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Daily Cuts - Resurrect your used wooden chopsticks!

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Give your single-use wooden chopsticks a second chance at life - turn a big bunch of them into a cheeseboard or even a table! Melanie Oliveiro finds out more with Justin Lee, General Manager of ChopValue Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - Playing her tunes as the Youngest Grand Prize Winner

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Jessie M, the youngest Grand Prize Winner of the Steinway Youth Piano Competition in 2018. Now 16 years old, Jessie will talk about her musical journey so far. 

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Daily Cuts - Latest on Israel-Hamas war, including PM Netanyahu's denial Israel intends to occupy Gaza

We get an update on the latest, including what Antony Blinken has been able to achieve on his latest trip to the region, hostage negotiations mediated by Egypt, and Netanyahu’s denial that Israel intends for an occupation of Gaza. Our guest is Dr Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Asia Institute, Griffith University.

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Daily Cuts - Trump leads in Iowa Republican primary polls

Polls are still showing former president Donald Trump in the lead, while Chris Christie left the race, leaving Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis to fight it out. We take stock of latest developments, including implications of Trump’s legal troubles, and look ahead at the upcoming state caucuses, beginning with Iowa’s which takes place on Monday (US time), the first of the Republican primary elections. Our guest is Miles Coleman, Center for Politics, University of Virginia

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Daily Cuts - NYAA recipient helped young students prepare for PSLE English oral exam

299 youths were recognised on 12 January for their contributions to Singapore’s society.  Among them is Chia Kwan Hi, a medical student previously from River Valley High, who led a project to create an English-reading programme for underprivileged students from Princess Elizabeth Primary School to prepare them for their PSLE Oral Examination. He was a recipient of the National Youth Achievement Award Outstanding Gold Medal.

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Daily Cuts - Commentary: Will taking a sabbatical help you recover from burnout?

We find out more about the feasibility of taking a sabbatical from work in Singapore’s corporate context, how to prepare for it, and if it is effective in helping employees recover from or prevent burnouts. Joining us is commentary author Lim Chai Leng, General Manager, Randstad Singapore.

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