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Daily Cuts - US President Joe Biden goes to Vietnam

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US president Joe Biden has wrapped up a two-day visit to Vietnam, as both countries upgraded ties to the highest level. Mr Biden said that this was not an attempt to contain China. However, Washington and Beijing are at odds on a range of global issues, and Mr Biden has accused China of wanting to reshape the international order to its will. Dr Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow, Vietnam Studies Programme, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute tells Arnold & Andrea if this meeting was a win for both countries. 

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Daily Cuts - C-Suite Profile: Roshni Mahtani, Group CEO and founder of The Parentinc

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Justine Moss speak with Roshni Mahtani, Group CEO and founder of The Parentinc, about how she set up her South East Asian focused parenting community and product company, as well as expanding into seven markets such as Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and India.

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Daily Cuts - Heightened security in Singapore following attack on Johor police station

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Justine Moss speak with Rueben Dass, Senior Analyst with the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), about what’s more we can do to keep Singapore safe, following the pre-dawn attack at a Johor police station that killed two police officers.

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Daily Cuts - Concert tourism as a growth area in Singapore

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Justine Moss speak with Professor Sumit Agarwal, Professor of Finance, Economics and Real Estate at NUS Business School, about how Singapore is racing to build more concert infrastructure, to compete against other countries to be a concert hub in the region.  

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Daily Cuts - Hybrid Work Revolution

Hybrid work arrangements are here to stay, but while some have extolled the benefits it brings to work-life harmony and productivity, the challenges that come with implementing it cannot be swept under the carpet. Stanley Leong and Susan Ng get more insights from Tan Weixi and Chia Ai Ling on Work It. Tan Weixi who’s Managing Partner of HR consultancy Exquisite Perspective, discusses critical insights leaders may overlook based on his book titled ‘Hybrid Work Revolution’. And Chia Ai Ling, Director of Communications and Partnerships at SG Enable shares how her organisation is embracing hybrid work arrangements and overcoming the challenges.

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Daily Cuts - Are concerts the best path for big revenue in Singapore’s tourism?

Singapore’s visitor arrivals dropped to 1.36 million in April, compared to March, when concerts by the likes of Taylor Swift hit a fever pitch. While it’s the weakest so far in 2024, it’s still stronger compared to the year before. So are big concerts with a strong celebrity pull the only metric that makes a difference in our tourism earnings? And what is the benchmark we’re aiming for? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Professor Abhishek Singh Bhati, Dean at the James Cook University in Singapore; Vice President of the International Tourism Studies Association.

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