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Daily Cuts - A long road for Four Horse Road

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Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Director Kuo Jian Hong and cast member R Chandran of Four Horse Road, an immersive site-specific production by The Theatre Practice, a local bilingual theatre institution. They’ll discuss how this restaged production was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and how audience members will be exposed to 150 years of history staged across two heritage buildings along Waterloo Street.

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Daily Cuts - Combating modern slavery in Southeast Asia

23 August is UNESCO’s ‘International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition’. While slavery in the conventional sense has been abolished, an insidious form of ‘modern-day slavery’ — or human trafficking — continues to victimise many vulnerable people, including in our region. Kyla Raby, a researcher at the University of South Australia, shares how much progress is being made to stamp it out in Southeast Asia.

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Daily Cuts - Rise of the 'Wayang Worker'

According to Slack’s State of Work Report 2023, Singapore workers apparently ranked third in the world for doing “performative work” — appearing busy more than doing real, productive work. To use a colloquial term, why do we need to “wayang” at the office? Derek Laney, Slack’s APAC Technology Evangelist shares more about the report and what could be driving this phenomenon.

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Daily Cuts - How will the haze affect Singapore's economy and businesses?

In addition to causing health issues, the annual haze season can also cast a shadow on the health of our economy. Dr Tan Tsiat Siong, Lecturer, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences, takes a look at the economic impact of the haze, specific sectors that might be most affected, and what businesses can do to cope more effectively during this period. 

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Daily Cuts - Get your Pretzel fix!

On Work It’s Eat Drink Singapore, it’s all about the pretzel as Cheryl Goh & Stanley Leong speak with Dennis von Berlepsch, Co-owner of Park Bäckerei, Singapore’s first ‘pretzel bakery’ in Tanjong Pagar. The bakery offers authentic and fresh German pretzels that are handcrafted daily and baked onsite.

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Daily Cuts - Healthcare start-ups

Nanyang Technological University, A*STAR, and the National Healthcare Group have officially opened co11ab Novena, an incubator for biomedical tech start-ups. This is the first biomedtech incubator here to be embedded in a healthcare precinct. It aims to advance healthcare innovations, while bridging the gap between research and commercial ventures. Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Associate Professor Yen Choo, Executive Director at Co11ab Novena to find out more. 

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