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Daily Cuts - Why more Singaporeans are volunteering today

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Volunteerism in Singapore rose year on year while donations remained stable, marking a positive note – but time spent volunteering and donation amounts have decreased. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman are joined by Dr Mark Stanford, Deputy Director of Knowledge and Insights, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre on Asia First. They look past the data to rationalise this finding and ask if there are other ways to boost altruism here.

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Daily Cuts - Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s legacy

Indonesian President Joko Widodo highlighted his economic, infrastructure and development successes in his final state of nation address on Aug 16. His address came ahead of the country celebrating its Independence Day on Aug 17 in both Jakarta and its new Nusantara capital. On Asia First, Hairianto Diman speaks with Achmad Sukarsono, Associate Director, Global Risks Analysis Asia Pacific, Control Risks who looks at Mr Widodo’s achievements during his presidential term and examines the progress of the new capital Nusantara.

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Daily Cuts - English Premier League kicks off

The Premier League roared back to life this weekend with a thrilling opening round of fixtures. Nine matches, eighteen teams, and plenty of drama to kick off the new season. The final opening match has yet to be played. Sports commentator John Dykes shares more on what to expect from the teams in this season and the players to look out for with Hairianto Diman and Namreena Samtani on Asia First

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Daily Cuts - Tech Talk: Brains behind DreamChaser

On a recent episode of Tech Talk, Daniel Martin speaks with Daniel Pham, who is one-half of the creative force behind the game DreamChaser, about forging a career in game development.

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Daily Cuts - Improving the bus passenger experience through station enhancements

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with transport analyst Walter Theseira, who's also Associate Professor with the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)' School of Business, about how upcoming enhancements to seven bus interchanges here will improve the overall passenger experience.

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Daily Cuts - Megaquakes: How dangerous can they be?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Dr Shengji Wei, Associate Professor, Asian School of the Environment and Principal Investigator, Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU, about how dangerous megaquakes can be.

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