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Daily Cuts - Youths empowering their peers to make a social impact

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In the leadup to International Youth Day (12 August), we feature two young people who are making a positive difference. Matt Oon founded Acceset, a digital platform to support the mental health needs of young people. And Amanda Kee spearheads the Asian Youth Impact programme at the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network. They share more about their respective projects and what they think it takes for young people to succeed as socially conscious entrepreneurs.

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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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