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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 - Is Singapore ready for "super aged" status?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Ad Maulod, Senior Research Fellow, Duke-NUS Medical School’s Centre for Ageing Research and Education, about how ready Singapore is for "super aged" status.

07/10/2024 13 mins

Daily Cuts - What's making it possible for more Shorter Wait Time flats to be launched in Singapore?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Nicholas Mak, Chief Research Officer, Mogul.sg, about what could be making it possible for more Shorter Wait Time flats to be launched here.

07/10/2024 19 mins

Daily Cuts - Take a trip to Mexico with the Founder of Mami's Tamales

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Maribel Colmenares, Chef-Founder of Mami’s Tamales, a Mexican tamales restaurant in Singapore. Colmenares talks about her home country Mexico and where tourists should go like The Great Pyramid of Cholula in Puebla, and Guadalajara. She also talks about what are the best dishes, snacks and sweet treats to eat in Mexico – including of course, the different varieties of tamales.

07/10/2024 20 mins

Daily Cuts - 'Hopelessly Devoted': A tribute to Olivia Newton John

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Tottie Goldsmith, Australian actress, singer, and niece of the late Olivia Newton John who passed away in August 2022. Goldsmith discusses the tribute concert she’s hosting in Singapore for one night only on 12 October. She talks about memories of her aunt and how the concert, ‘Hopelessly Devoted’, will celebrate John's legacy through an evening of her greatest hits like, ‘Physical’, ‘I Honestly Love You’ and ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’.

07/10/2024 29 mins

Daily Cuts - Cards Collectibles Asia 2024

Cards featuring Pokémon characters, baseball and basketball players and more can fetch a pretty penny. In fact for collectors, these are worth thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Work It’s Cheryl Goh speaks to Aaron Koh and Mark Tan, the co-founders of Cards Collectibles Asia 2024 on the community here, as well as their upcoming event that’s open to all. 

07/10/2024 17 mins