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

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 - Pro cafe hopper reveals the best of global cafes

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks to Eric Yang, known as the TheSGNomad on Instagram. Yang is a specialist in cafe hopping in different parts of the world. He gives us the lowdown of some of the trendiest cafes to visit.

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Daily Cuts - Ex-NTU professor reveals uncommonly found traditional recipes

In ‘Culture Club’ Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Professor Ong Jin Teong, author of “The Tastes of Home: Easy-to-Cook Dishes from Singapore and Malaysia”. He highlights which key recipes – not commonly recorded in writing – are present in the book. Professor Ong will also explain why this cookbook is aimed at students, newly-weds and those with little experience in cooking. Professor Ong, who retired from NTU’s College of Engineering, also talks about his post-academic life as a traveling cookbook writer.

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Daily Cuts - The *itchy truth behind Singapore's Godfather of Fashion

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Daniel Boey, Fashion Director and Creative Architect, Known as Singapore's Godfather of Fashion. In light of Eczema Awareness Month, Boey talks about his book 'Behind Every *itch is a Back Story'. He recalls his struggles growing up with sensitive skin, rashes and eczema. The TV personality also recounts how he overcame childhood teasing and other allergic-eruption-related obstacles to successfully climb the fashion career ladder, all while managing his skin condition with treatments, remedies, and a lot of help from his loved ones.

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Daily Cuts - How does your garden grow? Singapore expands gardening plots for budding green thumbs

More than 170 gardening plots have just been opened in areas like East Coast Park, Bukit Gombak Park, one-north Park, Tiong Bahru Park and Kallang Riverside Park, adding to the initial 12 plots located across the island. Andrea Heng speaks to Woo Wee Meng, Director, Community Projects, National Parks Board. They take a look at the popularity of gardening among Singaporeans. 

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Daily Cuts - ASEAN Summit 2024 wraps – what awaits Malaysia’s chairmanship in 2025

Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Vikram Nehru, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Honorary Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford University, to get a wrap of the key takeaways from the ASEAN Summit concluding in Lao PDR. They look ahead to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Malaysia as it assumes the baton of chairmanship for 2025. 

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