CNA938 Rewind - Why Singapore businesses are betting big on JS-SEZ

CNA938 Rewind

Singapore-based companies have invested over 5.5 billion Singapore dollars into Johor, since the Johor–Singapore S-E-Z deal was inked. How will this arrangement benefit our economy in the long run? Lance Alexander and Susan Ng find out from Lavanya Venkateswaran, Senior ASEAN Economist, OCBC.

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CNA938 Rewind - Mind Your Money - Unlocking an Abundant Life

If you’ve been feeling lost in the rat race, you may start questioning the purpose and fulfilment in your work and relationships. What then could help you unlock that answer to an abundant life? Mike Tan hears from Jacquelyn Wong, author of Unlocking an Abundant Life who hopes to take readers on a journey of reflection and transformation.

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CNA938 Rewind - World Food Day: Unpacking hidden hunger in Singapore

Singapore is known to be a food paradise with a variety of food choices. But beneath that image, there are those who quietly go hungry. In conjunction with World Food Day on Oct 16, Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng examine the notion of hidden hunger here in Singapore with Arthur Chin, Executive Director, The Food Bank Singapore

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CNA938 Rewind - Hamas hands over more hostage bodies amid Israel’s aid ultimatum

Hamas has handed over more bodies of deceased hostages to Israel after the latter threatened to cut off humanitarian aid to Gaza. Meanwhile, re-emergent Hamas fighters demonstrated they were reasserting control in Gaza by deploying hundreds of security forces in the streets and executing several people they accused of collaborating with Israel. Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng analyse the latest developments with Jessica Genauer, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University

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CNA938 Rewind - Singapore’s CPF earns Asia’s first ‘A’ in global pension rankings

Singapore’s Central Provident Fund (CPF) earned an A rating in the 2025 Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index, the first in Asia-Pacific to do so. The CPF’s score rose due to improvements in sustainability and integrity, joining top-ranked systems like those in the Netherlands and Denmark. Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng look at the benefits of this ranking system and the markers of a good pension scheme with Adelina Koh, Associate Director, finexis advisory

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