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Daily Cuts - The love for Leicha

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From a humble home-based business, husband-wife duo Tan Sook Fern and Khoo Hao Ting grew their business Hakka Leipopo, owing to their love for Hakka Leicha, or Thunder Tea Rice. The brand now has three outlets to its name, and they were also recently awarded the Enterprising Hawker Award at the Singapore Hawkers’ Awards 2024. Work It’s Cheryl Goh speak with them, about their desire to retain traditional food culture and ensure that future generations are familiar with this traditional dish.

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Daily Cuts - What happens when a flight is diverted from Changi Airport?

Twelve flights have been diverted from Changi Airport since Friday evening (Jan 10), after a monsoon surge led to prolonged rain in Singapore. They were diverted to regional airports such as Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur and Batam. Susan Ng and Hairianto Diman look at the logistics involved and the costs incurred when a flight is diverted with Alvin Lie, Aviation Analyst.

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Daily Cuts - Apple gone bad? iPhone maker loses market shares in Indonesia, China

Apple Inc. sold 5 percent fewer iPhones globally and lost ground to Chinese rivals in the final quarter of last year, reflecting the absence of Apple Intelligence in its largest market outside the US. Meanwhile, Indonesia has banned the sale of the iPhone 16 due to Apple's failure to meet local content requirements. Is it game over for the largest smartphone maker? Susan Ng and Hairianto Diman speak with Kiranjeet Kaur, Associate Research Director of Mobile Phones Research to find out.

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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: James Suresh is not kiasu and co-creating Mr Kiasu proves it

James Suresh is a comic book writer and corporate trainer who is perhaps best known for being a co-creator of the Mr Kiasu comic book series. The irony is that he's probably one of the least kiasu people you'd come across. He shares what motivated him to leave a stable career with the military to help create one of Singapore's most iconic characters in the 90's, why he would have told his younger self to keep a diary, and regales us with charming anecdotes on life during Singapore's bygone years which have captured his imagination.

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Daily Cuts - Should you drive through a flood?

In the second part of this edition of #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Angela Lim speak with Clifford Chow, Co-Founder, Asphalt Singapore, about what you should avoid doing while driving in a heavy rainfall.

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Daily Cuts - Did climate change cause the monsoon surge?

In the first part of this edition of #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Angela Lim speak with Benjamin Horton, Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore and Professor of NTU's Asian School of Environment, to find out more about what caused the recent monsoon surge here.

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