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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 - Singapore's newest female naval divers

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with the Singapore Navy’s two only active female naval divers Captain Angelia Tan and Captain Jhosy Ng about why they got involved in elite combat

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Daily Cuts - Understanding class action lawsuits

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Felicia Tan, Dispute Resolution Partner, TSMP Law Corporation, for a better understanding of class action lawsuits.

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Daily Cuts - Commentary: How do we help kids handle bad news?

Being exposed to bad news in the media can make our children particularly susceptible to a psychological phenomenon called “vicarious trauma”. Dr Elise Waghorn, lecturer at the School of Education, RMIT University in Australia, has advice for parents as told to Andrea Heng and Joel Chua on Asia First.

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Daily Cuts - Red light cameras to catch speeding: will they reduce accidents in Singapore?

Red light cameras have already captured more than 100 speeding violations just days since they were activated on April 1st. But will they work? Asia First’s Andrea Heng and Joel Chua ask Dr Raymond Ong, from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS College of Design and Engineering.

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Daily Cuts - Will a US, Japan, Philippine summit blunt China’s assertiveness?

Once rivals, now friends faced with a common challenge. Leaders of the US, Japan and the Philippines gather at the White House for a momentous meeting focusing on security issues in the Indo-Pacific. Asia First’s Andrea Heng and Joel Chua get an analysis of this new alliance from Naoko Aoki, Associate Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

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