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Daily Cuts - Budget 2025: What are businesses, workers looking forward to the most

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Businesses are increasingly confident about 2025, even as rising costs and demand uncertainty remain key concerns in the operating environment. Andrea Heng and Hairirnaot Diman find out what businesses and workers here hope for from the upcoming Budget with Kok Ping Soon, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Business Federation

 

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Daily Cuts - Examining the culture of International Women’s Day

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro explores the current global culture of International Women’s Day, which is one celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women all around the world. Author, leadership speaker, and executive coach, Mette Johansson, will also address the importance of amplifying diverse female voices at the workplace and how this tends to bring about significant benefits – including improved innovation, creativity and problem-solving abilities. Natalie Song, founder of nonprofit, Song and Pashley Organisation, provides a Singaporean touch to the discussion.

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Daily Cuts - Fitspo Jay-Hykel Jailani and the business of fitness

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with fitness entrepreneur, Jay-Hykel Jailani, who’s also the owner & head coach of Limitless Performance Gym. Jailani will talk about how and why he set up the gym & corresponding physiotherapy centre at the new lifestyle destination KADA. He’ll also explain how the gym is equipped with artificial intelligence tools for the benefit of its members. Jailani – who has business in his blood - will also explain why he wants to build a community through Limitless-arranged bootcamps with partners from different sectors such as food vendors.

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Daily Cuts - TalkBack - Would you report your child for vaping?

Minister of State for Health Rahayu Mahzam said in parliament yesterday that children who are reported by their parents for vaping will not be fined. Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin discuss this further with Lydia Lim, a mom of two teenagers, PEAKS Psychologist, Management Consultant with Research Communication International and Chief Psychologist & Co-Founder of GetConnected.SG — a parenting app for parents to better understand parent-child dynamics.

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Daily Cuts - Are Singaporeans ready for solar power?

Singapore is on track to meet its solar power deployment target of at least two gigawatt-peak (GWp) by 2030. Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak to Professor Lee Poh Seng, Executive Director of the Energy Studies Institute, at the National University of Singapore. 

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Daily Cuts - Wealth Wise - Could things get more grim for Singapore's manufacturing sector?

Singapore’s manufacturing sector grew last month but it was at a slower pace due to an ease in new orders, new exports, factory output and employment. So could things get more grim going ahead? Singapore Today's Lance Alexander speaks to Alvin Liew, Senior Economist, UOB. 

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