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Daily Cuts - S1E268: Macron's unpopular decision to raise retirement age

French President Emmanuel Macron approved the controversial pension reform into law on Saturday. The retirement age in France is now 64, from 62. The opposition and unions are saying he did this secretly, in the middle of the night. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with Patrick Chamorel, Senior Resident Scholar at the Stanford Center in Washington, to find out what Macron’s move says to the people of France.

Daily Cuts - S1E391: Teaching our kids about food sustainability

In line with MOE’s push to focus on food sustainability in schools, Si Ling Primary School has begun introducing the concept of responsible grocery shopping to their students. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Andrea Heng speak with Ashri Shukri, Head of Department of Science at Si Ling Primary School, who told us more about this. 

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Daily Cuts - S1E390: A preview of the Thai elections

Thai elections will be held this Sunday where 52 million Thais will be voting for their government. So far, the country is divided into two - conservative royalists and supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Andrea Heng speak with Dr Kevin Hewison, Weldon E. Thornton Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to find out more about what’s to come.

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Daily Cuts - S1E389: Entrepreneurship in soap crafting

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Low Li Ting, Founder of My Naked Bar, about what led her to venture into entrepreneurship as a soap crafter, after spending many years in the commercial healthcare industry.

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Daily Cuts - S1E388: Protecting victims of domestic abuse

ingapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Zaharah Ariff, Executive Director at Casa Raudha, about a new Bill that has been tabled in Parliament to strengthen the government's ability to intervene in family violence cases and better empower victims.

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Daily Cuts - S1E387: Could we be scaring off our foreign property investors?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Alan Cheong, Head of Research and Consultancy at Savills Singapore, about Singapore ranking highest globally for total tax levied on foreigners buying residential property.

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