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Daily Cuts - NDR2024: Parental leave upgrades add to slew of measures supporting families

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A new shared parental leave scheme will give parents in Singapore 10 additional weeks of paid leave when fully implemented on Apr 1, 2026. Announced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during the National Day Rally on Aug 18, the scheme is part of the government’s efforts to give parents more time to care for their babies. Hairianto Diman looks at the significance of this new initiative in supporting families with Dr Mathew Mathews, Head, IPS Social Lab, Institute of Policy Studies, NUS

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Daily Cuts - Millennials In Business: Hong Wei Ting, Souperstar Singapore

In this edition of Millennials In Business, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Hong Wei Ting, Co-Founder, Souperstar Singapore, about running a business with a family member.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: How new fathers should spend their mandatory paternity leave?

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Professor Paulin Tay Straughan, Professor of Sociology (Practice), School of Social Sciences, SMU, about how new fathers should spend their mandatory paternity leave.

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Daily Cuts - Is inflation likely to come under control in Singapore?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Alvin Liew, Senior Economist, UOB, about whether inflation is likely to come under control here.

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Daily Cuts - Solar energy: The way to go for Singapore?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Victor Nian, CEO, Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources, about whether solar energy is the way to go for Singapore, as Australia green-lights a mega project to ship energy from a giant solar farm to our shores through an undersea cable.

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Daily Cuts - When tradition meets contemporary - Art by Camilla Ancilotto

In 'Culture Club', Melanie Oliveiro talks to Camilla Ancilotto, an Italian-Swedish Artist and Designer, who was recently in Singapore for an art fair. Ancilotto shares about how she became an artist in Rome from an early age and then moved to New York to hone her craft. She’ll also touch on her signature style – painting different Byzantine-style works on triangular prism pieces that rotate on an axis, resulting in the artwork shifting from one work to the next.

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