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

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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 - How to maintain your vehicle in Singapore’s extreme weather

More rain fell over Jan 10 and 11 than Singapore typically receives across the entire month of January. National water agency PUB issued flood risk warnings in several locations for the two days. The prolonged rainy weather caused by the ongoing monsoon surge is expected to persist until Jan 13. Susan Ng get advice from Khairil Anwar, Owner of Juzz Performance, on how to maintain our vehicles during the rainy season.

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Daily Cuts - Bye-bye Biden: U.S President Joe Biden’s final week in office

US President Joe Biden enters his final week in office, before he passes the baton to president-elect Donald Trump on Jan 20. Susan Ng speak with Dr Trisha Craig, Executive Director, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies find out what more he will do, and look back at his tenure as the 46th president of the US. 

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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: How Chris Leow harvests meaning and joy from his passion for urban farming

Christopher Leow, founder of The Freestyle Farmer urban farming consultancy, has been advocating sustainable food production for the past 10 years. Chris, who also hosted the CNA docuseries "Growing Wild", shares how a visit to an off-the-grid farm in New South Wales, Australia, planted the seeds in him that would eventually blossom into a passion for not just nutritional self-sufficiency, but also for cultivating an ecological consciousness in the younger generation.

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Daily Cuts - Made in SG: Action Reloaded

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with the team behind Raging Fire Productions, Singapore’s trailblazers in high-octane action films. Jonathan Cheong, Agnes Goh, and Alvin Chin share their journey from the breakout short “Rogue Cop” to earning global accolades. They talk about their mission to reignite Singapore’s action film scene and the challenges of independent filmmaking.

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Daily Cuts - Destination Anywhere: Flavours Across Borders

Join Melanie Oliveiro on a culinary journey with celebrated Chef Kirk Westaway, as he unveils the stories behind his new venture, The Albion by Kirk Westaway, in Ho Chi Minh City. Discover how Vietnam's rich organic produce inspires his creations, and travel with him to Chile’s Atacama Desert, the Patagonian glaciers, and to Easter Island replete with the famous Moai statues. A taste of the world, one story at a time.

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