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Daily Cuts - Celebrate Diversity: A Weekend of Fun and Culture at ‘Let’s Embrace’

Melanie Oliveiro finds out where Singaporeans and tourists can go to celebrate racial harmony and cultural diversity. Held from 13-14 July at Our Tampines Hub, the National Heritage Board's “Let’s Embrace – Celebrating Harmony” event consists of a guided heritage trail, immersive storytelling sessions, cultural cooking workshops, and more. Maria Bhavani Dass, Deputy Director (Heritage Institutions) of the National Heritage Board will discuss the event’s highlights as well as how the IHC is involved as one of the presenting heritage institutions.

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Daily Cuts - Tech Talk: How TikTok and a viral retro-camera sent Fujifilm share prices soaring

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin speaks with award-winning photographer Darren Soh about how TikTok and a viral retro-camera have sent Fujifilm share prices soaring

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Daily Cuts - Live, Laugh and Let Loose at Suara Festival!

Melanie Oliveiro finds out more about the Suara Festival, a music, arts and culture festival taking place in Bali over three days in late July. Now into its third edition the organiser will talk about what’s new this year, which international and local performers will be taking the stage, what art installations revelers can feast their eyes on, and community spirit activities that’ll take place too.

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Daily Cuts - Spotlighting Sustainability with Michelle Chow

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Michelle Chow - founder of Pass It On Studio and GREEN-HOUSE 2024, billed as one of Singapore’s largest experiential retail festivals featuring local sustainable home & lifestyle brands. Chow will talk about how this festival will focus on sustainability as well as conscious fashion, pet adoption drives and animal welfare awareness programming, future food as well as documentary screenings with local and global impact film makers.

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Daily Cuts - How streaming shapes modern songwriters and their songs

In an age when streaming and social media reign supreme, Asia First asks a local singer-songwriter how today’s listenership patterns influence the way songs are written, produced and released. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Tyen Rasif, local singer.

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Daily Cuts - How streaming has changed the way we listen to music

As the Sony Walkman turns 45 years old this week, we examine how our music listening habits have evolved over the decades and why the current 90s revival among Gen Zs is potentially the spark keeping analog music players alive. Asia First's Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Michael James Walsh, Associate Professor of Social Science, University of Canberra.

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