Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Max Loh, EY Asean IPO Leader and Singapore and Brunei Managing Partner, Ernst & Young discusses the outlook for IPOs and how Singapore will stack up against the intensifying regional competition

The F&B scene here has been and is still facing a hard time due to Covid-19. Digitalising has been the top priority for many F&B businesses but how can they do so easily? Sai Alluri, Co-Founder, Momos shares how Momos' platform can help maximise overall growth of restaurants and how the F&B businesses will evolve in a post-pandemic era. 

Prudential Singapore recently announced its partnership with Ngee Ann Polytechnic and ST Engineering to help SMEs with the knowledge and resources to go digital in a secure manner. Goh Theng Kiat, Chief Customer Officer, PrudentialSingapore shares why Prudential Singapore sees the importance of helping SMEs here and what their SME Skills Accelerator programme has to offer. 

According to the Ministry of Health, a person’s fully vaccinated status will lapse 9 months or 270 days after the last dose of their primary vaccination series from 14th February. This announcement comes as an effort to prepare Singapore for a large omicron wave that could see a peak of 15,000 cases a day in the worst case scenario. Assistant Professor Hsu Li Yang, Vice Dean of Global Health, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health shares the effectiveness of booster jabs in containing the predicted surge in omicron infections and what the Singapore healthcare system is doing to prepare for it. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss Donald Trump’s new media venture plans to launch its social media app Truth Social and Pegasus Asia's lodge for a preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. 

Synopsis: The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe every month. They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises. In this episode, she chats with ST's Hong Kong correspondent Claire Huang. Highlights (click/tap above): 01:02 Asia's first global museum of visual culture 03:28 The reason behind the name of M+ 05:22 Hong Kong's reaction to the new museum and possible global reaction to M+ 08:26 Ai Wei Wei's controversial piece "Study of Perspective - Tianenmen Square" faced national security issues 09:52 The hurdles faced in constructing the museum and future possibilities for artistic freedom Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim & Fa’izah Sani Edited by: Hadyu Rahim & Dan Koh Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Linda Yulisman’s stories: https://str.sg/3xRb Read ST's Letters From The Bureau: https://str.sg/3xRd Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE Life Weekend Picks Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa2 #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

Sani Hamid, Director of Wealth Management, Financial Alliance gives his view on the tech sell off overnight on Wall Street, and some of the highlights from CES Las Vegas, including a TV to display and transact your NFTs.    

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in Hong Kong. The Straits Times' Hong Kong correspondent Claire Huang speaks with Money FM's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque on the following points: Highlights of conversation (click/tap above): 01:02 Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam investigates as government officials tested positive involved in gathering causing the fifth wave of Covid-19 03:03 New restrictions in Hong Kong being enforced after a year of relaxed measures 05:26 Increase of vaccinations being carried out - showing progress being made 06:38 Cruises to nowhere suspended as 9 passengers were close contacts of Omicron variant outbreak 08:12 Hong Kong IPOs are not requested to seek approval from data security Produced by: Prime Time, Money FM 89.3 & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Nadiah Koh Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Claire Huang's stories: https://str.sg/3xR6 Follow Claire Huang on Twitter: https://str.sg/3xRL Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover more ST podcast series: Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

The travel and tourism industry has been battered over and over again with the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. While it has been a hard period for those in the industry, Traveloka still found the time to cement a series of CSR efforts in Singapore. Reza Amirul Juniarshah, Head of Corporate Communications, Traveloka shares the rationale behind actively participating in CSR activities during the pandemic and how Traveloka pivoted its offerings throughout the pandemic in order to continue providing services that are relevant to customers. 

According to a study by Robert Walters Salary Survey 2022, salaries in areas such as technology will rise significantly due to the talent shortage. The tech and transformation industry will see 85 per cent of Singapore firms giving pay rises - the highest among seven sectors covered by the survey this year. Wong Wen Shun, Co-Managing Director, Thoughtworks Southeast Asia shares the factors leading to the demand of new tech talent and some of the common mistakes businesses have been increasingly making when looking for new tech talent.