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Daily Cuts - Asian Festival of Children's Content 2024

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Melanie Oliveiro speaks to some of the key people involved in the 15th edition of the Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC). Taking place from 23 to 26 May, AFCC will explore the theme "Curiosity" and will feature the Philippines as the Country of Focus. The interviewees will highlight the more than 100 programmes such as panel discussions, presentations, workshops, lectures and masterclasses. The wide range of free programmes and activities at the AFCC Book Fair will also be discussed, along with information on how children can get their books signed and meet their favourite authors.

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Daily Cuts - A gathering in the north: South Korea, Japan, China meet for a trilateral summit

For the first time in over four years, South Korea, Japan and China will come together for a trilateral meeting to take place in Seoul. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are to attend amid a contentious period of geopolitical strain, which includes US involvement. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Dr Naoko Aoki, Associate Political Scientist, The RAND Corporation on Asia First.

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Daily Cuts - A brand new Turf: What the upcoming Bukit Timah homes could look like

The government has announced a project to build up to 20,000 homes on the Turf City site in Bukit Timah, the first time in almost 40 years that public housing has been planned in Bukit Timah. On Asia First, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman get the thoughts of Leonard Tay, Head of Research, Knight Frank on the likely composition of housing, the potential residential demographic and the impact on surrounding houses and schools.

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Daily Cuts - András Bíró

Melanie Oliveiro finds out more about the personal travels of András Bíró, General Manager of The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore. Bíró will recall his travels to St. Moritz in Switzerland - popular for being the birthplace of Alpine winter tourism. Bíró will talk about the many activities there like skiing, snowboarding and summertime activities too. He’ll also talk about his ‘paradise trip’ to the Maldives, and what’s exciting to explore in Budapest - where he’s originally from – from the stunning architecture and thermal baths, to the best goulash in town!

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Daily Cuts - Darker by Four – June CL Tan

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with US-based Singaporean author June C L Tan about her latest fantasy novel ‘Darker by Four’. It’s about Rui an exorcist-in-training who loses her powers in an accident. Her powers are suddenly transferred to Yiran the black sheep of an illustrious family. Rui will do whatever it takes – even rubbing shoulders with shadowy, powerful strangers - to regain her powers; all this while dangerous monsters threaten chaos. Tan will talk about how she crafted this Chinese underworld mythology young adult novel.

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Daily Cuts - New law making sale or misuse of SIM cards for scams illegal

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Jason Williamson, Vice-President, Dedoco, about the effectiveness of a new law that makes it illegal to sell or misuse SIM cards for scamming purposes here. 

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