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

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 - Flexing the flexibility at work

Work It's Stanley Leong and Cheryl Goh find out how flexible working arrangements are shaping up to be the most sought after requirement in this post-pandemic era with Nishita Lalvani, Marketing Director, Southeast Asia at Indeed.

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Daily Cuts - Globetrotting across the continents

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with frequent traveller and country manager Sara Chen of CHINT, whose business trips and many travels have led her to Europe and South Asia. She’ll also talk about what’s good to see, explore and eat in Wenzhou, China.

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Daily Cuts - The power of puppet play

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Benjamin Ho about Paper Monkey Theatre, the company that brings joy to the stage through puppetry and bilingual theatre. Being a master at puppetry, he has nurtured the puppetry scene to grow, and even brought it into schools where children can learn about the power of puppet play.

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Daily Cuts - Can senior citizens help to boost our recycling rate?

Singapore's recycling rate in 2022 fell to 12% - the lowest in over a decade. Three organisations want to change that -- Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Singapore, Zero Waste SG, and Lions Befrienders. They’re getting the help of the silver generation with a customised community recycling programme. We find out more from Phyllis Cheok, Senior from Lions Befrienders; and Patricia Lee, Corporate Affairs Director, Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore. 

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Daily Cuts - Potential surge in dengue cases, driven by another virus serotype

The National Environment Agency has raised the alert that a steady rise in dengue cases and large clusters is being driven by a virus serotype known as DENV-1. Prof Ooi Eng Eong, Deputy Director of the Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, tells us how different this serotype is from the previously-dominant DENV-3 serotype, and how might it impact patient outcomes.

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