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Daily Cuts - Thank you for the music! The real purpose of SMRT’s new chimes

The new jingles and chimes at SMRT station platforms and onboard its trains aren’t just an audio pick-me-up for commuters – they’ve also been specially curated for the visually impaired to create a more inclusive public transport system here. Our guest on Asia First tells Andrea Heng and Joel Chua about the science and hard work that went into composing San Lun Che, Chan Mali Chan and Singai Naadu for this now-permanent feature. 

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Four Day Work Week

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Adrian Choo, CEO and Founder of Career Agility International and Danielle Chow, Country Lead for Singapore, Mad Hat, about the feasibility of a four day work week in Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - Historical significance of the Upper Bukit Timah war relic

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr John Kwok, War Historian and Co-Founder, Total Heritage, about the historical significance of the war relic recently found at an Upper Bukit Timah condominium construction site.

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Daily Cuts - Exploring the best places with EU's Ambassador

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Her Excellency Iwona Piórko, European Union Ambassador to Singapore, about the places we should visit, sightsee, and learn about in Poland and Brussels, Belgium, where she was previously based. She'll also share more about the European Union Delegation to Singapore's higher education fair Study in Europe 2023, which returns in physical form on 30th September.

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Daily Cuts - Hear65 - the music of Marian Carmel

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Marian Carmel, a local singer-songwriter whose music was part of Spotify’s Equal campaign, representing women and indie-pop artists in the region. She will share more about her involvement in the launch of “I Play SG Music” campaign, and what it means to be an artist in the Asian Music Scene.  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 - Improving yourself with Improv

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Hazel Ho, Co-Founder, The Improv Company & Kashmira Chawak, a Communications Professional and The Improv Co’s alumnus. The Improv Company is Singapore’s biggest improvised theatre group and training centre, and will share about the wonders of improvisation to improve presentation skills.

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