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Daily Cuts - Does being in the 5 A.M. club suit everyone?

Barack Obama, Tim Cook, Richard Branson and Anna Wintour are just some of the world’s most renowned figures who start their day before the crack of dawn – and they credit their success to it. But can it really make you more alert and productive and, ultimately, help you achieve your goals? And what would it take to be a committed member of this exclusive club? Andrea Heng speaks to Dr Stijn Massar, Research Assistant Professor, Sleep and Cognition Laboratory, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, to find out more. 

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Daily Cuts - Travelling the world through music with Ghib Ojisan

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Ghib Ojisan, a Japanese blogger living in Singapore who goes by @ghibli_ojisan on Instagram. Ojisan shares his travel adventures globetrotting with a guitar, and seeing the world through music.

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Daily Cuts - Accessible tuition app wins young entrepreneurship competition

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks Ivy Tse, CEO of non-profit Halogen, which runs the NFTE programme and Mabel Sim, teenage winner of the NFTE Youth Entrepreneurship Competition (NYEC 2024). The competition challenges youths to pitch business ideas for a chance to represent Singapore at the World Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (WYEC) in New York City. 15-year-old Sim talks about her idea, Academicaid, an app which provides affordable and accessible home-based tuition services. 

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Daily Cuts - More Singaporeans to benefit from social support measures

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Professor Sumit Agarwal, Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance, NUS, about more Singaporeans could benefit from social support, as the government plans to raise the annual value threshold across all tiers.

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Daily Cuts - Helping to reduce problem gambling in Singapore

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Dr Melvyn Zhang, Consultant, National Addictions Management Service and Acting Deputy Chief, Department of Addiction Medicine, IMH, about what we can do to help reduce problem gambling in Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - How to avoid becoming a victim of spoof e-mail scams

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Yeo Siang Tong, General Manager, Kaspersky SEA, about precautions you could take to avoid becoming a victim of spoof e-mail scams.

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