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Daily Cuts - Commentary: Has modern-day parenting created children who are incapable of looking after themselves?

Do we have to load our children with chores to prevent them from turning into entitled adults? As a self-described “modern parent” of two young girls with eczema, the commentary's author Yong Qiao Qing shares how she finds a middle-ground between being “over-protective” and curating household tasks that are intended to imbue in them healthy values. Yong Qiao Qing is also the founder of "Little Warriors", a clothing website for kids with sensitive skin.

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Daily Cuts - Israel moves towards the South

More than 800 people killed in Gaza since the collapse of the truce – as Israel's military widens its ground offensive. Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip is now in the spotlight. Arnold Gay and Andrea Heng speak with Nader Hashemi, Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. 

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Daily Cuts - Green loans for a more sustainable future

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Professor Lawrence Loh, Director of Centre for Governance and Sustainability, NUS Business School, about the role green loans play in realising a more sustainable future for business.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Future of country clubs in Singapore

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Dianna Chang, Senior Lecturer, Marketing Programme, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences and Professor Sing Tien Foo, Provost's Chair Professor, Department of Real Estate, NUS Business School, about whether country clubs are losing their appeal here and if they are still relevant enough to occupy space in land-scarce Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - Coping with Covid-19 this festive season

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Lee Tau Hong, Chair of Chapter of Infectious Disease Physician, Academy of Medicine, Singapore, about better protecting ourselves against COVID-19 as the number of infections recently spike here.

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Daily Cuts - The stories of Our Amazing Pioneers

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with local author Shawn Seah about his ‘Amazing Pioneers’ series. It’s about Singapore’s pioneers, the people who travelled from distant lands to seek out adventure and fortune in early Singapore. In this series of fully-illustrated books, young readers will discover their inspiring stories, some of which have never been written out children before. Seah will talk about how the series started, what research he did, and how the pioneers were chosen.

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