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Daily Cuts - A sketchbook of the National Service life

Daily Cuts

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Asher Ong, author and architectural student. The pair discuss his book “BMT Sketchbook”. Ong, who enlisted for National Service in 2021, kept sketchbooks recording daily activity and training while undergoing Basic Military Training or BMT. A single-volume compilation of these sketchbooks feature experiences and moments of life on Pulau Tekong, interacting with section mates, outfield exercises, bunk life and BMT activities like grenade throwing and being in the firing range.

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Daily Cuts - Amni Musfirah: singer, songwriter, music entrepreneur

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with singer-songwriter and entrepreneur Amni Musfirah who has been performing since she was ten years old. Musfirah talks about how she was talent-spotted by respected musician and composer, the late Iskandar Ismail. She also talks about studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, her singles, her working relationships with other artists, and how she runs her music production house Blue Empire Entertainment.

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Daily Cuts - How a passion for culture and heritage built The Urbanist

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Ho Yong Min, heritage educator from The Urbanist Singapore. He talks about how he has made his digital footprint on social media – raising visitors’ and locals’ interest in local landscapes and heritage by conducting tours and creating short information nuggets.

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Daily Cuts - How to make businesses care about ocean conservation

Together with key partners, the Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center is continuing famed French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau’s work in marine conservation by making businesses get involved. Andrea Heng speaks to Fabien Cousteau, Aquanaut and Ocean Conservationist, to examine the challenges the foundation has to tackle and how it relates to coastal settlements like Singapore. 

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Daily Cuts - Prabowo’s cabinet: Who’s in, who’s out, and what Indonesia’s new president is signalling

Prabowo Subianto is marking his first days in the presidential office of Indonesia with the largest cabinet since the 1960s. Andrea Heng speaks to Kennedy Muslim, Senior Researcher and Analyst, Indikator Politik Indonesia. They go through the names list and get a sense of his immediate priorities, including policies left behind by his predecessor Joko Widodo. 

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Daily Cuts - Where have China’s finance jobs gone after the crackdown?

After a long-drawn clampdown on the finance sector by Chinese authorities, the industry’s former workers are being forced to seek employment elsewhere. Andrea Heng speaks to William Ma, CIO, GROW Investment Group, to find out how much more this worsens the country’s labour challenges and what it means for China’s economic recovery. 

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