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Daily Cuts - Earth Hour activities

Melanie Oliveiro finds out where Singaporeans can go to observe and commemorate Earth Hour during the weekend of 23 March. She also learns more about the WWF’s Earth Hour Festival which includes a day of activities, workshops and the iconic Switch Off in which Orchard Road goes completely dark for an hour in support of climate action.  

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Daily Cuts - Studio Mèlange

Melanie Oliveiro learns about South Asian fashion with Samia Khan, the founder of Studio Mèlange, who will also talk about how her studio showcases exclusive collections from renowned Indian designers like Anita Dongre and Rahul Khanna, with personalised clothing options for both men and women.

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Daily Cuts - What's on at IHC's Pongal Open House 2024

Melanie Oliveiro finds out more about the Pongal Open House, themed "The Sun for 2024", from Kamini Vyanan, Manager of Programmes, Indian Heritage Centre (IHC). With a programme line-up including trails around Little India, storytelling sessions and live performances, among other things.

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Daily Cuts - Tracing back 12 Family Trees

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Zahra Aljunied and Christian Eber - two authors of the book, ‘12 Family Histories – A Tapestry Of Singapore’s Multicultural Legacy’, which traces the histories of various ethnic groups and families in Singapore. Zahra Aljunied and Christian Eber will talk about the lives of their ancestors, why they came to Singapore, and how they lived.

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Daily Cuts - Dancing en pointe

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Lena Foo, Founder and Artistic Director of Dancepointe Academy Singapore, about setting up her academy, and how dancing for children helps develop their movement coordination, socialisation skills, and self-confidence.

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Daily Cuts - Unpacking Singapore's "complain culture"

Singaporeans have been called “champion grumblers”, but is complaining really such a bad thing? Andrea Heng and Joel Chua speak with Jonathan Sim, Associate Fellow of the NUS Teaching Academy and Lecturer with the Department of Philosophy, NUS. He's the author of the commentary on CNA.asia: “Is Singapore’s complaint culture helping us or hurting us?”

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