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CNA938 Rewind - What’s Happening at NGS? From a Film Fest to the Singapore Stories Exhibition

CNA938 Rewind

Destination Anywhere’s Melanie Oliveiro finds out where Singaporeans can go to see some movie offerings at the sixth edition of the Painting with Light film festival. Held at the National Gallery Singapore from 4 to 14 September 2025, the festival spotlights 45 films exploring art, culture, and works that address the urgent social issues. NGS’ senior curator Dr Adele Tan will highlight some of the films and festival activities. Dr Tan will also talk about an NGS exhibition she curated: “Singapore Stories: Pathways and Detours in Art”, an SG60 signature programme dedicated to Singapore’s art history featuring revered artists like Chua Mia Tee and Georgette Chen.

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CNA938 Rewind - Check into HOTEL – the 5-hour Wild Rice production - with actor Ghafir Akbar as your guide

In ‘Culture Club’ Melanie Oliveiro speaks with award-winning Malaysian actor Ghafir Akbar, now starring in the restaged version of HOTEL by theatre company Wild Rice. Billed as a multi-generational epic, HOTEL spans a century and is performed for over five hours in nine languages. Ghafir will discuss the production’s timeless appeal, his characters, as well as the hotel’s other residents which include Indian mutineers, Cantonese nannies, Malay film stars, Japanese soldiers, and wedding guests. He’ll also talk about how acting is a passion and lifelong career.

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CNA938 Rewind - 'Skibidi' and 'delulu’: What makes a word “worthy” for a dictionary?

Words popularised by Gen Z and Gen Alpha including "skibidi", "delulu" and "tradwife" are among 6,000 new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary over the last year. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Assistant Professor Tamisha Tan, Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, School of Humanities, NTU, to understand the process behind words being included in dictionaries and the factors in deciding which words to be added.

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CNA938 Rewind - NDR 2025: Putting out the fire of vaping through stiffer penalties

In his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said Singapore will toughen its stance on vaping, treating it as a drug issue with harsher penalties including jail for sellers of vapes with harmful substances. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman spoke with Dr. Yvette van der Eijk, Assistant Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, to get an assessment of the measures to clamp down on the vaping scourge and discuss the support needed for addicts.

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CNA938 Rewind - Stock take today: Intel’s twin lifeline, the bubble risk in tech

On the daily markets analysis on Open For Business, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Damian McIntyre, Head of Multi-Asset Solutions, Federated Hermes.

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CNA938 Rewind - Softbank, Trump administration: Twin lifeline for Intel?

The Trump administration is in talks to take a 10% stake in Intel by converting some or all of the struggling company's Chips Act grants into equity. Additionally, the once iconic US chipmaker is getting a $2 billion capital injection from SoftBank Group. How far will all this support go in helping the struggling chipmaker? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Bob O'Donnell, President and Chief Analyst, TECHnalysis Research, to find out. 

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