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Daily Cuts - S1E321: The lasting legacy of the mid-year exam

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2023 marks the first year where all primary and secondary students will not have to sit for mid-year exams. But some parents could still be concerned about whether their children need them. Against this backdrop, CNA938's Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Grace Tan, Founder-Principal of Learning Journey Education Centre, which offers mock mid-year English exams among their programmes. She shares the rationale behind these mock exams, and what the demand from parents has been like.

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Daily Cuts - S1E225: Breaking her own records: Shanti Pereira sprints to victory

National sprinter Shanti Pereira has set three national records in three days, clocking 22.89s in the women’s 200m heats at the Australian Track and Field Open in Brisbane on Sunday (Apr 2). CNA938's Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with her to hear how she pulled it off

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Daily Cuts - S1E224: What to expect when French and EU leaders head to Beijing

French President Emmanuel Macron and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will head to Beijing later this week. But how will von der Leyen's hawkish comments last week at the European Policy Centre impact the success of this meeting? CNA938's Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with Pushan Dutt, Professor of Economics and Political Science, INSEAD to find out more.  

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Daily Cuts - S1E223: Spreading positive vibes with TikTok

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Ng See Min, Founder of Henndrawn and Anda Chaudhry, Founder of 2 businesses - Wear Bums and Araes Nail Lacquer - about using TikTok to turn their passions into businesses that embody positive values like self-love and body positivity.

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Daily Cuts - S1E222: The business of sneakers today

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Alan Vinogradov, Co-Founder of Sneaker Con, deemed the "Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth". It makes its South-East Asia debut this weekend (1 - 2 April) in Singapore. One of the participating retailers, Urban Necessities' Jaysse Lopez, joins in too.

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Daily Cuts - S1E221: Why less-educated young workers in lower-wage jobs face job mobility issues

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Associate Professor Irene Ng from NUS about her team's study that found less-educated young workers in lower-wage jobs are less likely to take up training or benefit as much as their white-collar counterparts in the job search process. 

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