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Daily Cuts - Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival at Chinatown Singapore from 7-9 June 2024

Melanie Oliveiro finds out more about the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival at Chinatown held from 7-9 June 2024. The meaning behind this year’s theme “Dragon Boat Festival: Of Thumping Drumbeats and Delicious Dumplings” will be explained. Listeners can also find out about the games and activities that await them including lantern riddles and a dragon boat craft workshop. Melanie will also find out how APSN Centre for Adults will be participating in the Dragon Boat Festival celebration in Chinatown on 8 June 2024.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: What will it take for Singapore to produce another Olympic champion?

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with national kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder and Azhar Yusof, Singapore Sport Institute, about what it will take for Singapore to produce another Olympic champion.

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Daily Cuts - What to expect from an upcoming housing estate in Turf City

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer, ERA Singapore, about what we can expect from an upcoming housing estate being planned for development at Turf City.

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Daily Cuts - Wo Wo Dian

Wo Wo Dian, a steamed bun and rice noodle concept whose history dates to as early as 1889 in China, has opened their first store in Singapore at Raffles City Shopping Centre. Cheryl Goh and Hui Wong speak with Kevin Zhang, CEO of Wo Wo Dian to find out what’s in their soft, fluffy buns that they’re serving up on Work It.

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Daily Cuts - The Weary Eco Traveller

80% of Singapore travellers indicate that sustainable travel is important to them, but new insights show a sense of weariness could be emerging globally, fuelled by the ongoing challenges that travellers experience to make more sustainable travel choices. Work It's Cheryl Goh and Hui Wong speak with Nuno Guerreiro, Regional Director for South Asia, Oceania & Chains, Booking.com to find out what these issues are.

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Daily Cuts - Modern masterpiece or ghastly ghoul? Why King Charles’ portrait is so divisive

The new portrait of King Charles III – the first since his coronation – was unveiled last week to mixed reaction. The painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo, which depicts the sovereign doused in red paint, has drawn both gasps of surprise and displeasure. But there could perhaps lie a deeper message behind the bold choice. Susan Ng and Hairianto Diman discuss this on Asia First with Gillian Daniel, art curator, programmer, and PhD candidate, Australia National University. She’s also Manager of Curatorial Programmes at the National Gallery Singapore.

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