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Daily Cuts - Mental Health storytelling for our children

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Dr Daniel Fung, CEO of IMH, Germaine Tan, senior clinical psychologist and Liew Shiang Hui, senior medical social worker, the authors behind the local manga graphic novel “Polderstein 13: School of the Amazing Brain”. All are Institute of Mental Health or IMH personnel who worked together to bring about this novel which is about encouraging mindfulness techniques through comic storytelling.

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Daily Cuts - Publishing The Slow Press

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Christy Chua and Tan Aik, the founding members of The Slow Press, a local food zine, about using food to tell heartfelt stories.

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Daily Cuts - Composting your waste with ease!

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Jayden Ong, Co-Founder, Soil Social, about producing microbe-rich compost to make gardening easier for all.

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Daily Cuts - Deepavali with Indian Heritage Centre

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Maria Bhavani Dass, General Manager, Indian Heritage Centre, about the various festivities to immerse oneself in, while celebrating Deepavali.

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Daily Cuts - The controversies surrounding US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel

US President Joe Biden is in Israel to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to reaffirm solidarity with the country. Mr Biden was also supposed to meet the Jordanian, Egyptian and Palestinian Authority leaders in Amman to discuss aid and convey humanitarian concerns. But it fell through after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pulled out, to protest the deadly hospital attack in Gaza. Dr John Donaldson is Associate Professor of Political Science at the School of Social Sciences, SMU tells Arnold & Andrea what’s the message President Biden is trying to send on his visit to the Middle East.

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Daily Cuts - Do we really need a degree certification to be successful?

Singapore has been trying to move away from looking strictly at paper qualifications. But young people here still think it’s important to have a degree. This is according to the TODAY Youth Survey, which you can find on todayonline.com. 69% of survey respondents aged 18-35 years old still feel a degree is necessary to succeed in Singapore, and more than 3 in 4 youths expect their children to do the same. Jerviel Lim, Head of People & Culture, Tatsu Works explains if a degree is important. 

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