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Daily Cuts - S1E147: What might JC life look like without mid-year exams?

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From 2024, students entering junior colleges and Millennia Institute will not have to sit for mid-year exams. This is part of the Ministry of Education's efforts to move away from an over-emphasis on testing and academic results. CNA938's Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with Heng Yew Seng, Principal, Anderson Serangoon Junior College to find out how the school might use the time saved. 

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    Daily Cuts - S1E391: Teaching our kids about food sustainability

    In line with MOE’s push to focus on food sustainability in schools, Si Ling Primary School has begun introducing the concept of responsible grocery shopping to their students. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Andrea Heng speak with Ashri Shukri, Head of Department of Science at Si Ling Primary School, who told us more about this. 

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    Daily Cuts - S1E390: A preview of the Thai elections

    Thai elections will be held this Sunday where 52 million Thais will be voting for their government. So far, the country is divided into two - conservative royalists and supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Andrea Heng speak with Dr Kevin Hewison, Weldon E. Thornton Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to find out more about what’s to come.

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    Daily Cuts - S1E389: Entrepreneurship in soap crafting

    Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Low Li Ting, Founder of My Naked Bar, about what led her to venture into entrepreneurship as a soap crafter, after spending many years in the commercial healthcare industry.

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    Daily Cuts - S1E388: Protecting victims of domestic abuse

    ingapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Zaharah Ariff, Executive Director at Casa Raudha, about a new Bill that has been tabled in Parliament to strengthen the government's ability to intervene in family violence cases and better empower victims.

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    Daily Cuts - S1E387: Could we be scaring off our foreign property investors?

    Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Alan Cheong, Head of Research and Consultancy at Savills Singapore, about Singapore ranking highest globally for total tax levied on foreigners buying residential property.

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