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In the Straits Times’ The Big Story, assistant video editor Olivia Quay spoke to Keith Chua, vice president of the Restaurant Association of Singapore about his members' reaction to the easing of Covid-19 measures to allow up to five fully vaccinated people from different households to dine together at restaurants and eateries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FIdelity International has released its 2022 Outlook for Markets, where they acknowledged growing uncertainty from monetary policy, but nevertheless, that stocks will stick a soft landing in the year ahead. Ian Samson, Portfolio Manager at Fidelity, joined us on Prime Time to discuss what the group's expecting in the year ahead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Lim speaks to Shaun Tan, Director, Dreamcore, one of the nominees for this year’s OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 2021. This year, the awards recognize small and medium-sized enterprises that demonstrate innovation, resilience, and sustainability despite going through tough circumstances. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Singapore has relaxed curbs on dining out, household visits and some social activities. Prime Time's Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly speak to  Zakir Hussain, Singapore Editor at The Straits Times who shares more about the latest Covid-19 measures. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Lim speaks to Edmund Ng and Leon Yeo, Co-founders, Doxa Holdings International, one of the nominees for this year’s OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 2021. This year, the awards recognize small and medium-sized enterprises that demonstrate innovation, resilience, and sustainability despite going through tough circumstances. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Markets continue to ponder the potential of tighter monetary policy in the US, and the recent strength of the US Dollar. HL Bank's Senior Treasury Strategist Jeff Ng joined us on Forex Fridays to discuss how this may shape FX markets and why the Chinese Yuan has been able to hold its own against the galloping greenback. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a recent report, the Economist Intelligence unit highlighted that industry 4.0 could become known as the green revolution. Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly speaks to Cecilia Ku, General Manager, Delta Electronics International who shares what industry 4.0 means for sustainability efforts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The latest National Population Health Survey has found that people in Singapore are becoming less healthy, with a concerning uptick in chronic diseases and unhealthy lifestyles. Prime Time's Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly speak to Linette Lai, Political Correspondent at the Straits Times  who shares more about the results and what we can learn from them.  See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

As various tourist regions across the world try to sustainably reopen to visitors, Southeast Asian destinations aren't recovering as quickly as other places like Mexico and the UAE. Cedric Chehab, Head of Country Risk at Fitch Solutions, joined us on Prime Time to discuss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Smart factories are part of the technological transformation driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution, to tackle current challenges in the manufacturing sector. Prime Time's Rachel Kelly speaks to Mike Lackey, Global VP of Solution Management, LoB Digital Manufacturing & IoT, Digital Supply Chain, SAP who shares how smart factories can improve businesses' manufacturing process and supply chain...

Coming up in the Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Diman spoke to Diana Teo, Co-chairman of Restaurant Asia 2021 and committee member of the Restaurant Association of Singapore on whether this large-scale event shows that the badly hit F&B sector is on the mend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On SGExtra, Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Cheryl Tan, producer at Tech360.tv on Asian companies taking advantage of the global chip shortage and building their own future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Lim speaks to Keith Tan CEO & Founder at Crown Coffee, one of the nominees for this year’s OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 2021. This year, the awards recognize small and medium-sized enterprises that demonstrate innovation, resilience, and sustainability despite going through tough circumstances. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite the gradual reopening of the Philippine economy, the PSEi in Manila has retreated since the start of November, though it sits comfortably above the 7,000 level it struggled to breach for most of the year. Ron Acoba, Chief Investment Strategist for Trading Edge Consultancy in Manila, spoke to us on Across the ASEAN about the outlook for markets and the Peso for the rest of the year. See omn...

Sustainability has been a priority for Marina Bay Sands since they first began operations in 2010, and it continues to remain an integral part of their business. On Sustainable Singapore, Rhianne Lovel-Boland went to experience their Sustainability and Art Path tour to find out more about their initiatives from Marina Bay Sands’ Sustainability Manager, Weixuan Yeh. See omnystudio.com/li...

In The Spotlight, host Rachel Kelly spoke to Saj Kumar, Regional Business Leader - Manufacturing, Microsoft Asia about leveraging Industry 4.0 in driving organisation changes and strategic initiatives.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Diman spoke to ST’s Journalist Michelle Ng about the latest HDB BTO launch. These include 960 units in Rochor, the first project under a new prime location public housing model, which comes with a 6%subsidy clawback clause upon their resale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State-owned global investor Temasek has launched a new company to drive the adoption of sustainable food and build an ecosystem for food tech across Asia. On Prime Time, host Rachel Kelly spoke to Yeoh Keat Chuan, Deputy Head, Enterprise Development Group and Singapore, Projects, Temasek to find out more about it and which areas Temasek is looking at when it comes to sustainable food investment. S...

Bernard Lim speaks to Kurt Wee, CEO and Winston Lumenta, Head, Corporate Development, Celligenics, one of the nominees for this year’s OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 2021. This year, the awards recognise small and medium-sized enterprises that demonstrate innovation, resilience, and sustainability despite going through tough circumstances. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

There may be signs that surging natural gas prices are starting to ease, but it's worth revisiting how we got to this situation where some energy producers are being forced to switch to oil and even coal to cover energy shortages ahead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. It's also happening on the heels of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow. JP Ong spoke to Dr Fereidun Fesharaki, the Chairman of FGE, t...

In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Alex Scott, Climate Diplomacy Lead, E3G, an independent climate change think tank, on what a US-China climate deal means for environmental and geopolitical progress. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, s new protocol, dubbed Vaccination-Differentiated Safe Management Measures + Test, will be piloted to allow fully vaccinated people to do a test before participating in an expanded list of activities. Multimedia journalist Hairianto Diman spoke to Richard Ireland, acting president of the Singapore Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Su...

According to the Urban Redevelopment Authority, new home sales excluding executive condominiums, rebounded by 9% in October from the month before. Meanwhile, more Housing Board upgraders are snapping up condominium units. Prime Time's Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly speak to Nicholas Mak, ERA Realty Network's head of research and consultancy  who shares the reasons behind these trends.  See...

Host Rachel Kelly spoke to Laura Deal Lacey, Executive Director of the  Milken Institute Asia  Center about the importance of Human Connection, the theme of this year’s Milken Institute Asia Summit.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Lim speaks to Effie Chen, Managing Director, BluOcean Security, one of the nominees for this year’s OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 2021. This year, the awards recognise small and medium-sized enterprises that demonstrate innovation, resilience, and sustainability despite going through tough circumstances. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.