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CNA938 Rewind - Shop Anew With Singapore Retail Festival, GINLEE & Watsons

CNA938 Rewind

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro finds out what’s happening at this year’s inaugural Singapore Retail Festival (SRF), taking place from 26 September to 12 October 2025 across The Lion City. Singapore Retail Association President Ernie Koh will explain why SRF – as a new annual initiative – replaces the Great Singapore Sale, and how it aims to become the shopping and retail festival that aims to put Singapore back on the world map. SRF partners like Gin Lee, GINLEE Studio’s co-founder and Watsons’ Lai Mei Ling will detail what listeners can expect from their stores and how they will work with SRF to transform the way we shop and engage with retail.

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CNA938 Rewind - Visiting Thai Coffee Plantations with Basq & Bean

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro discovers what it's like visiting coffee plantations in Thailand. Kevin Lee, executive chef and Zacchary Ng, F&B consultant at Basq & Bean - an artisanal cafe serving Basque cheesecakes and specialty coffee, will describe what it’s like exploring various coffee plantations in Chiang Mai. They’ll recall what it was like examining the different coffee plants, meeting the plantation owners and how each farm showcased its own unique approach to coffee cultivation. Lee and Ng will then talk about the types of coffee beans they ordered from the various plantations and how they prepare the various types of coffee served at Basq & Bean.

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CNA938 Rewind - Mind Your Money - Enterprise Tech Skills to Take On In-Demand ICT Roles

With a dampened job demand over the past few quarters, the focus on practical skills have remained a top priority for many young people. So how does a partnership with industry players help IT students in ITE learn the skills ahead of graduation? Hui Wong speaks with Mr. Peh Wee Leng, Director of the School of Electronics & Info-Comm Technology (EIT) at ITE College East, and Leow Yi Quan, Year 2 student pursuing a Higher Nitec in Electronics Engineering to find out more.  

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CNA938 Rewind - Eat, Drink, Singapore - JAG 

Fresh produce for every season – how does the team at a contemporary French fine dining restaurant in Singapore interpret this gastronomically? Hui Wong speaks with Executive Chef Laurence Tan and Maryjoy Lim - General Manager of JAG – a Michelin-starred Contemporary French fine dining restaurant. 

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CNA938 Rewind - The Wellness Hour - What kills productivity, and how can AI help? 

What are the biggest killers of productivity for you? For some, it’s the hidden mental load in remembering tasks that makes us feel like we’re always on “work mode”. So how can AI help lighten that? Hui Wong speaks with Andrew McCarthy, productivity app Notion’s General Manager for Southeast Asia who tells us how it can help us work with more clarity and balance.  

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CNA938 Rewind - SgSL: Sign Language with a local flair

In conjunction with International Sign Language Day, we discuss how Singapore is focusing on how Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) continues to evolve. Linguists, educators, and the Deaf community are working to document its unique blend of American Sign Language roots and local influences, expand learning resources, and push for wider recognition in schools, workplaces, and public services—ensuring SgSL grows as a vibrant national language for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Andrea Heng and Syahida Othman chat with Alvan Yap, Assistant Director, Deaf Education from The Singapore Association for the Deaf.

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