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Daily Cuts - Lucy Lyon: Parenting Teens: Staying Connected as Your Child Grows Up

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Melanie Oliveiro speaks to a counsellor about the topic ‘Parenting Teens: Staying Connected as Your Child Grows Up’. A recent NUS study showed that one in ten teenagers in Singapore suffers from at least one mental health disorder. The research also showed that youths are increasingly turning to digital media as a source of self-therapy, and highlighted a need for more mental health literacy among parents. In light of these trends, how can Singaporean parents best stay connected to their tweens or teens – and help them with mental resilience - while also giving them the space they need to grow?

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Daily Cuts - Prepped

Preparation for home cooked meals takes time and is pretty hard work - but what if you could outsource the heavy lifting? Work It's Cheryl Goh speaks with Corrine Chia, co-founder of Prepped, a local company that makes cooking less tedious and more enjoyable.

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Daily Cuts - Singapore's Talent Landscape: Bridging the Gap Through Upskilling and Holistic Development Initiatives

Like it or not, AI is here to stay. How can organisations promote continuous learning and skill enhancement, especially for middle-aged, mid-career workers? Work It's Cheryl Goh spoke with Sandeep Bhargava, Senior Vice President, Global Services and Solutions, Public Cloud Business Unit, Rackspace Technology for more insights.

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Daily Cuts - #Blockout2024: Why we expect so much from celebrities

Celebrities like Taylor Swift and Michelle Yeoh have been facing digital backlash over their silence about the war in Gaza. But why do we expect celebrities to use their platforms for social and political causes? Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng speak with Kokil Jaidka, Assistant Professor in Computational Communication at the National University of Singapore and Principal Investigator at the NUS Centre for Trusted Internet and Community to find out more on Asia First.

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Daily Cuts - “We’ll attend to you shortly” – the damaging cost of bad customer service in Singapore

New research has found that Singaporeans collectively spent 30 million hours on hold with customer-service departments last year. This translates to some $1.24 billion in lost time – bad customer service in Singapore  is costing companies massive losses. Asia First’s Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng are joined by Chia Wee Luen, Managing Director, ServiceNow Asia to make sense of this perennial problem and what’s needed to make improvements on. 

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Daily Cuts - When the chips are down: are semiconductors the new oil?

The US and China are locked in a trade war through tariffs and export restrictions on advanced semiconductor chips. The US is restricting chip sales to China, while China is trying to build its own domestic chip industry. The question arises: do the current sanctions on China's semiconductor industry mirror the resource wars over oil? Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng find out more on Asia First with Daniel Ives, Managing Director, Senior Equity Analyst, Wedbush Securities.

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