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Daily Cuts - AWS: Granting the last wishes of terminally ill patients

Daily Cuts - AWS: Granting the last wishes of terminally ill patients
20 Sep 2024 04:31PM
32 mins

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Grace Young, Board Member, Kenny Wang, Volunteer, Elaine Chin and Marya Malek, Staff Members at Ambulance Wish Singapore (AWS) – a non-profit organisation dedicated to granting the last wishes of terminally-ill patients. They talk about how AWS has granted wishes in the past and how wishes have changed over the years. They also share some stories of beneficiaries and what type of volunteers are needed to carry out various wishes. This comes on the edge of the AWS’ signature fundraising event, the Cycle of Peace (COP) 2024, a virtual cycling event that aims to raise more than S$200,000.

Daily Cuts - The effectiveness and relevance of political blocs and alliances

In navigating a world that is now more fragmented than ever, countries have come together to form alliances. There are the BRICS, AUKUS, QUAD and closer to home, Asean. How do members strike a balance between safeguarding their self-interests and working together to achieve their blocs’ objectives? And how effective and relevant are these alliances? Susan Ng and Hairianto Diman ask Dr Malcolm Davis, Senior Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

28/11/2024 11 mins

Daily Cuts - Celebrating local artist and radio host John Klass

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro chats with John Klass, singer-songwriter, producer and GOLD 905 radio host. Klass talks about his debut self-titled album. He takes us through some of its 10 tracks, like the single, ‘Erased’ and the song ‘Jazz Bar’ – a musical collaboration with local jazzman Jeremy Monteiro.

07/11/2024 28 mins

Daily Cuts - How a revised rental renewal policy will help Singapore's hawkers

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Susan Ng speak with Nicholas Mak, Chief Research Officer, Mogul.sg, about how a revised rental renewal policy will help hawkers avoid overly high tender bids.

05/11/2024 11 mins

Daily Cuts - What's helping Singapore's retail sales figure continue its growth?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Susan Ng speak with Professor Sumit Agarwal, Professor of Finance, Economics and Real Estate, NUS Business School, about what could be helping Singapore's retail sales figure continue its growth.

05/11/2024 11 mins

Daily Cuts - How a Harris- or Trump-led presidency could affect US-Singapore relations?

As the US polls open, how would either a Harris- or Trump-led presidency affect Singapore relations? Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Susan Ng find out from Steven Okun, CEO, APAC Advisors.

05/11/2024 19 mins