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Daily Cuts - How to rethink the role of taxis in Singapore as the industry shrinks

When was the last time you hailed a taxi by the street or boarded one from a taxi stand? Booking a ride is now second nature to us and taxi companies have had to adapt by finding their space on ride-hailing platforms to retain a share of passengers. But what’s a more long-term sustainable model for Singapore’s taxi companies – and their drivers?  Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out more from Associate Professor Raymond Ong, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, NUS

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: With better protections, can platform work in Singapore now be a lifelong career?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Mathew Mathews, Principal Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and Head of its Social Lab & Adrian Choo, CEO and Founder, Career Agility International, about whether platform work here can become a lifelong career for Singaporeans - with better protections in place.

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Daily Cuts - TEL train fault: Was it linked to the EWL service disruption?

On the day we saw resumption of services on the East-West Line (EWL), we saw another train fault. This time on the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) between Woodlands North and Lentor. Are the two linked? Transport analyst Walter Theseira, Associate Professor with the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) School of Business, weighs in.

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Daily Cuts - EWL disruption: How it has impacted Singaporeans' public transport commute

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with transport analyst Walter Theseira, Associate Professor with the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) School of Business, about how the recent East-West Line service disruption has impacted how Singaporeans look at their public transport commute.

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Daily Cuts - Here's how you can get paid to travel

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Hendric Tay, Co-Founder of The Travel Intern, a local community of storytellers and explorers. Tay talks about traveling and getting paid – a proposition that’s hard to refuse! If you’re thinking of embarking on this dream job, you may want to learn more about the type of content worthy of sponsorship.

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Daily Cuts - Becoming a Documentary Storyteller in Singapore

We shine the spotlight on a man who's normally behind the camera. How did someone with a Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management as well as a business degree end up making documentaries? Ong Kah Jing -- better known as OKJ -- shares his story with Work It's Chew Wui Lynn and Cheryl Goh.

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