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Daily Cuts - The Belt and Road Initiative at 10: what's down the road?

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A summit is being held in Hong Kong to mark 10 years since Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched. However, bumps have appeared. Italy is reportedly preparing to withdraw. The EU, Middle East, and India are in discussions to form a similar initiative that could rival the BRI. And China’s economic slowdown is affecting confidence in its ability to continue supporting major projects. Dr Lim Tai Wei, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow East Asian Institute, NUS, examines what lies further down the road for the BRI.

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Daily Cuts - Men’s Health issues for Movember

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Ivan Lee, Clinical Therapist from Alliance Counselling about 'Movember’ an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues – particularly mental wellbeing issues in Singapore.    

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Daily Cuts - Behind rising GST Evasion

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Hui Wong speak with Associate Professor Soh Kee Hean, School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences, Singapore University of Social Sciences and Ong Pei Ching, Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, TSMP Law Corporation, about more people here evading taxes for homeware and luxury goods.

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Daily Cuts - Battling bed bugs

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Hui Wong speak with Andy Ma, CEO, Star Bugs, about how our nation could increase its vigilance against bed bugs.

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Daily Cuts - Protecting ourselves from pneumonia

Pneumonia is seen as an illness that commonly afflicts the elderly, but young people can contract it too. World Pneumonia Day is commemorated on Nov 12. We speak with Dr Leong Hoe Nam, Infectious Disease Specialist, about the situation in Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - National security to be enhanced with laws on critical entities ownership

The proposed parliamentary bill aims to regulate significant investments into entities that are critical to the country’s national security interests. We find out more about the need for such a bill in view of rising global protectionism. Joining us is Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

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