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Daily Cuts - Fate of ongoing Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal hangs in the air

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US President Donald Trump warned on Monday (Feb 10) that "all hell" would break loose if every Israeli hostage is not released from Gaza within days, after Hamas threatened to postpone further exchanges under a fragile ceasefire deal it said Israel was violating. Tensions have been running high since a shock proposal by Mr Trump to take over the Gaza Strip and remove its more than two million inhabitants. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman examine the fragility of the situation and whether this is the beginning of the end of the truce with Nader Hashemi, Assoc. Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics, Georgetown University

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Daily Cuts - Radicalisation cases rising, Singapore must be prepared for terror incident: Shanmugam

More radicalised people have been caught here, and Singaporeans should be psychologically prepared for an incident, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam on Feb 11. He said the recent cases of a teen, a housewife and a cleaner who were dealt with under the Internal Security Act point to a worrying trend. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman take a look at the threat risk with Dr Noor Huda Ismail, Visiting Fellow, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies

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Daily Cuts - Singapore median monthly household income exceeds $11,000 in 2024

Median monthly household income from work in Singapore rose to S$11,297 in 2024 from S$10,869 in 2023, or by 1.4 per cent in real terms after adjusting for inflation. Meanwhile, the Gini coefficient – which measures income inequality – was 0.364, lower than the 0.371 in 2023, and the lowest since records began in 2000. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman assess the significance of the figures and what they reflect about Singapore’s income position with Professor Sumit Agarwal, Professor of Finance, Real Estate and Economics, NUS Business School

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Daily Cuts - Cuscaden Peak offers to privatise Paragon Reit for $2.78b

Cuscaden Peak Investments has proposed to privatise and delist Paragon Reit for $2.78 billion, eyeing major upgrades to Paragon mall. Paragon Reit currently owns Paragon mall, which accounts for 72 per cent of the Reit’s value. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out this means for the buyer with Kenny Loh, Wealth Advisory Director, REIT specialist and SGX Academy Trainer.

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Daily Cuts - Could climate change undo Singapore's major flood-proofing efforts?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Susan Ng speak with David Ng, Chairman of the Civil and Structural Engineering Technical Committee, Institution of Engineers, Singapore, about whether climate change could undo Singapore's major flood-proofing efforts.

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Daily Cuts - Why are drug abusers getting younger in Singapore?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Susan Ng speak with Dr Lambert Low, Senior Consultant, National Addiction Management Service and Chief, Department of Addiction Medicine, IMH, about why drug abusers are getting younger in Singapore.

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