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Daily Cuts - An extra step of conservation in the African Savannah

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Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Timothy Heng, a Singaporean photographer and avid traveller who has just completed an anti-poaching course for Safari Animals. He’ll share how he fell in love with South Africa and the big 5 animals, and the patience needed to catch the animals while on a game drive or bush walk. He will share insights into how the training course was, and what more we can do to help the conservation of the animals in the wild. 

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Daily Cuts - Further laws: The answer to protecting online harm victims?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Law, Mdm Rahayu Mahzam, about the effectiveness of having more laws to protect online harm victims.

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Daily Cuts - Curious creatures of the night

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Dennis Chan, the founder of The Untamed Paths, which specializes in bringing people to connect with nature through unique trails and intertidal walks. Dennis will talk about their naturalist night programme, where participants can see a different side of Singapore, at a time where the city goes to sleep, nature comes alive.

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Daily Cuts - The story behind Sweet Braised Duck

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Singaporean author Chew Ngee Tan, writer of ‘Sweet Braised Duck’ - her first novel. It tells the story of Kuang, a Teochew braised duck rice seller who comes to Singapore as a child from Shantou, China. Kuang and his family battle poverty. This leads him to giving up his education to work as a hawker assistant to help the family make ends meet. Twists and turns in his life eventually bring him back to embracing his hometown cuisine.

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Daily Cuts - The big concept behind Tinypod

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Seah Liang Chiang, the founder and CEO of Tinypod, a novel accommodation type here in Singapore. After watching the popular Netflix “Tiny House Nation”, it sparked the idea to build an innovative living space for himself where he could move around freely. Through refurbishing shipping containers, Tinypod now offers accommodation at One North, Haw Par Villa, and their newest offering, Garden Pod in Gardens by the Bay. 

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Daily Cuts - Grassroots leaders helping to fight scammers

In the first 6 months of this year, the number of scams and cybercrimes cases went up by almost 70% compared to the same period last year. Job scams, e-commerce scams, fake friend call scams, phishing scams and investment scams were the top five scam types. People’s Association is working with the Police and the Association of Information Security Professionals to fight scammers. They’re organising a series of Scam Awareness Workshops and Dialogues to upskill Grassroots Leaders. These Grassroots Leaders will then spread awareness to residents and the community. Yau Yong Feeh, Chairman of Zhenghua’s Community Emergency & Engagement Committee Council EXCO shares how this will be done. 

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