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Daily Cuts - How new funding will bring clarity to an eye disease among seniors

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One in 10 seniors in Singapore have been found to have translational Asian age-related macular degeneration – and a new $25 million injection will fund research into the disease. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out more from Associate Professor Kelvin Teo, Adjunct Clinician Scientist, Singapore Eye Research Institute and Senior Consultant, Advanced Eye Clinic & Surgery.

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Daily Cuts - How the SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support scheme will help Singaporeans

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Patrick Tay, Assistant Secretary-General, NTUC, about how the SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support scheme will differ from existing policies to support those looking for work.

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Daily Cuts - Take a trip to Namibia, South Africa!

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro sits down with Krystal Tan, Founder and Director of Blue Sky Escapes, to talk about an escape to Namibia which remains a prime destination in Africa for ecotourism and extensive wildlife.

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Daily Cuts - Exploring your curious journey with Olafur Eliasson

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Joella Kiu, Curator, and Angelica Ong, Curatorial Assistant, Singapore Art Museum - the curators behind the ongoing art exhibition ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’. Kiu and Ong describe how the exhibition presents a broad range of artworks that employ diverse media that address major themes of his three-decade-long practice – embodiment, experience, perception, as well as the urgency of climate action. They also discuss how Eliasson’s artworks use ephemeral materials, such as light, wind, fog, and water, to conjure up shimmering rainbows, swirling mists and more.

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Daily Cuts - Redefining early intervention for neurodiverse children

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro meets Mina Sunico-Chin and Vincent Chin, Co-Founders, AltSchool International – an early intervention centre for children aged 3 to 8 with developmental and learning differences. Sunico-Chin and Chin shares what inspired them to set up the school and how this journey was inspired by their own journeys navigating the complexities of parenting and child development. The duo also taps on how AltSchool uses creative therapy methods like sound and sensory integration for young students with developmental differences.

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Daily Cuts - How some people are leaving this earth… by living

“Living” funerals for terminally ill patients are valuable, healing gatherings for them to share their wishes, fears and most importantly, their love for those they are leaving behind – and are catching on even beyond Singapore.  Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out more from Ang Ziqian, Managing Director, Ang Chin Moh Funeral Directors

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