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Daily Cuts - From boomtown to ghost town: the fate of Changi Business Park

Built and once dubbed the CBD of the East, the buildings that once housed the back-end offices of tech and banking giants like IBM, AMD and Citigroup are rapidly emptying out of Changi Business Park, with overall vacancy rates reportedly more than doubling over the last three years to almost 40 percent.  Lee Sze Teck, Senior Director, Data Analytics, Huttons Group  gives Asia First's Hairianto Diman and Justine Moss an analysis on the fate and future of the district.

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Daily Cuts - Israel to go ahead with planned ground assault on Rafah

The war cabinet in Tel Aviv is meeting to discuss how to execute its planned military operation for Rafah, where the majority of those fleeing the Israel-Hamas war are sheltering. Meanwhile, truce talks appear to have picked up, although Prof Amin Saikal,Adjunct Senior Fellow, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU and Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies, Australia National University, tells Andrea Heng and Joel Chua on Asia First that a quick solution is not imminent. 

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Daily Cuts - TalkBack: Are you worried about deepfake blackmailing?

On TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Jennifer Cheng, Director of Cybersecurity Strategy for Asia Pacific and Japan, Proofpoint and Benjamin Ang, Head, Centre of Excellence for National Security, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, about reacting to being deepfaked.

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Daily Cuts - Why Singapore's aviation sector could face a manpower crunch

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Shukor Yusof, Founder, Endau Analytics, about why Singapore's aviation sector could face a manpower shortage, despite more mid-career workers staying in the industry.

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Daily Cuts - Mathialagan - The Singaporean in Hollywood

Melanie Oliveiro invites local actor and director Mathialagan for a chat in the studio about his career trajectory so far, including his latest role in the Hollywood action-thriller film ‘Monkey Man’ directed by ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ star Dev Patel. He will share about his acting history and his experiences playing well-known characters like Bhaskar Ram in Mediacorp’s long-form drama Tanglin.

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Daily Cuts - Spending a Night at Orchard

Melanie Oliveiro chats with Mark Shaw, Chairman of Orchard Road Business Association, about the highlights of Night At Orchard, the popular bazaar in Singapore's Orchard Road, which has returned after a four-year pandemic-induced hiatus.

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