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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 - Analysis: Singapore Q1 2024 economy boost

Singapore's economy has gotten a big boost from a surge in tourism activity in the first quarter of 2024, due to music concerts by Coldplay and Taylor Swift. Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Alvin Liew, Senior Economist, UOB, for insights.

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Daily Cuts - The Globetrotting Adventures of Virgin Active Singapore's Mitch Price

Melanie Oliveiro learns about the personal travels of Mitch Price, Exercise Manager of Virgin Active National Group. He shares about his trips to the U.S (Miami, Florida), Uluwatu - a region on the south-western tip of Bali, and about his adventures exploring the Spanish city of Valencia.

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Daily Cuts - Making music at Swee Lee

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Kuok Meng Ru, group CEO and Founder, Caldecott Music Group, which owns Swee Lee. He shares his experience behind the takeover of the guitar and audio gear store in 2012, and how he turned it into an omnichannel musical instrument retailer in Singapore and South-East Asia.

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Daily Cuts - Rich, savoury and sustainable – would you switch to camel’s milk?

Cow’s milk, goat’s milk and plant based alternatives are familiar options to us. But a new kind of milk is on the horizon - camel’s milk. As Singapore continues diversifying our food sources, could we soon see camel’s milk next to cow’s milk on our grocery store shelves? Dr Said Ajlouni, Associate Professor, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne dives deeper with Asia First’s Andrea Heng and Joel Chua.

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Daily Cuts - How to safely share your dashcam footage of traffic accidents

Dashcam footage from your car could lead to a case of mistaken identity, and fire up vigilantism online, causing harm to innocent people. Gloria James Civetta, Head Lawyer at GJC Law, tells us what we can do to share these videos safely and what we can do if it ends up backfiring, despite your best intentions.

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