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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: Weekly Highlights — Veteran actor gets practical; from kampong to high-tech security; and Singapore's 28-year-old self-taught watchmaker

Featuring reflections, lessons, and "letters" from the week of 8 September 2025:

  • Brendon Fernandez, a veteran of stage and screen, marks 25 years since he embarked on a career in theatre, and gets real about the practical aspects of managing a successful career in the industry.
  • Eunice Hong, who describes herself as a "kampong girl" from Kulai in Johor, on how, despite her humble circumstances, a conviction in "doing good" led her to start a Singapore company that provides security solutions to some of the most established names in high-tech industries.
  • Tristan Ho, who at 28 years of age, taught himself the craft of high-end watchmaking and has already sold out his first limited edition launch to collectors around the world.
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CNA938 Rewind - ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: What’s next for the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict?

Malaysia on Monday (Dec 22) said senior defence officials from Cambodia and Thailand will meet on Christmas Eve to discuss details of their pledged ceasefire, after ASEAN’s foreign ministers met in Kuala Lumpur to push for an immediate end to renewed fighting along their shared border. What can we expect from the meeting? What’s needed for a durable truce that will last? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out from Dr Mustafa Izzuddin, Senior International Affairs Analyst, Solaris

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CNA938 Rewind - From scam job offers and to catfish profiles: are the cyber threats here getting worse?

New findings show rising exposure to online harm and scams, while a local firm faces police investigation for alleged links to a scam operation in Cambodia. What do these cases reveal about our digital vulnerabilities? Hairianto Diman speaks with Helena Huang, Associate Research Fellow with the Digital Impact Research team at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

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CNA938 Rewind - What to expect from peace summit in Egypt as Israel-Hamas truce holds

The Egyptian presidency said US President Donald Trump will co-chair a “peace summit” there on Monday on Gaza and the wider Middle East. The meeting will take place “with the participation of leaders from more than twenty countries”. Hairianto Diman discuss the latest developments with Dr Levi West, Research Fellow, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences.

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CNA938 Rewind - Stock take today: US-China trade tensions flare, Asia week ahead

On the daily markets analysis on Open For Business, Hairianto Diman speak with Heng Koon How, Head of Markets Strategy, Global Economics and Markets Research, UOB.

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CNA938 Rewind - Singapore’s bank dividend boom: Leading the global pack in H1 2025

Singapore companies paid out about US$8.2 billion in dividends in the first half of 2025, up roughly 13.1 % year-on-year. It forms a part of global dividends that hit a record US$1.14 trillion in H1 2025, with 86% of companies raising or maintaining payouts. Hairianto Diman delve deeper into the findings with Lai Yeu Huan, Head of Asian Equity, Amova Asset Management.

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