Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

The inaugural Heartlands Festival organised by the Heartland Enterprise Centre Singapore, supported by the Federation of Merchants’ Associations Singapore, and Enterprise Singapore seeks to boost the vibrancy of neighbourhood retail areas. Jon Lee, Assistant Executive Director, The Federation of Merchants’ Associations, Singapore shares more about the festival and how it has helped heartland businesses so far. 

A recent study on the local population, conducted by a team of Singaporean researchers from the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), found that engaging in household chores contributed to healthy ageing. Dr Lee Shuen Yee, Research Fellow, Health and Social Sciences, Singapore Institute of Technology discusses the effects of household chores on seniors aged 65 and above and how it can benefit them. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss how the markets will be focused on US-China tensions today after the US bans imports from China’s Xinjiang region and how Crocs is making their biggest acquisition ever by buying footwear brand Heydude for $2.5 billion. 

Synopsis: Each month, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the week's global talking points with expert guests. In this episode, Nirmal Ghosh hosts ST's China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei and former top Singapore diplomat Bilahari Kausikan.  Highlights (click/tap above): 03:18 Ms Tan on what really matters to China when it comes to hosting a successful Games despite a US diplomatic boycott 07:00 Mr Bilahari on the concept of democracy, as viewed through Western and Chinese lenses 10:50 Ms Tan on how ordinary Chinese citizens feel about their country's relationship with the United States 12:25 Mr Bilahari on why there have been delusions on both sides when it comes to the US-China relationship 17:45 Why war is not probable Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Hadyu Rahim  Subscribe to the Asian Insider Podcast channel 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 Follow Nirmal Ghosh on Twitter: https://str.sg/JD7r Read Nirmal Ghosh's stories: https://str.sg/JbxG Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters Asian Insider videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnK3VE4BKduMSOntUoS6ALNp21jMmgfBX --- 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 #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

Kevin Russell, CIO and Global Head of UBS O’Connor shares why investing in 2022 will require a different playbook than investors have used to navigate the past decade, against a backdrop of the risks from possible structural inflation, a slowdown in monetary stimulus and the decline in Chinese growth prospects.

Evelyn Yeo, Head of Asia Investments, Pictet Wealth Management Asia discusses how investors should position themselves as COVID-19 progresses further from pandemic to endemic, and look at how whether supply/demand imbalances will persist in 2022 as well as how commodities might trend in the year ahead.

Changes in travel regulations, such as suspension of flight tickets, affect those in the travel advertising/marketing sphere as much as primary consumers - since most strategies would need to be changed every now and then. So how can those in the scene handle the uncertainties and last minute announcements well? Stuart McLennan, Senior Vice President, Asia-Pacific, Rakuten Advertising shares more.

According to Kincentric’s Regional Best Employers in 2021 for the Asia Pacific region, DBS and Olam International Limited came out on top. But how were these companies assessed and how does this list benefit current and potential employees of such companies? Able Cheong, Director & Executive Coach, Kincentric Singapore joins us on The Breakfast Huddle to share more.

SenseTime, China’s largest AI firm, relaunched its Hong Kong IPO this week after its original share-scale schedule was delayed by concerns over US sanctions earlier this month. Jacques Lemoisson, Founder and CEO of GATE Advisory and GATE Capital Management SA shares about the significance of SenseTime’s IPO and what it says about their influence in the AI space. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss WHO officials criticising blanket Covid-19 vaccine booster programs as poor countries struggle to obtain initial immunisation shots, two studies that found that Omicron hospitalisation risk is far below Delta’s and en-bloc hopeful Lakepoint Condominium in private talks after offers fall short of reserve price.