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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: For Rotterdam's former mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, poetry is a light in darkness

CNA938 Rewind

Ahmed Aboutaleb migrated to the Netherlands when he was a teenager. It was a vastly different world from the poor Moroccan village in which he grew up. In 2009, he was the first immigrant to become mayor of a Dutch city. When he was co-awarded the World Mayor Prize in 2021, his citation described him as having “acted as a father of a very large family… with courage, patience, and humility”. Mr Aboutaleb, who is an outspoken opponent of extremist ideology, shares why he believes so firmly in multiculturalism and how poetry has been a source of solace and strength throughout his life journey — in particular during the most challenging periods of his career in public service. Mr Aboutaleb was in Singapore in late-June 2025 for the International Conference on Cohesive Societies.

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CNA938 Rewind - Mind Your Money - Spending less and saving more: how habits are changing 

A new YouGov survey shows Singaporeans are dining out less and saving more, as cost of living and recession fears reshape spending habits, especially across generations. Cheryl Goh finds out more from Chi Wei Teo, General Manager, YouGov Singapore 

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CNA938 Rewind - More firms to unlock potential of privacy-enhancing technology

More companies will get the help they need to protect sensitive data. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is committing to cover up to 50 per cent of the cost for adopting new privacy-enhancing technologies. Andrea Heng and Susan Ng talk to Denise Wong, Deputy Commissioner at the Personal Data Protection Commission to find out more about these new technologies, and how Singapore is shaping its approach to emerging technology, especially generative AI.  

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CNA938 Rewind - Stock take today: Nvidia reaches $4 trillion market cap, Asian equities set to rally

On the daily markets analysis on Open For Business, Andrea Heng and Susan Ng speak with Ben Luk, Senior Multi Asset Strategist at State Street Markets.

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CNA938 Rewind - Trump’s 50% copper tariff: Impact on Asia

US President Donald Trump has broadened his global trade war as he announced a 50 per cent tariff on imported copper. Does the U.S have the capacity to scale up its own production of copper? And what impact does this copper tariff have on Asia? Andrea Heng and Susan Ng find out from Heng Koon How, Head of Markets Strategy, Global Economics and Markets Research at UOB.

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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: Rising above trauma, Edwin Chaw embraces accountability in his healing journey

Edwin Chaw has come a long way. As a child, he experienced different forms of abuse and carried the weight of psychological trauma for years — until he met others who saw the goodness in him. Edwin, who is an ambassador for the Beyond The Label mental health campaign, shares how he was able to transform anger, shame and guilt, into a determination to to rise above his wounds — and embrace himself holistically.

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