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NOV 10, 2023
10/11/23 - Weekly Wrap Up: SIA posts higher net profit, what’s next for our national airlines?
We discuss our nation’s pride and joy, Singapore Airlines. SIA has posted a 55.4 percent-higher net profit of S$1.4 billion for the first six months of its financial year ended Sep 30, from S$926.9 million a year earlier.
So what does this mean for the future of our national airline?
Ven Sreenivasan, Associate Editor & Senior Columnist, The Straits Times shares his views.
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NOV 3, 2023
03/11/23 - Weekly Wrap Up: MAS bars DBS for six months, but why are serious actions taken only now?
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has imposed a six-month pause on DBS Bank's non-essential IT changes to ensure that the bank keeps sharp focus on restoring the resilience of its digital banking services.
DBS will not be allowed to acquire new business ventures during this period or reduce the size of its branch and ATM networks in Singapore. But why are such serious actions only taken now despite the bank facing major disruptions multiple times in the last year.
Benjamin Ang, Senior Fellow & Head, Centre of Excellence for National Security and Future Issues in Technology, RSIS NTU shares his views.
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OCT 27, 2023
27/10/23 - Weekly Wrap Up: Are Singaporeans over the Five ‘C’s?
In the past, Singaporeans talked about chasing the Five ‘C’s but nowadays we no longer focus on them anymore. More than materialism, Singaporeans now chase meaning and the evolving Singapore Dream must be reflected in key shifts around how its citizens define success across all areas of life.
This was outlined in the Forward SG report, which laid out a roadmap for a new way forward for Singapore.
Dr Tan Ern Ser, Sociologist, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology; Academic Convener, Singapore Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS) shares his thoughts on this report.
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OCT 20, 2023
20/10/23 - Weekly Wrap Up: Did Singapore's ride hailing scene cause COE prices to skyrocket?
The certificate of entitlement (COE) premium for the Open category breached the $150,000 mark at the latest tender exercise to close at a new all-time high of $152,000.
What has caused prices of COEs to skyrocket over the last few years? And is it time for the government to review the system?
Walter Theseira, Associate Professor, Economics & Head, Master of Management (Urban Transportation) Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences shares his views.
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OCT 13, 2023
13/10/23 - Weekly Wrap Up: The end of the Dome? How did Israel’s ‘mighty’ Iron Dome ‘fall apart’
From being labelled 'Israel’s 9/11' to the culmination of a '50-year time bomb', the world is reacting to the Hamas-Israel recent conflict. Singapore has come forward to strongly condemn the rocket and terror attacks and our Minister for Home Affairs and Law, K. Shanmugam has also spoken to the media with regards to this matter.
Why does this surprise attack matter to a country like Singapore? Will there ever be a conclusion for the turmoil in that particular region?
Dr Samir Puri, Visiting Lecturer in War Studies at King's College London and author of 'Russia's Road to War with Ukraine shares his reactions and thoughts.
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SEP 29, 2023
29/09/23 - Weekly Wrap Up: Is Singapore’s rental market on the brink of a possible rental price cooling?
August 2023 has seen the rental markets for both condos and HDBs in Singapore go through a significant shift.
We analyze these statistics and look ahead for potential future movements for the rest of the year with Nicholas Mak, Chief Research Officer, Mogul.sg.
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AUG 25, 2023
25/08/23 - Weekly Wrap Up: National Day Rally 2023, reactions from the ground
An overhaul of the classification system for mature and non-mature estates and a new retirement support package for workers born in 1973 or earlier are among the key announcements in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech last weekend.
Were there any topics that should be covered but were not? What reactions are we getting from the ground so far?
Paulin Tay Straughan, Professor of Sociology (Practice), Singapore Management University shares more.
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AUG 18, 2023
18/08/23 - Weekly Wrap Up: What to expect from PM Lee's National Day Rally speech
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will deliver his 2023 National Day Rally speech at 6.45pm this weekend. But after all the political roller coaster Singapore has gone through the last few months, how would the tone of this National Day Rally be like?
Dr. Felix Tan, Political Observer, Nanyang Technological University shares his views.
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AUG 4, 2023
04/08/23 - Weekly Wrap Up: PM Lee addresses concerns on political crisis, but were all our questions, answered?
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has given a ministerial statement to address concerns over the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau’s (CPIB) investigation into Transport Minister S Iswaran and the resignation of Members of Parliament (MPs) Tan Chuan Jin and Cheng Li Hui. But were all the burning questions answered in his statement?
PN Balji, Political Commentator & Veteran Journalist shares his thoughts.
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JUL 28, 2023
28/07/23 - Weekly Wrap Up: Different phases of marriage and its impact on one
Divorce statistics showed that the highest proportion of break-ups came between the 5th and 10th years of marriage. What factors are contributing to this and is there anything that these couples can do to face this issue?
We speak to Paulin Tay Straughan, Professor of Sociology(Practice), Singapore Management University more about this.
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