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

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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.

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Daily Cuts - Congrats to CNA's podcast team - Serial Swindler wins Gold

Shanti Pereira isn’t the only Singaporean bringing home gold this week. Our very own podcast team won big too! CNA’s limited narrative series, The Serial Swindler, took the Gold for Crime & Mystery at the prestigious w3 awards. It's about Singapore's most prolific serial scammers. The podcast was written and produced by Tiffany Ang.   

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Daily Cuts - Getting the Bronze medal at the Asian Games in Ningbo without a coach

The Hangzhou Asian Games ends this Sunday, 8 Oct and we’ve got 15 medals in total - 3 Golds, 6 Silver, 6 Bronze. Victoria Chan is Team Singapore’s Sailor. She clinched the bronze medal at the 2023 Asian Games in Ningbo, after finishing third in the ILCA 6. She did all of this without a coach, and she tells us how this works.  

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Daily Cuts - Should you hit the snooze button?

A commentary on CNA.Asia called, ‘Hit the snooze button - it’s good for you’. But there are a lot of factors to good sleep. There's a study claiming there are real health benefits to be gained from sleeping in until 7am (at least). But Prof Michael Chee, Director of the Centre for Sleep and Cognition at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS says using the Snooze button says a lot about our quality of sleep.

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Daily Cuts - Breaking into Singapore's cafe market

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Edward Tirtanata, CEO and Co-Founder, Kenangan Coffee, about breaking into the Singapore cafe market with an Indonesian brand.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Are Singaporeans fair-weathered fans of sport

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with former national swimmers Joscelin Yeo and Mark Chay about whether Singaporeans tend to be fair-weather fans when it comes to sport.

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