CNA938 Rewind - #TalkBack: Cooling Sentosa - lessons for the rest of Singapore streets?

CNA938 Rewind

As part of a plan to lower temperatures in parts of Sentosa by at least 4 degrees Celsius without the use of air-conditioning, Sentosa Development Corporation will be implementing a network of 10 cool zones and nodes across the island resort. Do we also need to look at cooling the streets of Singapore? Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin discuss further with Djoko Prihanto, Director, DP Urban.

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CNA938 Rewind - Behind every click: The data centres powering (and draining) Singapore’s energy grid

From banking apps and WhatsApp to Netflix and AI chatbots, Singaporeans depend on data centres every day. Data centres account for around 7% of Singapore’s total electricity use, and that will rise as we use more digital services. Hairianto Diman and Syahida Othman find out how data centres are central to day-to-day digital life in Singapore, and ways to mitigate the impact on the energy grid with Arun Bhatia, Executive Managing Director, APAC Strategy, Carrier

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CNA938 Rewind - Long hours, less teaching: New survey highlights Singapore teachers’ burden

Teachers in Singapore report working an average of 47.3 hours per week, significantly more than their international peers. Despite these long hours, they are spending less time on core tasks like teaching and marking. Meanwhile, many are increasingly relying on AI tools to support lesson planning, administrative tasks and efficiency. Hairianto Diman and Syahida Othman look at the growing tension between total workload and hands-on instructional time in the teaching profession with Assoc. Prof Lee Ngan Hoe, Assoc. Dean, Professional Practice, Office of Teacher Education & Undergraduate Programmes

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