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Produced by podcast editor Ernest Luis & The Straits Times, SPH Media.
Synopsis: This is a special episode of The Straits Times' video series The Big Story, hosted by Hairianto Diman and Olivia Quay.
The CPF Basic Retirement Sum in Singapore will be raised by 3.5% a year for the next five cohorts of CPF members turning 55 from 2023 to 2027.
ST's Invest editor Tan Ooi Boon explains that when you put more money into CPF Life, you will also get higher monthly payouts from the age of 65.
Read more: https://str.sg/wszx [For subscribers]
Produced by: ST Video team
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Synopsis: The Straits Times tackles Singapore's national sports talking points.
In this episode, ST sports correspondent Sazali Abdul Aziz chats with Chatri Sityodtong, the chief executive officer and founder of mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation One Championship.
Chatri talks about the One: X event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on March 26 - one of its biggest cards ever - and the fight he looks forward most to, the experience of filming The Apprentice series, and what MMA fans can expect from One in 2022.
Highlights (click/tap above):
01:07 How the year is shaping up for One
03:00 Plans to have events outside Singapore again
04:29 Which One: X fight intrigues Chatri the most?
10:15 How real was that Chatri on The Apprentice?
13:17 Plans for US broadcast in 2022
Read more: https://str.sg/wWoN
Produced by: Sazali Abdul Aziz (msazali@sph.com.sg) & Teo Tong Kai
Edited by: Teo Tong Kai
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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses Singapore's latest news and announcements in this weekly podcast.
The Straits Times' Zakir Hussain, Singapore editor at The Straits Times, speaks with Money FM 89.3's Timothy Goh, Rachel Kelly and Melissa Hyak.
In this week's episode, they analyse the latest updates from Parliament and details of the new Progressive Wage Mark accreditation scheme to be launched in the second half of 2022.
They also discuss about how those in traditionally lower income jobs can stand to get more from this scheme, the scheme's framework and also, the future of Singapore's work arrangements.
Produced by: Zakir Hussain (zakirh@sph.com.sg) & Money FM 89.3
Edited by: Money FM 89.3 and Paxton Pang
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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast.
The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish.
In this week's episode, they analyse China's role in promoting peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and its rationale behind the urgency and need to call out to Asean to resist external influences.
Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei (dawntan@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team
Edited by: Dan Koh
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Synopsis: In this special series, The Straits Times dives into some of the greatest unsolved mysteries in South-east Asia, and examines the underlying issues that they exposed.
In this episode, we revisit the mystery of Malaysian flight MH370, the plane that vanished into thin air on 8 March, 2014.
ST's Malaysia correspondent Hazlin Hassan narrates and also speaks with the following guests - French journalist Florence De Changy, who has written her book called The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370, ST's Malaysia bureau chief Shannon Teoh.
She also interviews the husband of a passenger on board MH370 - management consultant K.S. Narendran and Dr Joel Low, a clinical psychologist.
Highlights (click/tap above): (Headphones recommended)
02:05 Recap on what happened to flight MH370 eight years on
05:55 Crash location: What data and debris washing ashore in six different countries point to
07:55 Theory #1: British retiree Richard Godfrey predicts where the plane crashed
08:43 Theory #2: French journalist Florence De Changy believes that the plane was shot down from above the South China Sea
15:45 ST Malaysia bureau chief Shannon Teoh explains how the information gap has dogged investigations from the very start
20:07 One family member of a MH370 passenger finds catharsis writing about his personal ordeal
22:40 Why alternative theories and wild speculation still proliferate as people struggle to find ways to cope in the aftermath of disaster
Check out ST's interactive special on MH370 at str.sg/mh370
Produced by: Tan Jia Ning (jianing@sph.com.sg), Hazlin Hassan (hazlinh@sph.com.sg), Magdalene Fung (magfung@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Teo Tong Kai
Edited by: Teo Tong Kai
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Stop Scams (10 eps): https://str.sg/wuZB
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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast.
The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish.
In this week's episode, they analyse Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's attempt to secure direct Nato help in the Ukraine-Russia conflict ahead of a ceasefire talk, and the implications of Finland’s interest to join Nato.
Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg) & Money FM's Breakfast Huddle team
Edited by: Dan Koh & Paxton Pang
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Synopsis: This podcast series is based on selected chapters from a book, detailing Singapore’s experience battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The book - written by journalists of The Straits Times and edited by ST’s executive editor Sumiko Tan - is titled In This Together: Singapore's Covid-19 Story and is available in major bookstores now. Details online: https://www.stbooks.sg/
In this first episode of six instalments, ST's senior health correspondent Joyce Teo tells the story of the ordeal, that Madam Irene Tan went through, after catching Covid-19 in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore, and how, a team quickly rallied around her to save her life.
Highlights (click/tap above): (Headphones recommended)
01:25 Retired tutor Irene Tan's cautious way of life in February 2020
05:40 Likely exposure from weekly singing classes, where she took her mask off to sing
07:30 The ventilator experience that scarred Madam Tan
11:25 Having her life supported by a machine
12:35 Madam Tan recounts praying to God, before eventually pulling through
14:00 Madam Tan's fighting spirit despite low blood oxygen saturation levels
15:15 Dr Chia Po Ying, 33, a consultant at S'pore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases and one of her doctors, looks back on treatment advances two years on in February 2022
16:00 Madam Tan on her way of life now in 2022
In This Together: Singapore's Covid-19 Story retails for $28 (with GST) at major bookstores. It is also available on the Straits Times Press website: https://www.stbooks.sg/
Listen to Episode 2 on how Singapore joined a global hunt for masks: https://str.sg/wuJa
Produced by: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Hadyu Rahim
Edited by: Hadyu Rahim
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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.
Singapore’s new carbon tax rate for 2024 and beyond was announced by Finance Minister Lawrence Wong during the Budget on Feb 18. The aim is for emissions to dwindle to net zero by or around 2050.
The carbon tax hike will be done in phases to give businesses more certainty, the Government said. The current rate of $5 per tonne of emissions will be in place until 2023. It will go up to $25 in 2024 and 2025, and $45 in 2026 and 2027, before reaching $50 to $80 per tonne by 2030.
How will this help Singapore achieve its climate targets? ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty discuss this carbon tax hike with OCBC Bank economist Howie Lee.
Highlights (click/tap above):
01:22 Why observers were surprised by Singapore's new carbon price
02:39 How does Singapore's carbon price compare with the rest of Asia Pacific
03:12 How a carbon price helps to reduce emissions
06:50 What will the impact of a carbon tax on consumers be?
08:34 The link between the carbon tax, and the global carbon market
Read Budget 2022: Singapore's carbon tax could increase to $80 per tonne of emissions by 2030: https://str.sg/wsLK
Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty (dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Fa'izah Sani & Teo Tong Kai
Edited by: Teo Tong Kai
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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments on the Ukraine crisis in this special podcast.
Shockwaves are rippling across the globe as Ukraine comes under a military assault from Russia. What are the implications for Asia? Listen to the panel discussion.
• Prof Kishore Mahbubani, veteran diplomat and distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore
• Jonathan Eyal, global affairs correspondent, The Straits Times
• Ravi Velloor, associate editor, The Straits Times
The roundtable is moderated by ST foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar.
Highlights (click/tap above):
01:21 Is the United Nations (UN) failing in its role?
11:00 How concerning is the Ukraine crisis in Asia?
16:38 Why is Asean taking a back seat in this crisis?
39:45 India's abstention from voting against Russia: What could it mean?
Produced by: ST Video team
Edited by: ST Video team and Teo Tong Kai
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Synopsis: Every first and third Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times helps you make sense of health matters that affect you.
A Covid-19 infection confers natural immunity but the question is how long will it last. Israel has given some people a fourth dose, which is the second booster shot.
In Singapore, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung had said that the question of whether further booster shots are necessary is still a matter of debate among scientists studying the coronavirus, and that there are no active plans to administer a second booster. But will we eventually need one?
In our previous episode, Prof Teo Yik Ying, the dean of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, said Covid would inevitably catch up with all of us at some time. In this mini episode, ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo asks him about the probability of us needing a second booster dose.
Highlights (click/tap above):
00:58 Probability of Singapore needing a second booster shot
02:13 Second booster shot more likely for those with weakened immune systems
03:10 Joyce's personal experience with Covid-19
Listen to Ep 77 ft Prof Teo: Why we are all going to eventually catch Covid-19: https://omny.fm/shows/health-check-1/health-check-ep-77
Produced by: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, and Fa'izah Sani
Edited by: Fa'izah Sani
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