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Daily Cuts - S1E304: Facing a rising China, Australia plans a defence overhaul

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Against the backdrop of a rising China, Australia is planning its biggest defence overhaul since the Second World War, following a defence review. To find out more about how the country seeks to project military power further from its shores, CNA938's Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. Professor Dibb is also a former Deputy Secretary of Defence in Australia and a former director of its Defence Intelligence Organisation.

 

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Daily Cuts - S1E315: Pay rises over job security: What workers in Singapore are thinking

According to ADP’s ‘People at Work 2023: A Global Workforce View’ study, 56% of workers in Singapore expect a salary increase this year. We also view pay rises as being more important than job security. To unpack these findings, CNA938's Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Yvonne Teo, Vice President of HR, APAC at ADP, a management services company.

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Daily Cuts - S1E314: Tips for beating the heat in Singapore

How can we beat the heat as Singapore gets hotter? CNA938's Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Associate Professor Jason Lee, Director, Heat Resilience and Performance Centre, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore to get some tips.

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Daily Cuts - S1E313: Diving into survey findings of Covid-19 complacency

We’re learning to live with Covid-19, but are we getting complacent? According to a study commissioned by Moderna Biotech Singapore and the Asia-Pacific Immunization Coalition involving more than one thousand adults in Singapore, around a third of those vulnerable to severe COVID infection no longer see the virus as a threat to their health. They also do not plan to take further booster vaccines. CNA938's Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Professor Tikki Pungetsu, Co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Immunization Coalition, to unpack these findings.

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Daily Cuts - S1E312: The hustle of a fresh grad looking for a job

Landing that first job as a graduate can be challenging, so some undergraduates are helping their seniors (and soon, themselves) get a leg up and through the door. CNA's Stanley Leong and Tay Soo Sien speak with Muaz Mustaffa and Ezra James Ho, co-founders of Hust, a start-up that seeks to help in the college-to-career transition.

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Daily Cuts - S1E311: Conquering the English Channel - one hour at a time

The cold, the currents, ships and sharks — things these Singaporean men have to be prepared to encounter when they swim across the English Channel in a few months. The relay team of 4 will swim an hour at a time to collectively conquer this feat. CNA's Stanley Leong and Tay Soo Sien find out why 54 year old Lim Chee Kiong and 60 year old Ng Chee Soon have signed up for this.

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