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Daily Cuts - Analysis: Success and failures of Belt & Road Initiative after 10 years

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It’s been 10 years since China launched its Belt & Road initiative and Beijing is holding their 3rd BRI forum for International Cooperation today. It’s a 2-day summit and Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to attend the event and meet President Xi Jinping in person. The Belt & Road Initiative has been faced with criticism for burdening developing nations with debt. But for countries along the Belt and Road, imports and exports have more than doubled since the launch of the ambitious infrastructure project. Alex Capri is Senior Lecturer from NUS Business School. He describes the success and failures of the project by Beijing.

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Daily Cuts - SPF Psychological Services

Over 460 Singaporean police officers become para counsellors to bolster the force's mental health. Andrea Heng and Felicia Nah speak with Ho Hui Fen, Principal Psychologist, Singapore Police Force

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Daily Cuts - Hear65 - Growing Pains with RRILEY

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Sandra Riley Tang, or RRILEY, about her music journey in the local scene. Formerly a band member of The Sam Willows, RRILEY will share about her transition from a band member to a solo artist, and how she's preparing for a gig of a lifetime next year

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Daily Cuts - A chat with local bilingual singer Corey Koh

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Corey Koh, who released his English single, "Only Love" and a Mandarin single too, making him one of the few new local artistes debuting with both English and Chinese songs. He will look back on his music career in 2023, and his upcoming concerts.

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Daily Cuts - SIA's new non-stop flights to Gatwick Airport

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Hui Wong speak with Shantanu Gangakhedkar, Senior Consultant (Aviation), Asia-Pacific, Frost & Sullivan and Shukor Yusof, Founder, Endau Analytics, about the potential impact of Singapore Airlines' plan to launch non-stop flights from here to London's Gatwick Airport.

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Daily Cuts - Appreciating local hawker culture

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Hui Wong speak with Professor Lily Kong, President, SMU, about whether local hawker culture tends to be taken for granted here, despite being internationally-recognised.

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