee should not be implicated in past related findings and must meet high standards for the position. So, what’s next for the WP? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Dr Mustafa Izzuddin, Senior International Affairs Analyst, Solaris, to find out.

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CNA938 Rewind - Stock take today: US-Taiwan chip deal, Wall street gains on bank earnings

On the daily markets analysis on Open For Business, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Manish Saini, Investment Counselor, Citigold Private Client, Citibank Singapore.

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CNA938 Rewind - Lady M exits Singapore retail, plans direct market strategy

American patisserie Lady M has closed all of its outlets in Singapore, following the end of a licensing agreement with Caerus Holdings on Dec 11, 2025. Lady M says it’s transitioning the Singapore market as part of a global strategy, and plans to take a more direct role in operations here to improve quality, consistency and the brand experience. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Dr Samer El Hajjar, Senior Marketing Lecturer, NUS Business School, to find out more.

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CNA938 Rewind - The new Sports Council Bill – eSports, Bridge and Chess now officially recognised as Sports

E-sports, as well as mind sports like chess and bridge, will be formally recognised as sports. That’s after a Bill was passed in parliament yesterday. Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo said these amendments to the Singapore Sports Council Act are part of a move to support Singaporeans’ diverse sporting aspirations. So, will this Bill’s passing affect the definition of a “sport” in the traditional sense? Daniel Martin speaks with Kevin Goh, CEO, Singapore Chess Federation.

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CNA938 Rewind - #TalkBack: Strong Polytechnic Graduate Employment Survey results ~ are diploma holders and poly grads more in demand in this job market?

About a year ago, the 'Singapore Today' team spoke about there being fewer graduates finding work 6 months after leaving university. Now, a Polytechnic Graduate Employment Survey's results have showed ninety per cent of polytechnic graduates in Singapore’s labour force got employed within six months of completing school or National Service (NS) last year. So, are diploma holders and poly grads more in demand in this job market? Daniel Martin discusses further with Adrian Choo, CEO and Founder, Career Agility International.

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