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Daily Cuts - Why young people still want a driving licence as Singapore goes car lite

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Young Singaporeans are keen to get a driver’s licence, even as Singapore moves towards being car lite. What are their motivations, their response to Singapore’s car-lite goals and why consider it when car ownership costs are so expensive? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out from Jaymyn Yee, Student, CNA938 Intern.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Would progressive injections of about 20,000 additional COEs make car prices more affordable?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with transport analyst Walter Theseira, Associate Professor with the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)' School of Business, about whether we could soon see lower COE prices, as the Land Transport Authority progressively injects about 20,000 additional COEs across all vehicle categories from next February.

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Daily Cuts - Potential for oil accumulation in Singapore's waters

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Associate Professor Federico Lauro from the NTU Asian School of the Environment about the potential for oil accumulation in our waters due to the recent spate of oil spills around Singapore's shores.

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Daily Cuts - Tour Guide and Travel Writer shares the gems of Georgia

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Pamela Loh, Tour Guide and Travel Content Writer of @pamgoestravelling on Instagram. Loh tells us about her travels to Georgia and how this former Soviet Republic is home to mountain villages, sulphur baths and treks in the Caucasus from Mestia to Ushguli. She also shares about her time spent at Georgia’s ancient wine-growing region, Kakheti.

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Daily Cuts - Did #MeToo change the way women shop?

You might remember the outrage that was felt, particularly in the west, when the MeToo movement went viral in October 2017. But do such social movements have an impact on consumer behaviour? Several academics from the business school INSEAD studied whether the collective outrage would impact the way women shop. Professor David Dubois, Associate Professor of Marketing at INSEAD shares their research findings with Chew Wui Lynn on Work It. 

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Daily Cuts - The Story of Hegen

It’s hard enough building a multi-million dollar global business, but imagine doing it while being pregnant five times, delivering four children and suffering one miscarriage along the way. These personal details are captured in a new book "“Extra Ordinary – From Stay-at-Home Mum to World Class Entrepreneur”. It's written by award-winning entrepreneur Yvon Bock who is the Founder and CEO of Hegen, which makes baby bottles, storage containers and breast pumps. Yvon told Work It's Chew Wui Lynn and Cheryl Goh how her experiences as a mother are intertwined with her journey as a businesswoman and entrepreneur.

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