Grace Ho, The Straits Times
Grace Ho, The Straits Times
18 August 2022
The dark side of audience engagement in the era of digital media
We're more informed now than we've ever been, with the unlimited choices to consume news online. But, as modern journalists work around the clock, how are they facing the industry’s biggest challenges? Prime Time's Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish speak with Grace Ho, Opinion Editor at the Straits Times about the obstacles that journalists face in the era of new media and how she is navigating the dark side of audience engagement.
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23 December 2021
The Straits Times' launches its first NFTs for auction
For the first time in its history, The Straits Times is auctioning a column, and three of its Opinion section art illustrations, as non-fungible tokens.
The online auction will run on the digital platform Blockchain For Good until the 28th December.
But why are they doing this? What was the process of setting it up like? And where are the proceeds going?
Rachel Kelly speaks to Grace Ho, Correspondent, The Straits Times to find out.
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9 July 2021
ST Journos: Debunking misconceptions about CECA
One particularly contentious issue that was talked about extensively in Parliament this week is the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore, or Ceca. On Prime Time, Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go speak to Grace Ho, Senior Political Correspondent, The Straits Times who shares more on what CECA is, and the highlights from the debate in debunking some of these misconceptions.
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12 March 2021
2021 budget debate wrap-up & what it means for Singapore's post-Covid-19 future
On Prime Time, Howie Lim speaks to Grace Ho, Senior Political Correspondent, The Straits Times for a wrap-up of the Budget debate and the plans that have been raised to transform Singapore for its post-Covid-19 future.
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5 June 2020
DPM Heng rounds up $33b Fortitude Budget debate
This week, parliament debated the recently announced $33 billion Fortitude Budget, which is aimed at helping workers and businesses tide over the COVID-19 crisis and the bleak economic outlook ahead. Grace Ho, Senior Political Correspondent, The Straits Times gives us the latest from Parliament.
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27 March 2020
Could a third budget be on the cards for Singapore?
We catch up with Grace Ho, Senior Political Correspondent at the Straits Times to discuss the Resilience Budget announced on Thursday (26 March).
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21 February 2020
Budget 2020: How does it compare to previous years?
The Straits Times senior Correspondent, Grace Ho joins Howie Lim and Bernard Lim to give us an analysis of the biggest headline coming out of Singapore.
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25 Oct 2019
Younger Singaporeans better able to find jobs, earn & save more than previous generations
A report by the Finance Ministry found that younger Singaporeans in their 40s are more educated and better able to find jobs, earning and saving more, and on track to live longer and healthier lives, compared to citizens between the ages of 50 and 79. We delve into the report’s findings with Grace Ho - senior political correspondent for ‘The Straits Times’.
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