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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: How Ivy Zerbel Lim's rough past fuels her self-belief and business success

At 29, Ivy Zerbel Lim is a successful entrepreneur who owns a chain of beauty salons. She's also the devoted mother of three young children. It's a far cry from her younger years, when she smoked her first cigarette at 9 and found herself in prison at 17. Ivy shares how she turned her life around.

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Daily Cuts - Analysis: Former transport minister S Iswaran's sentencing outcome

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Hui Wong speak with Eugene Tan, Associate Professor of Law, SMU, for his thoughts around the outcome of former transport minister S Iswaran's sentencing.

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Daily Cuts - Greytt: Empowering globetrotters over 50

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Preethi Sanjeevi, Co-Founder and CEO of Greytt, a platform with products and services that serve people aged 50 and above. Sanjeevi talks about the two places she’s visited during her personal holidays, Edinburgh in Scotland and Kansas City in Missouri (USA). Sanjeevi also shares Greytt’s research findings and insights concerning travel trends of globetrotters aged 50 and above.

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Daily Cuts - Being and Nothingness: a marriage of art and industrial design

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Nathan Yong, Singaporean industrial designer and artist. Yong is now showcasing his exhibition, ‘Being and Nothingness – A Discourse on Identity: New Works’ at artcommune gallery. Yong reveals how he marries art and industrial design in his work, why he chooses stainless steel pipes and sheets as his medium of choice, and the 11 limited-edition designs featured in the exhibition.

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Daily Cuts - How this 16-year-old built a business match-making platform

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Sofia Chen, Founder of upcie, a free online match-making platform for Singaporean startups and SMEs to enjoy pro bono advisory from mentors. These mentors may be MNC corporate executives and entrepreneurs. 16-year-old Chen shares why she founded upcie, how the platform works, and how her mother Ann Kositchotitana, a serial entrepreneur, advises her.

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Daily Cuts - How to make cinemas great again in Singapore

Several high-profile cinema closures have sparked discussions about the future of cinemas in Singapore amid expensive tickets and the affordability and convenience of streaming services. But with the right magic formula, some moviegoers say cinemas here can survive – and even thrive in the future. Hairianto Diman speaks to Michael Kam, Senior Lecturer, Diploma in Film, Sound & Video, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, to find out more. 

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