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Daily Cuts - Philippines cancels China-funded railway projects

The Philippines is no longer in talks with China for the funding of three railway projects after loan negotiations with the country continued to stall. The projects are wrth US$5 billion. We learn more about the reasons for the decision and the implicit message it could be sending about Manila’s fraught relations with Beijing. Joining us is Prof Edmund Tayao, a Political Analyst in Manila.

Daily Cuts - Local households prudent amid rising interest rates

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Professor Sumit Agarwal, Professor of Finance, Economics and Real Estate, NUS Business School, about local households staying prudent in the face of rising interest rates.

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Daily Cuts - Innovating menus and practices

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with winners of the annual Restaurant Association of Singapore Epicurean Star Awards 2023 about their winning operations and manpower-friendly policies. Immelia Izalena, Senior Group Marketing Manager for 1-Group, shares more about Oumi, their contemporary Japanese Kappo restaurant that won Best Asian Restaurant in the Fine Dining category and Best Farm-to-Table Restaurant. Bernadette Giam, Director of Corporate Affairs and Human Resources at Creative Eateries also shares how the company won the Workforce Singapore (WSG) Workforce Transformation Award through job redesign and reskilling. 

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Daily Cuts - Ceramic Blooms

Immortalising the ephemeral beauty of peonies, roses and hyacinths. Work It’s Stanley Leong & Tay Soo Sien speak with award-winning ceramicist Leo Wong whose life-like porcelain flower installation is now exhibited at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore. 

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Daily Cuts - Cookies & (Ice) Cream at BakerX

Cookies and ice cream are signature items of food blogger Kimberley Yeo. She tells you her best-selling flavours on Eat Drink Singapore hosted by Stanley Leong & Tay Soo Sien.

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Daily Cuts - Warp over to Nintendo's POP-UP STORE!

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with AJ Lim, Senior Manager, Avex Asia, about conceptualising the Nintendo pop-up store at Jewel Changi Airport that is just like other Nintendo pop-up stores in Japan.

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