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Daily Cuts - Author Fairoz Ahmad talks about disappearing youth and disappearing kampongs in 1970s Singapore

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with local author Fairoz Ahmad about his novel “Neverness”, which is about how the young residents of a 1970s Singapore kampong unite to search for Alia, a village girl and fellow schoolmate who mysteriously disappears one fateful night. Fairoz will talk more about this coming-of-age historical novel and the research he did to capture what it was like to live in the now long-gone Kampong Lorong Engku Aman.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Are you concerned about losing your job to foreign talent?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin speaks with Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry Dr Tan See Leng and Kohe Hasan, Deputy Honorary Secretary, SNEF, about whether Singaporeans need to be concerned about foreigners taking their jobs.

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Daily Cuts - Is Singapore's economy in for tough times ahead?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin speaks with Dr Tan Kee Wee, Chief Economist, Waveney Economics, about how geopolitical conflicts and market volatility could impact Singapore's economic growth in 2025.

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Daily Cuts - Starting Social Media for a Steakhouse

Nestled in Takashimaya is Angus House that overlooks Orchard Street since 1993. How does a classic steakhouse get a new wave of younger folks into their space? Work it’s Janine Tan speaks with Yang Yuan Feng, the second generation business owner of the restaurant to find out more.

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Daily Cuts - Blue, Red and Green chip art in the secondhand market

What drives the secondhand Art market in Singapore, and where’s a good place to start if you are keen on buying or selling a painting? Work It’s Hui Wong speaks to Milon and Chingyi from ART Again - an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of pre-owned ART- to understand the appeal of pre-loved art and everything that goes into selling it.

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Daily Cuts - WWE’s flagship Raw show streams on Netflix

On Jan 6, WWE Raw streamed live on Netflix for the first time in over 30 years, ushering in a monumental new beginning from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. This comes, as the streaming giant signed a $5 billion deal to acquire rights to the show Raw and other WWE programming, including its archive content. Susan Ng examines the possible reasons behind this move by Netflix now, and what it means for the streaming platform moving forward, with Marc DeBevoise, CEO of Brightcove.

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