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Daily Cuts - Get a peak into Singapore's first nature film festival

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro sits with Daphne Ong, Founder of Wild Space, as well as Ian Mun and Jayaprakash Bojan, local filmmakers. Wild Space is the organiser of ‘The Earth in Focus, Singapore Nature Film Festival 2024’, Singapore's first nature film festival. The festival also includes Singapore’s first Nature Film Competition and the first ‘Nature Film Competition with a mobile phone’ category in Southeast Asia. The three tell us about the projects and films they worked on, as well as other film screenings, photography and ecological art exhibitions, festival booths and children’s workshops run by conservation NGOs.

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Daily Cuts - Feast for the senses

Eat Drink Singapore's Chew Wui Lynn and Cheryl Goh speak with Shaun Foo, founder of the recently-launched 5 Senses Café & Restaurant located at Odeon 333 to find out if its Hainanese offerings will indeed be a feast for the senses. 

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Daily Cuts - What makes a workplace great or otherwise?

According to a study that surveyed 40,000 respondents across 200 organisations in Singapore, some key qualities that make a great workplace include a safe work environment and having leaders with integrity. The survey also found many of Singapore’s best workplaces have maintained higher levels of well-being. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out more about the survey findings from Evelyn Kwek, Managing Director, Great Place To Work®, ASEAN & ANZ. 

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Daily Cuts - Halloween Special: The psychology of phobia

Halloween is a fun time for most thrillseekers as they jump at the opportunity to go to events like Halloween Horror Nights. Other brave souls might attempt to conquer their fear of the dark inside a haunted house. Whether you’re scared of the dark, or have an irrational fear of the creepy crawlies that are so popular as decorations during Halloween, phobias can be incredibly overwhelming. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr Annabelle Chow, Clinical Psychologist, Annabelle Psychology, to take a look at the causes of phobias and ways to overcome them.

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Daily Cuts - The impact on demand with extra 20,000 COEs

Singapore will allow up to 20,000 more vehicles to hit the roads over the next few years, which is around two per cent of the current total. Additional certificates of entitlement (COEs) will be introduced over time across all categories from next February. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr Samuel Chng, Research Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, SUTD, to examine the impact on demand with these extra COEs.

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Daily Cuts - Is there no stopping Israel as it continues to pound Gaza, Lebanon?

Israel’s strike on a residential building in a northern Gaza town has resulted in at least 93 people killed or missing. Officials say around 20 of those killed were children. Israel continues to pound Gaza even as it has eliminated the militant group Hamas’ top leaders and commanders. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr James Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU, to find out what the end game is for Israel, given the current state of play.    

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