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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 - Publishing The Slow Press

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Christy Chua and Tan Aik, the founding members of The Slow Press, a local food zine, about using food to tell heartfelt stories.

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Daily Cuts - Composting your waste with ease!

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Jayden Ong, Co-Founder, Soil Social, about producing microbe-rich compost to make gardening easier for all.

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Daily Cuts - Deepavali with Indian Heritage Centre

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Maria Bhavani Dass, General Manager, Indian Heritage Centre, about the various festivities to immerse oneself in, while celebrating Deepavali.

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Daily Cuts - The controversies surrounding US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel

US President Joe Biden is in Israel to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to reaffirm solidarity with the country. Mr Biden was also supposed to meet the Jordanian, Egyptian and Palestinian Authority leaders in Amman to discuss aid and convey humanitarian concerns. But it fell through after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pulled out, to protest the deadly hospital attack in Gaza. Dr John Donaldson is Associate Professor of Political Science at the School of Social Sciences, SMU tells Arnold & Andrea what’s the message President Biden is trying to send on his visit to the Middle East.

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Daily Cuts - Do we really need a degree certification to be successful?

Singapore has been trying to move away from looking strictly at paper qualifications. But young people here still think it’s important to have a degree. This is according to the TODAY Youth Survey, which you can find on todayonline.com. 69% of survey respondents aged 18-35 years old still feel a degree is necessary to succeed in Singapore, and more than 3 in 4 youths expect their children to do the same. Jerviel Lim, Head of People & Culture, Tatsu Works explains if a degree is important. 

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