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Daily Cuts - Can’t live with them, can’t live without them: Are smartphones really problematic?

One could argue that smartphones are an essential in today’s context, but a recent study dug deeper and found that its use has become “problematic”, especially among youths – their dependency on smartphones are potential causes for issues such as anxiety. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman ask the study’s lead Dr Mythily Subramaniam, Assistant Chairman, Medical Board (Research), Institute of Mental Health, what the results really mean, and whether we’re ironically causing undue stress but raising the alarm.

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Daily Cuts - SGTxNDP24: Brian Gothong Tan

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Brian Gothong Tan, Creative Director, NDP 2024, about putting together this year's National Day Parade.

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Daily Cuts - Meeting the flock at a new Bird Paradise

In 'Destination Anywhere', Melanie Oliveiro travels to the new Bird Paradise located at Mandai Wildlife Reserve, with Sandy Lee, Vice President of Marketing, Mandai Wildlife Group. Home to over 3,500 birds from over 400 avian species, Melanie finds out what’s happening at Singapore's new bird park including its ‘Meet the Flock’ series, spotlighting a different avian species each month. For the month of August, Melanie will find out which bird species fronts Meet the Flock and other highlights at the park.

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Daily Cuts - Back-in-the-saddle with a former showjumper and present mother of Team Singapore equestrians

In this 'Made in SG' special, Melanie Oliveiro gets the breaking story from Melanie Chew, Mother of two Team Singapore equestrians: Caroline and Catherine. Chew’s younger daughter Caroline has just competed in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, while her elder daughter Catherine has represented Singapore as a finalist in two Asian Games and five SEA Games, achieving gold and silver in the 2015 SEA Games. Chew, Founder of EQUAL - a charity organisation using equine-assisted programmes to help at-risk kids in their healing journey, also tells us how she was previously a show jumper who later went on to helm the Equestrian Federation of Singapore from 2007 – 2017.  

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Daily Cuts - Burnout - What's there to look out for and how do you avoid it?

In 'Made in SG', Melanie Oliveiro talks to Nel van Amerongen,Healthcare Psychologist, about burnout and the typical Singapore worker. A recent Telus Health survey showed that nearly half of Singapore workers felt exhausted after a day at work with the growing threat of burnout hovering above them. Van Amerongen discusses the signs and symptoms of burnout – both mental and physical, as well as coping mechanisms and tools to mitigate this exhaustion. She also shares real stories of burnout survivors.

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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: How online fandoms helped Yasmin Razak become braver and bolder

Yasmin Razak describes herself as a loner when she was in secondary school. The fresh polytechnic graduate shares how her participation in online fandoms helped her find a new side of her personality and become braver and bolder in real life.

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