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Daily Cuts - "Ada Kerak: Ada Nasi", a play exploring the Peranakan life

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In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Tony Quek, Artistic Director and Frederick Soh, Playwright/Composer for “Ada Kerak: Ada Nasi”,  the 30th production staged by Gunong Sayang Association. Set in modern-day Singapore, the play revolves around the Tan family, Matriarch Gan Guek Neo, her three adult daughters and how family secrets unravel them. Quek and Soh discuss how the play was conceptualised, a new generation of actors keen on exploring their Peranakan heritage, as well as how choreography and a live cello performance will be incorporated into the production.

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Daily Cuts - Revisiting school days with SINGAPO人 Youth Takeover

In ‘Culture Club’ Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Sharon Lim, Assistant Manager of Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) Programmes and Bartholomew Ting, Cardboard Sculptor. The two are involved in the fifth edition of the SCCC’s annual youth festival, REMIX: SINGAPO人 Youth Takeover. Ting and Lim describe how this year’s edition takes on a back-to-school theme, and is packed with school-inspired experiences, inviting all visitors to take a walk down memory lane. 

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Daily Cuts - Job leveling and the gender pay gap

Why does the gender pay gap still exist in this day and age and how can job leveling help to bring about a more equitable salary structure? Work It’s Cheryl Goh and Chew Wui Lynn discuss this with Bhavik Vashi, Managing Director for Asia and the Middle East of software company Carta.

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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: Startup founder Kenneth Lou on trusting intuition, family, and how he increases his "luck surface area"

Kenneth Lou, co-founder of Seedly, is now on a mission to make an impact on personalised healthcare with his current startup, Mito Health. He shares how his successful entrepreneurial journey has taught him the importance of trusting his intuition, the support of his family, and how he increases his "luck surface area".

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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: Mark Yuen on the humbling and humanising experience of giving free haircuts to the underprivileged

Mark Yuen, a retired wealth management professional, and his team of volunteers go all over Singapore to give free haircuts to the elderly and underprivileged households. Since they began doing this in 2017, they’ve brought this simple but meaningful gift to thousands of individuals. Mark shares how this experience has helped him realise the importance of staying true to oneself, humility, and humanity.      

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Daily Cuts - I survived breast cancer once, but the journey after next can last a lifetime

To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Hairianto Diman speaks with a survivor, Nikita Wadhwani-Sajnani, about the aftermath of the illness. 

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