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Daily Cuts - S1E170: Seeking help: The latest statistics from Samaritans of Singapore

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From April 2022 to February 2023, Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) saved 114 clients from suicide through their interventions. CNA938's Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with John Lam, Senior Manager, Crisis Support, Samaritans of Singapore to find out more about these latest statistics. 

If you need help or know of someone who needs help, you can call Samaritans of Singapore’s 24-hour hotline - 1767.

You can also WhatsApp SOS through their 24-hour CareText at 9151 1767.

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Daily Cuts - S1E100: Saying Goodbye to The Rink

JCube will be closed by August this year to make way for a residential development. Many are shocked by this announcement, especially since JCube is home to The Rink, which is Singapore’s only Olympic-sized ice skating rink.  Singapore Today speaks with Willis Lau, a recreational ice skater, who has been skating at The Rink weekly for 5 years.

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Daily Cuts - S1E99: Taking Revenge On Revenge Bedtime Procrastination

Slept a wink because you didn't have me time during the day? Revenge Bedtime Procrastination is a common trend among working adults, and especially so among students.  Singapore Today speaks with Lydia Zul, a Team Member of Change The Night, a health communications campaign that aims to alleviate revenge bedtime procrastination among working adults in Singapore.  Change The Night is also a Final Year Project from Wee Kim Wee School of Communications.

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Daily Cuts - S1E98: Is There Space In The Classroom For ChatGPT?

ChatGPT- a boon or a bane?  In Parliament, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said ChatGPT could be useful in school, but only when students have mastered basic concepts and thinking skills. Singapore Today speaks with Dr Sam Illingworth, an Associate professor at Edinburgh Napier University, who wrote a cna.asia commentary about how technology can fit in our learning experience

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Daily Cuts - S1E97: Fishy Business

Plant-based meats, lab grown meats, and now, lab grown fish! Scientists at Nanyang Polytechnic's School of Applied Science have successfully developed cell lines for high value fish species that cannot be farmed commercially.  Singapore Today speaks with the scientist behind the project and the CEO of Umami Meats to find out more.

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Daily Cuts - S1E96: Turkiye quake: A Singaporean's account

More than 1,400 people in Turkiye and Syria have been killed by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck the region earlier today. Singapore Today speaks with Tajjlee Rahim, a Singaporean who is currently on holiday in Turkiye, for on-the-ground insights into the situation there.

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