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Daily Cuts - Winner of Exemplary Young Mother Award raises her brother's children

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Even though Siti Fatinnurain is not their biological mother, she has taken it upon herself to raise her brother's two children by herself, as their legal guardian. Both children have autism. She's the winner of Jamiyah Singapore's Exemplary Young Mother Award. She shares what motivated her to take on this responsibility, and the challenges she's had to overcome.

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Daily Cuts - Anxieties of parents with children of special needs

In January last year, a father of twin boys with autism strangled his kids to death at a playground at Greenridge Crescent. He was convicted and sentenced earlier this month to 14 years jail. The tragic case shed light on the psycho-emotional challenges faced by many parents of children with special needs. Bernard Chew is the CEO of St Andrew’s Autism Centre. He has two teenage children with special needs. And he tells Arnold & Andrea what went through his mind when he first heard about the tragic Greenridge Crescent case. You can also read his commentary on CNA.Asia.

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Daily Cuts - A scout training programme to look for new football talent

In order to ensure the future of the sport has more ups than downs, the Football Association of Singapore is now focusing on more effective talent scouting. Their third scouting course will start in October and is very popular. Kenneth Santa, Head of Talent Identification, at FAS tells us why this programme is necessary. 

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Daily Cuts - Indian restaurants get to hire from non-traditional sources!

From 1 September, some businesses will be allowed to hire workers from what’s called the Non-Traditional Source (NTS) Occupation List. Services and manufacturing firms will be allowed to hire work permit holders from additional countries – Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. There are now a total of nine under the NTS Occupation List. Among them are housekeepers, porters and cooks in Indian restaurants. S. Mahenthiran, Chief Executive Officer, Catering Solutions, and Honorary Secretary of the Indian Restaurants Association of Singapore explains how useful this is for those in the F&B industry. 

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Daily Cuts - Finding the Highpoint with HCSA

Melanie Oliveiro speaks to Mrs Kim Lang Khalil, Chief Executive Officer of HCSA Community Services about what they do to help drug addicts and ex-offenders recover from their addiction. Feroz Haron, an ex-offender who helped set up AIM Society (Act in Motion) also shares about his journey so far, and how he helped others find their way again.

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Daily Cuts - How to navigate as a solo female traveller

Travelling on your own terms, autonomy over your own itinerary - does this sound like a dream or do you need a little push to take your first trip solo? Melanie Oliveiro finds out from Jaclynn Seah, the writer behind The Occasional Traveller on how she has safely travelled, and what joy is there to find when on adventures alone.

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