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Daily Cuts - DayAway Singapore

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Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Martha Waslen, founder and CEO of DayAway Singapore, a platform to book daytime experiences at luxury hotels. Waslen will recount how and why she launched the platform in Singapore in 2021 in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Post-pandemic, Waslen will explain how DayAway has expanded to other  markets including Hong Kong, Thailand, Australia and the United Arab Emirates. She will also talk about how she and her team curate hyper-local experiences like visiting a workshop offered by a family of artisans, for example.

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Daily Cuts - Managing risks in using free VPN services

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Kevin Reed, Chief Information Security Officer, Acronis, about how users can better protect themselves against the risks that come with using free VPN services.

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Daily Cuts - Why Singapore is warming up faster compared to the rest of the world

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Dimple Rana, Microclimate and Urban Heat Specialist, Arup, about why our island has been warming up faster compared to the rest of the world.

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Daily Cuts - Homeschooling in Singapore

A recent article on TODAY online gives us insights to the world of homeschooling in Singapore, and the cautious approach MOE takes on this. Mrs Gwyneth Nyoto shares her journey as a homeschool mum and educator of 3 with Asia First’s Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman.

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Daily Cuts - Even doctors go back to school – the quest for continuous learning

DukeNUS Medical School is commending its largest batch of graduates – among them is a significant proportion of adult or mature students. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman get a first-hand account of the ins and outs of adult learning from Associate Professor Hairil Rizal Bin Abdullah, Senior Consultant Anesthesiologist and Clinician Scientist, SGH. They find out about the benefits of continuous learning on Asia First.

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Daily Cuts - Volodymyr Zelenskyy courts Asia for peace support

After accusing China of sabotaging an upcoming peace summit during a surprise appearance at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now marching across Asia to shore up support for his peace plan. Asia First’s Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Dr Samir Puri, Associate Fellow, Chatham House; Visiting Lecturer in the Department of War Studies and Associate, Imperial War Museum. They ask who will come to his aid and what the reactions will be from Russia and his western allies.

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