Skip to main content
Advertisement
Advertisement

Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: How Ganesh Kumar planted seeds of healing in Woodlands

During a period of personal grief, Ganesh Kumar planted the first seeds of a hibiscus on a barren hillside in Woodlands, as a personal tribute to his late mother. A garden soon took shape, and along with it, a community blossomed, drawn to the therapeutic environment of Ganesh's labour of love. Today the Woodlands Botanic Garden spans 4,000 square metres and consists of over 350 species of plants and more than 60 species of butterflies. Ganesh Kumar, who's the founder of and chairman of the Woodlands Botanic Garden, shares the moving story of how the garden grew, the special place it has in his community's heart, and the lessons it's taught him.

Resume Pause 34 min

Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: How Firdaus Sani is preserving the heritage of Orang Laut in Singapore

Firdaus Sani, founder of Orang Laut SG and The Black Sampan digital marketing agency, shares his experience growing up on Pulau Semakau, the aspects that make Orang Laut culture unique, and why he's driven to preserve and celebrate the culture of one of Singapore's indigenous communities.

Resume Pause 35 mins

Daily Cuts - F1 2024: learning about unique racing careers

F1 fever is back in Singapore! Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out more about what goes on behind-the-scenes with Singapore’s first F1 engineer Gautham Ramesh, CFD Methodology Engineer, Williams Racing

Resume Pause 10 mins

Daily Cuts - F1 2024: Attending this year’s event

F1 season is back in Singapore for the 16th instalment of the Night Race, with a power-packed concert to boot. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman ask Ethan Yeo, a student and ticket-holder what makes this year’s event special.

Resume Pause 5 mins

Daily Cuts - What is an ETA and why are more countries like Thailand implementing it?

From December, visitors to Thailand will need a mandatory electronic travel authorisation (ETA) for travellers from some 93 visa-exempt countries, including Singapore. But what is an ETA, why do we need one when we’re already visa-exempt, and why are more countries implementing it? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman get an explainer from a travel expert, Aaron Wong, Founder, travel website The MileLion, plus what you’ll need to prepare for future travels. 

Resume Pause 14 mins

Daily Cuts - Kishida’s out, but who could be in? Japan’s LDP candidates to be the next premier

Japan will soon have a new prime minister to replace Fumio Kishida, who resigned from his post in mid-August. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has since named nine candidates in the running for the top job, including a surfer – the son of former PM Junichiro Koizumi – a nationalist and a woman. One of them will be elected on September 27th to be the country’s next premier. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr Taniguchi Tomohiko, Special Advisor to Fujitsu Future Studies Centre and Specially Appointed Professor, University of Tsukuba, to find out more. 

Resume Pause 10 mins