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CNA938 Rewind - Remembering the Orang Laut with SG Artist Firdaus Sani

CNA938 Rewind

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with artist and cultural practitioner Firdaus Sani, who is taking part in this year’s Light to Night Singapore, an annual arts festival. Sani, who is the founder of Orang Laut SG - an initiative that documents, preserves, and raises awareness of the history and living heritage of the Orang Laut – will talk about the three-part installation “Rumah Laut (Coastal Home)” that reimagines the legacy, displacement, and resilience of Singapore’s indigenous Orang Laut communities.

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CNA938 Rewind - Stock take today: Gold, silver down on Kevin Warsh nomination

On the daily markets analysis on Open For Business, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Vasu Menon, Managing Director, Investment Strategy, Wealth Management Singapore, OCBC Bank.

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CNA938 Rewind - Who is Kevin Warsh? Breaking down Trump’s Fed chair pick

US President Donald Trump said he is nominating Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve chair. Warsh will take over from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whose term as chair ends in May. The role requires Senate confirmation. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Jason Ware, Chief Investment Officer, Head of Research & Chief Economist, Albion Financial Group, to find out more.

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CNA938 Rewind - Learning in motion: what the Punggol AV accident tells us about AV progress

The Land Transport Authority has confirmed that the recent collision involving a self-driving ComfortDelGro vehicle in Punggol was the result of manual intervention by the on-board safety officer — not a failure of the autonomous system. Does this confirm public fears about self-driving technology, or is it simply part of the teething process? Daniel Martin speaks with Professor Marcelo Ang from NUS’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, and a member of Singapore’s Steering Committee on Autonomous Vehicles.

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CNA938 Rewind - ‘Not Mere Spectators’ the Exhibition @ National Gallery Singapore

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro finds out about the National Gallery Singapore exhibition, “Not Mere Spectators”, which is about the makings of a multicultural Singapore. Siau Ming En, Senior Manager (Curatorial & Engagement) at the Founders’ Memorial, will describe how visitors can step into 1950s–1970s Singapore, when multiculturalism was talked about, and consciously forged through policies, ground-up efforts and the daily choices of ordinary citizens.

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CNA938 Rewind - Artist Peter Draw on His Series of Ai & Aiko Children’s Books

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Singaporean artist Peter Draw – real name Peter Zhuo – who wrote and illustrated the children’s books, “Ai & Aiko and the Little Curve” and “Ai & Aiko and the Dinosaur Hug”. Ai and Aiko are popular digital animated characters created by Singaporean artist Peter Draw, consisting of a little boy (Ai) with a magical scarf and his Shiba Inu companion (Aiko).  He’ll talk about who and what inspired him to put out both books and how he’s growing the Ai & Aiko mini empire.

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