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Daily Cuts - Strengthening Singapore's anti-money laundering regime and fighting against sophisticated crimes

The money laundering case has been taking over local and international headlines. Over $2.8 billion worth of assets are now involved. But investigations are ongoing, so that number could go up. Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo says this could be one of the largest anti-money laundering operations in the world. There will also be a new inter-ministerial committee to review Singapore's anti-money laundering regime and to ensure it stays up to date with increasingly sophisticated crimes. Professor Sumit Agarwal from NUS Business School explains how the new committee can help mitigate financial crimes.

Daily Cuts - Is Singapore truly a 'Blue Zone' if it's engineered?

Singapore was featured in a Netflix series as a ‘Blue Zone 2.0’ nation. Although this means we are an 'engineered' Blue Zone, authorities have been creative in our policies to help keep residents living longer, and happier. Professor Koh Woon-Puay is from the Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS. She tells Arnold & Andrea if Singapore is really successful in extending our life expectancy and keeping people happy.

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Daily Cuts - Is your workplace emotionally inclusive?

Does your company leadership care for the humanity of the individuals where you work? What does it mean to be an emotionally inclusive workplace? And what good does it do for workers and the organisation? Work It's Stanley Leong and Cheryl Goh speak with Mollie Rogers Jean De Dieu, General Manager of French fashion and accessory company Longchamp in Singapore and Malaysia, and Founder of Emotional Inclusion®.

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Daily Cuts - Are you OK with "paid" food reviews from your food bloggers

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin speaks with Brian Kennett, Founder, 'Is Life A Recipe', about whether it's fine for food bloggers to publish "paid" food reviews. 

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Daily Cuts - Analysis: September NODX results

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin speaks with Barnabas Gan, Acting Group Chief Economist, RHB Bank, about what could be causing our non-oil domestic exports to contract for the 12th consecutive month in September.

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Daily Cuts - Bayshore BTO Projects: What could make them attractive properties

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin speaks with Lee Sze Teck, Senior Director of Data Analytics, Huttons Real Estate Group, about what could make two Build-To-Order (BTO) projects being launched at the new Bayshore estate attractive to prospective homebuyers.

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