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Daily Cuts - What's on at Sneakrcon

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Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Singapore streetwear designer Mark Ong aka Mr Sabotage (SBTG) who’ll talk about his involvement at this year’s Sneaker Con SEA held at Resorts World Sentosa. Sneaker Con SEA  2024 is a celebration of sneaker and streetwear culture with on-stage panel discussions, a customised lineup of over 200 global and local iconic brands, and a gathering of 150+ traders and passionate sneaker collectors from around the globe. Ong will talk about how he will design exclusive limited-edition Kintsugi Air Jordan 1 highs, crafted from vintage scarves and bandanas, embodying the artistry of Kintsugi, which is the Japanese process of repairing ceramics traditionally with lacquer and gold. Ong will also talk about how he is collaborating with RWS in designing 22 pairs of limited-edition sneakers for RWS as a commemoration of their partnership. RWS and SBTG will auction off two pairs of the limited-edition sneakers and donate all proceeds to the students from Temasek Polytechnic (Mark Ong’s alma mater). 

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Daily Cuts - Navigating sensitive work information

How safe are your company secrets at home? - One wife's work call fuels her husband's illegal windfall, raising remote work data security concerns. Andrea Heng and Susan Ng find out more from CP Tham, Master Facilitator and Representative, South East Asia, SHRM

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Daily Cuts - War in Gaza Updates

Israeli media reports the war cabinet has agreed to send a delegation to Qatar to work towards a hostage deal and a ceasefire in Gaza. Regardless of an agreement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press on with the planned military operation in Rafah - which shelters more than half of the besieged enclave's population. Andrea Heng and Susan Ng speak with Stephen Zunes,, Professor of Politics, University of San Francisco

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Daily Cuts - Pangdemonium's Falling

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with the key creatives at local theatre company Pangdemonium involved in the restaging of the production ‘Falling’. The director Tracie Pang and two of the actors will talk about ‘Falling’ and how it could resonate with many Singaporean audiences when it comes to addressing topics like raising children in today’s complex world, bringing up a neurodiverse teen, and why the play resonated with Singaporeans at its previous staging. Actors Andrew Marko and Rebecca Ashley Dass will discuss their roles, and Pang will also talk about how Pangdemonium is doing in a post-COVID environment.

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Daily Cuts - Ukraine - Russia war 2nd Anniversary

Two years on, Russia and Ukraine are still engaged in war. How and when could it end? Andrea Heng and Susan Ng spoke with Dr Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

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Daily Cuts - Commentary: As retrenchments rise in Singapore, only the paranoid will survive

Worried about job cuts? “Disrupting” yourself might be the best way to survive and thrive. Andrea Heng and Susan Ng speak with an Tan, strategic communications lecturer, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU. He’s the writer of the Commentary: As retrenchments rise in Singapore, only the paranoid will survive

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