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

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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 - How dangerous is it to be riding your motorbike?

Data from traffic police shows more people died or were injured due to traffic accidents, with nearly 4,500 casualties recorded in the first half of this year. That's 17% more from the same period last year. And almost half of those who died on the road are motorcyclists and pillion riders. Edmund Ang is a motorcyclist and he’s been riding for 5 years now.

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Daily Cuts - Why are arcade games so addictive?

There have been some concerns that more youths are spending too much time – and money – on arcade games. They’re spending hundreds of dollars in order to win some pretty high-end prizes. One 13-year-old girl apparently spends over two thousand dollars a month on arcade games! Chai Bin Hua is a counsellor at WeCare. He says some games can be pretty similar to gambling, and he also shares what makes arcades addictive. 

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Daily Cuts - First Inline Speed Skating team at the Asian Games!

The Hangzhou Asian Games will be taking place from 23rd September to 8th October. 431 of our athletes will be heading there to compete across 32 sports. It’s Singapore's largest delegation to an Asian Games in history. It’s also unique this year because there are new sports added as part of the ‘urban sports’ category. Ryan Chua is one of the 431 athletes heading to Hangzhou. He’s an Inline Speed Skating National Athlete. Shermaine Lim is the Asian Games Team Manager and Secretary-General of the Singapore Rollersports Federation (SRF). They share how exciting this inclusion is for them.

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Daily Cuts - Weekends on Wheels

Finding new ways to travel to see a different side of Singapore? How about travelling like a local on a Brompton bike? Melanie Oliveiro speaks to Eugene Lim, the CEO of High Achievers Brompton Bicycle Tours, a bike tour company that brings locals around off-the-beaten paths to spend their weekends meaningfully.

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Daily Cuts - The Last Fools & how they helped build Singapore

After the 100th birthday of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew - Melanie Oliveiro speaks to Peh Shing Huei, Editor and Publisher at The Nutgraf, and Aaron Low, one of the authors of ‘The Last Fools’, who wrote the chapter on Mr J. Y. Pillay. The book ‘The Last Fools: The Eight Immortals of Lee Kuan Yew’ shines the light on the eight people responsible for some of Singapore’s biggest achievements like Changi Airport,  Singapore Airlines, public housing achievements, and how they introduced accessible healthcare for millions of Singaporeans. 

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