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AUG 22, 2022
22/08/22 - Seeking order amidst chaos for the air transport industry post Covid-19
With the international Air Transport Association predicting a return to pre-pandemic levels by 2023 for international air travel, the air transport industry is in a serious time crunch to fix the global travel chaos in airports. Prime Time's Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish spoke with Ilya Gutlin, Senior Vice President, APAC, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to find out how the sector can ramp up capacity and alleviate these industry-wide issues in the long term.
13:35

AUG 20, 2022
20/08/22 - In the Spotlight: Why rent-a-tech concept is gaining traction in Singapore?
With inflationary pressures, cost conscious shoppers look for ways to save and cut costs. How about renting a tech gadget? and at the same time reduce e-waste to save the environment? Bharati Jagdish and Timothy Go speak with Tay Han Jie, Chief Commercial Officer and Co-founder, Lendor, about the tech circular economy.
12:08

AUG 19, 2022
19/08/22 - Market View: Taking stock of the week - US Federal Reserve's July meeting minutes, China's property debt crisis, Singapore's inflation outlook
Its the end of the work week already, and we want to take stock of a couple of major developments in the US, Asia and Singapore. On our list today are the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July meeting, China's worsening property debt crisis and the Singapore's inflation outlook. On Market View, Prime Time's Finance Presenter Chua Tian Tian got down to the details with Professor Sumit Agarwal, Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance, Economics and Real Estate, and Managing Director of the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute at the National University of Singapore.
16:04

AUG 19, 2022
19/08/22 - Venture capital investors increasing support for startups targeting sustainability
In recent years, the world has witnessed a soaring inflow of capital into sustainable investment. This is particularly so following the Covid-19 pandemic, which has highlighted the need for innovative solutions to the climate crisis. How can we support startups to integrate the science of behaviour change into their products and offerings?  Prime Time's Bharati Jagdish spoke with Ramanan Raghavendran, Managing Partner, Amasia to find out more about the increasing emphasis on climate change and sustainability, as well as opportunities for impact investors.
18:23

AUG 18, 2022
18/08/22 - In the Spotlight: Is Singapore's smart nation ambition ready for Web3.0?
Singapore has been recognised for years as one of the world’s top smart cities. In The Spotlight, Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish speak with Mark Tham, Managing Director — Health & Public Service, Southeast Asia, Accenture Singaporefor more insights into the pursuit of our goal of becoming a digital innovation hub.
12:18

AUG 18, 2022
18/08/22 - Market View: Who is contributing to Singapore's stellar real estate performance, and which real estate markets should we be looking at in APAC?
A report by MSCI showed Singapore racking up its best quarter ever for commercial property deals to defy a sharp region-wide decline. But what are the underlying reasons for the stellar showing? For how long can this momentum sustain? And which APAC markets should investors set their sights on in the meantime? On Market View, Prime Time's Finance Presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to Benjamin Chow, Head of Asia Real Assets Research at MSCI. 
16:22

AUG 18, 2022
18/08/22 - 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.  Highlights of the conversation :  1:16 : What was the impetus for writing this article?  4:02 : Why should the general public understand about the journalist's point of view on internet trolls?  6:49 : Is there enough institutional guidance on audience engagement?  10:11 : How can journalists rise above the noise in this digital age to be the bigger person?
13:21

AUG 17, 2022
17/08/22 - In the Spotlight: What are consumers unknowingly paying during cyberattacks?
As data breaches continue to grow, the soaring cost not only cuts into companies’ bottom line but hurts customers. So what is the unknown cost that we as consumers are paying?  In The Spotlight, Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Bharati Jagdish speak with Tim Wellsmore, Director, Falcon Complete, APJ at CrowdStriketo find out more.
13:20

AUG 17, 2022
17/08/22 - ST: The Big Story, 17 Aug - Singapore sets targets in Enabling Masterplan to support persons with disabilities
Singapore aims to have 40% of working-age persons with disabilities employed by 2030, up from about 30 per cent between 2020 and 2021. The goal was set out in the fourth and latest road map, launched on Wednesday (Aug 17), to support PWDs and enable them to contribute to society. The Enabling Masterplan 2030 also laid out initiatives for employers that would move the country towards this goal over the next eight years. In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia Journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke with J R Karthik, CEO of social service agency AWWA to weigh in on the initiatives.
06:09

AUG 17, 2022
17/08/22 - Market View: How do VCs actively manage and grow their startups?
Earlier in the show, we spoke about key trends in food sustainability investments and how venture capitalists choose the companies they want to invest in. But what happens next, and how do investors actively manage to achieve the returns they want? On Market View, Prime Time's Finance Presenter Chua Tian Tian spoke with John Cheng, Director of Singapore's first food focused startup accelerators Innovate 360 for more
16:11

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