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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.

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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: Sujimy Mohamad's journey has been defined by "resilience rather than resources"

Sujimy Mohamad is a prominent online personality and a household name particularly within the Malay community. The content creator, entrepreneur, and devoted father of three daughters, posts regularly about family life. Although he grew up with 14 siblings in a rough neighbourhood, he shares how his parents made sure he never felt he was lacking, and how his professional journey has been defined by resilience and reinvention.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Why don't you want to be a school canteen vendor?

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Geraldine Tan, CEO, My NoNNa's, about what could be holding more people here from becoming school canteen vendors.

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Daily Cuts - New developments to promote local SimplyGo adoption

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with transport Analyst Terence Fan, who's also Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, SMU, about how recent changes to the SimplyGo scheme could promote its better adoption among Singaporeans.

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Daily Cuts - Explore Chiang Mai with Eshton Chua

In Destination Anywhere, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Eshton Chua, Content Creator and Co-Founder of Syne. Chua delves deep into the adventures that await in Chiang Mai, discussing art camps in the jungle, bike rides and visits to local gibbon and elephant sanctuaries.

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Daily Cuts - A powerful play about mental health and milestones

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Oliver Chong, Director and Sharon Sum, Actor, Gateway Arts production, “Every Brilliant Thing”. The play centers around a young girl who, at the age of seven, begins compiling a list of everything worth living for. This list grows with her through university, marriage and her own struggles with her mother's mental health. Chong and Sum talk about how they prepared and rehearsed for the production, how the play’s themes resonate with them, and how theatregoers have been responding to it so far.

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