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XX Files - S1E6: Sustainable Solutions by Young Technopreneurs

XX Files - S1E6: Sustainable Solutions by Young Technopreneurs
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11 Jul 2022 12:00PM
33 mins

Xie Ning Xin is a student from Raffles Girls' School and one of the winners of the Young Technopreneur Challenge 2022, which encourages students to develop sustainable solutions. She tells Felicia Nah how she and her team came up with a small tool to monitor water consumption.  Also, it was the first weekend of ferry services between Singapore and Desaru. Is the Malaysian coastal resort area still popular with Singaporeans?

 

 

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