Logo
Advertisement
Advertisement

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

Daily Cuts

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.

Resume Pause 34 min
Bookmark

Daily Cuts - Need for recreational spaces in Singapore

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Tay Soo Sien speak with Dr Woo Jun Jie, Senior Lecturer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, about the need for recreational spaces in Singapore.

Resume Pause 12 mins
Bookmark
Bookmark

Daily Cuts - Does upskilling lead to higher wages?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Tay Soo Sien speak with Adrian Tan, Former HR entrepreneur-turned-marketing strategist who writes about the future of work on his website, adriantan.com.sg, about whether upskilling will necessarily lead to higher wages.

Resume Pause 10 mins
Bookmark
Bookmark

Daily Cuts - The Music of Elaine

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with up-and-coming singer-songwriter Elaine a Chinese-Indonesian talent based in Singapore. Elaine will talk about her new single Matters of the Heart, an indie-pop track that addresses the complexities of modern romance. The 23-year-old will also discuss earlier singles and how she was discovered after gaining widespread online recognition for her song covers in various languages - amassing over 1.7 million likes on a single TikTok video alone. Elaine will also explain how her bicultural upbringing has influenced her musicality to create more genre-fluid sounds and topics.

Resume Pause 33 mins
Bookmark
Bookmark

Daily Cuts - Tatyana Todorova

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Bulgarian violin teacher Tatyana Todorova, who has resided in Singapore for the past 22 years, about how she 'marries' music and travel to enhance music learning and appreciation among her students. They have performed in Kuching, Ho Chi Minh, Jakarta, Taipei, Kuching, Tokyo and also in Europe – in Vienna and Prague.

Resume Pause 17 mins
Bookmark
Bookmark

Daily Cuts - European Film Festival 2024

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Her Excellency Iwona Piórko, Ambassador of the European Union to Singapore, Kenneth Tan, Chairman, Singapore Film Society, and Huang Junxiang, a Singaporean filmmaker and director to find out more about what's new at the annual European Union or EU Film Festival (EUFF) - the 2024 edition, and how the event has broadened its reach to include Singapore filmmakers - thanks to a partnership with *SCAPE.

Resume Pause 32 mins
Bookmark