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Daily Cuts - Woodlands Represent! Akeem Jahat – a Singaporean rapper going from strength-to-strength

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Singaporean bilingual rapper, Akeem Jahat now celebrating the 10th anniversary release of his breakthrough album, a mixtape titled, “SeluDOPE”. Akeem will also talk about his earlier days: how he started rapping in his teens and the issues he addresses in his tracks. Discover more Singaporean music and musicians at Hear65.com an initiative by the National Arts Council, produced by independent music media company Bandwagon.

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Daily Cuts - Have you wrongly been charged GST? Here’s how to know

Many payments in Singapore include Goods and Services Tax (GST), but not all businesses are GST-registered. There are many ways to detect if you’re wrongly being charged GST, including asking for documentary proof from a company and asking the right questions. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Richard Mackender, Indirect Tax Leader, Deloitte Southeast Asia on Asia First to find out more on.

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Daily Cuts - Renewable diesel trials at Changi Airport

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Gary Ho, a senior lecturer in aviation management at Temasek Polytechnic, about how trials are being conducted on the use of renewable diesel for heavy and specialised airside vehicles operating at Changi Airport.

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Daily Cuts - Is Singlish going global?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Tan Ying Ying, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies at the School of Humanities in Nanyang Technological University, about why Singlish is being used by non-Singaporeans, and whether it is a good thing.

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Daily Cuts - The best japanese onsens

Melanie Oliveiro speaks to CEO of Ikeda Spa – Eric Tan on their company survey that revealed some of the best onsens in Japan. He will tell us where to go for outdoor onsens surrounded by picturesque landscape and how these Japanese hot springs are believed to provide different health benefits to bathers.

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Daily Cuts - Mao: The Red Dragon Rises

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with self-taught freelance artist and graphic novelist Joe Yeoh about his latest title ‘Mao - The Red Dragon Rises’. The 200-page, fully-coloured graphic novel charts the story of Mao Zedong, the influential Chinese leader and former chairman of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Yeoh will discuss how long it took for him to put the book together which comes almost three decades after his first book ‘To Tame a Tiger’.

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