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Daily Cuts - SCCC's Cultural Extravaganza 2024 concerts

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Melanie Oliveiro finds out more about two Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) Cultural Extravaganza 2024 concerts. Guest conductor Quek Ling Kiong will talk about ‘Disappearing Series…: Childhood Melodies of Yesteryears’ performed by Ding Yi Music Company the Chinese chamber music ensemble. Their concert will revive vanishing dialect nursery rhymes and iconic Singapore folk songs from Chinese, Malay, and Indian traditions. SNYCO Guest Conductor Lien Boon Hua will then talk about ‘Reunion 2.0’ which will perform modern twists to songs such as ‘Admiral of the Seven Sea’ by the Cultural Medallion recipient Law Wai Lun Spring and Cantonese classic ‘Dry Thunderstorm’.

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Daily Cuts - Fighting against Human Trafficking and Exploitation

Human trafficking is a pressing global problem that continues to affect millions of people, despite widespread efforts to combat it — even though we don't hear about it in Singapore. Work It's Stanley Leong and Cheryl Goh speak with Lydia Bowden, Advisor with the International Justice Mission and Priyanka Annuncia,  Founder of The Justice Portal.  International Justice Mission is focused on anti-slavery efforts that protect the poor from violence and exploitation, and The Justice Portal is a platform aimed at sharing knowledge and fostering a community dedicated to making a difference.

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Daily Cuts - It’s the June break! So should holiday homework be banned?

The June school holidays have started, but many students and families are experiencing a familiar mix of anticipation and dread. Dr Eugenia Koh-Chua, a sessional lecturer and educational researcher at Swinburne University of Technology and mother of two tell Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman on Asia First that school holidays should not include homework for kids in an unconventional Singaporean perspective.

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Daily Cuts - What to make of “horror stories” from interns

A recent article on TODAYonline dives into interns having a tough time as they recount “horror stories” of being overworked. How does a school internship coordinator deal with such cases? Asia First’s Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman ask April Tan, Deputy Head, Career Development Office, Student SUcceSS Centre, SUSS how our interns’ experiences are discerned, determined and dealt with.

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Daily Cuts - Does marriage + BTO = forever?

In this 3rd edition of Kiasunomics – an economic study by NUS Business School – researchers find the correlation between marriage, divorce and BTO application rates as well as other socio-economic factors unique to Singaporeans. On Asia First, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman discuss these findings with Professor Sumit Agarwal, co-author, Kiasunomics - Economic Insights for everyday Life, along with the resulting implications on the future social compact.

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Daily Cuts - India election results: Modi’s aura of invincibility shatters

After a marathon six-week election, a surprise: Bharatiya Janata Party – the alliance led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi – did not get the landslide victory that was widely touted during the campaign. Together with Irfan Nooruddin, Professor of Indian Politics, Georgetown University, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman analyse on Asia First the surprise election results and what went wrong with the exit polls. 

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