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CNA938 Rewind - Why real estate still a preferred investment among Singaporeans

Over 64% of Singaporeans prefer investing in property over other asset classes, according to ERA’s 2025 My Dream Home Survey. Most respondents are willing to spend between S$1 million and S$2 million for a condominium. However, affordability, additional buyer’s stamp duty, and high property taxes remain key obstacles. Andrea Heng find out what’s driving the strong preference for property investment right now despite the rising costs with Isaac Lim, Chief Market Strategist at Moomoo Singapore.

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CNA938 Rewind - Mind Your Money - Career pivots and lessons from Seok Ling  

Mike Tan speaks with a leader who knows first-hand what it means to reinvent yourself, and make drastic career pivots in the tech world. From a career in consulting and finance, Wong Seok Ling decided to run her cafe, and now empowers others to do the same through Temus’ Step IT Up programme. We find out more about her story and how she is helping others do the same. 

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CNA938 Rewind - Eat, Drink, Singapore - Chope's recommendations for October 

We’re on our last Friday of the month... which means we’ll be checking in with our resident food connoisseur Dinesh Balasingam from Chope to see what he has gathered over the month of October to feast on! 

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CNA938 Rewind - Big Shot: Singapore Idol Taufik Batisah’s One Last Dance

In the October’s edition of Big Shot, we speak with Taufik Batisah, the first winner of Singapore Idol, who is fresh from his first and last concert at The Star Theatre on Oct 25. Hairianto Diman finds out what his plans are after this last big show with Taufik Batisah, Singapore Idol Season 1 Winner.

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CNA938 Rewind - Halloween special: Behind-the-scenes of horror docuseries Incredible Tales

As one of MTV Asia’s most popular VJs in the 1990s and 2000s, Utt hosted Mediacorp’s cult-favourite horror docuseries, Incredible Tales, for eight seasons from 2004 to 2017. The 51-year-old is back in Singapore to be a part of the video podcast series Tales From Incredible Tales, now into its third season. The vodcast revisits some of the most memorable episodes from the original show. Hairianto Diman finds out about his experience hosting the show and how the popularity of the show has helped his career with Utt Panichkul, Host of Incredible Tales.

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CNA938 Rewind - Proud moment for Singapore: Amanda Yap makes top 6 in World’s Beam Final

Singapore’s 15-year-old gymnast Amanda Yap finished sixth in the balance beam final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, scoring a personal best of 13.333. She became the first Singaporean to reach a world final. All this while balancing her O-level exams, flying between Singapore and Indonesia to compete. Hairianto Diman speaks with Amanda on her achievement and her preparations for the SEA Games with Amanda Yap, Team Singapore Gymnast.

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