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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 - More inclusive designs and features in our buildings

We’ve heard of baby diaper changing stations in toilets. But not so much for adult changing stations. Bird Paradise received an award at the recent BCA Universal Design Excellence Awards just for that. Caregivers can now change diapers of wheelchair-bound adults with ease. It’s all part of the Building and Construction Authority’s plan to encourage developers and architects to be more inclusive in their designs. Alan Kueh, Director, AK+ tells us how important it is to be more inclusive in our building designs. 

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Daily Cuts - The Time Teller

Now just how many local watchmakers do you know? You couldn’t name a single person could you? Work It's Stanley Leong and Cheryl Goh speak with Christopher Long, Co-founder of Azimuth - a Swiss-based Singapore-founded brand of watches who recounts how he turned his passion into a business that turns 20 years old this year.

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Daily Cuts - Watch out for the Watch Festival

Time is ticking down to the Singapore Watch Fair where horological marvels will be on display. This is going to be a watch enthusiast’s playground with not just time pieces to gawk at, but panel discussions on all things related to watches to lap up. Work It's Stanley Leong and Cheryl Goh speak with Nelson Lee, Festival Director for the Singapore Watch Fair that opens on the 18th of October at Equarius Hotel at Resorts World Sentosa and Christopher Long, Co-founder of Azimuth - a Swiss-based Singapore-founded brand of watches.

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Daily Cuts - Life as a millennial entrepreneur

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Joel Lim, Managing Director, Ruhens, about life as a millennial entrepreneur.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Are you tired of receiving WhatsApp advertisements?

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Shashwat Khandelwal, Head of South-East Asia Consumer Business, McAfee, about the benefits and disadvantages of WhatsApp ads for businesses and consumers.

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