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Daily Cuts - Keeping track of Singaporeans' heart health through Project Reset

According to the National Health Survey, nearly all of us (9/10) are consuming too much salt. And naturally, that’s resulted in higher prevalence of hypertension and high blood pressure. Heart disease is also the top cause of death in Singapore. So a new initiative has been launched – it’s called Project RESET, and it will involve the screening of 10,000 Singaporeans aged 40 to 70. Professor Roger Foo, Director, Cardiovascular-Metabolic Disease Translational Research Programme, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, National University Heart Centre, Singapore tells us more about this.

 

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Daily Cuts - Are device restrictions effective in curbing internet addiction?

China’s government on 24 Oct published the final draft of new rules to restrict internet usage among youths up to 18 years old, which will take effect on 1 Jan. Are mandatory restrictions an effective means of reducing internet addiction risk among youths? Joining us is Dr Annabelle Chow, clinical psychologist, Annabelle Psychology.

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Daily Cuts - Housing prices on the rise

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Hui Wong speak with Lee Sze Teck, Senior Director for Data Analytics, Huttons Asia, about what could be driving marginal increases for prices of both private homes and public flats in Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - Realising the Singapore Dream

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Hui Wong speak with Dr Gillian Koh, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, about the evolving Singapore Dream which sees Singaporeans chasing meaning over materialism in their lives.

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Daily Cuts - Keeping Heritage alive with Lam Ann Association

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Tan Aik Hock, the executive consultant of the Singapore Lam Ann Association, a non-profit cultural & clan organisation headquartered in the Mohamed Sultan area. How do they forge closer ties with the community, upkeep the gazetted national monument: the Hong San See Temple and run the Lam Ann Building Redevelopment Project?

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Daily Cuts - NovelTech to keep our perishables fresh

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Chew Hwee Hong, Founder and Managing Director of Ecospec NovelTech, a Singapore-based research and development technological company. Using Ultra-Low Frequency to produce antioxidants and energy in drinks, the invention Entropy Viva 5 can be a beneficial tool for homes and F&B Businesses.

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