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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 - #TalkBack: Are you concerned your domestic helper may be moonlighting?

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Jaya Anil Kumar, Senior Manager (Research and Advocacy), Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME) and Jeffrey Wong, Director, Jforce Employment Service, about whether you should be afraid if your domestic helper moonlights.

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Daily Cuts - Why Singapore's fifteen-year-olds do not feel creative

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Associate Professor Jason Tan, National Institute of Education (NIE) – Policy, Curriculum and Leadership, about why some of Singapore's fifteen-year-olds do not feel they are creative.

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Daily Cuts - How marine life and businesses are impacted by the Pasir Panjang Terminal oil spill

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Stephen Beng, Chair of the Friends of Marine Park community, about how marine creatures and businesses have been impacted by the Pasir Panjang Terminal oil spill.

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Daily Cuts - Mario's Travels: From Iceland to Botswana

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Mário Braz de Matos, co-founder and managing partner of Flying Fish Lab, a branding and identity agency in Singapore. Mario – who has travelled to 70 countries so far – will talk about his holidays to Iceland in a camper van, Botswana – exploring the Okavango Delta during the annual flooding and Papua New Guinea’s West Papua region, where he did a spot of diving in the Raja Ampat Islands. Mario will also talk about trends he’s noticed, when it concerns sustainable tourism and green labelling.

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Daily Cuts - Musical Touch: Walking Down The Aisle With Alvin Khoo

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Alvin Khoo, founder of Musical Touch – a company that specialises in live performances for events and weddings. Khoo will talk about why he set up Musical Touch and the state of today’s wedding events industry. He’ll also discuss how he nurtures other musicians/singers as well as how he was mentored by industry legends like Grammy nominee Bill Elliot and award-winning composer Kurt Biederwolf. 

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