The Afternoon Update with Lynlee Foo
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AUG 8, 2025
08/08/25 - Industry Insight: Is your supply chain the backdoor to a cyber attack?State-sponsored threat actors, ransomware gangs, and cybercrime brokers are joining forces - and they’re not breaking through your front door. They’re sneaking in through your partners.
On Industry Insight, Teo Xiang Zheng, Vice President of Advisory at Ensign InfoSecurity, reveals why cyber supply chain attacks are escalating across APAC, how Singapore is becoming a testbed for ransomware variants, and what business leaders must do to defend their organisations from within.
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AUG 6, 2025
06/08/25 - Industry Insight: Can fintech fix Singapore's bunkering credit crunch?Singapore’s marine fuel sector is feeling the cash crunch. On Industry Insight,129Knots’ Co-founder Mahesh Kumar explains how embedded finance is unlocking liquidity, transforming trade credit, and fuelling Singapore’s ambitions as a global maritime and fintech hub.
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AUG 5, 2025
05/08/25 - Industry Insight: OMRON links insurance to preventive health techAs healthcare shifts from treatment to prevention, medtech companies are evolving beyond devices. On Industry Insight, Masanori Matsubara, Managing Director of OMRON Healthcare Singapore, joins us to discuss how connected health tools, personalised data, and step-up insurance coverage are converging to support better everyday health.
Discover how this model is helping patients take charge of chronic conditions like hypertension, and what it reveals about the future of preventive care in Singapore and beyond.
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AUG 4, 2025
04/08/25 - Industry Insight: Is hustle culture turning creative internships into exploitation?Unpaid internships. Burnout disguised as passion.
In Singapore’s creative industry, these are increasingly common, driven by a mindset that values hustle as a pathway to success. But when hustle culture becomes a rite of passage what's the real cost? Pedro Aguirre, Community Development and Impact Director at social enterprise Make The Change, joins Lynlee Foo to unpack why internships have turned into a resume “arms race,” how it is filtering out diverse talent, and what a more sustainable and inclusive creative ecosystem should look like.
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AUG 1, 2025
01/08/25 - Industry Insight: Why Singapore buyers are flocking to Osaka’s B&B marketSingapore investors are diving into Japan’s real estate market, and boutique B&Bs in Osaka are leading the charge.
In Part 2 of an Industry Insight Japan Special, Lynlee Foo speaks to Ruben Koh, Senior Director and Head of International Residential Sales at Savills Singapore, who shares more about the sell-out success of Metro City Osaka and what’s driving Singaporean demand for fully-managed, short-stay properties in Japan. From tourism tailwinds and favourable exchange rates to the appeal of plug-and-play models, we explore why Japan’s B&B market is booming — and what investors need to know before jumping in.
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JUL 31, 2025
31/07/25 - Industry Insight: Why Japan’s gateway cities are attracting global investorsJapan’s hospitality market is making a strong comeback - but it’s not just about Tokyo anymore.
In Part 1 of an Industry Insight Japan Special,Jason Leong, Executive Director and Head of Investment & Asset Management at Frasers Hospitality, joins Lynlee Foo to unpack why global capital is flowing into long-stay, lifestyle-led hospitality models across Japan. From Tokyo to Osaka and Kyoto, tune in to explore what makes these “gateway cities” attractive to institutional investors, how guest preferences are evolving, and why local insight is key to navigating risk in a competitive, fast-changing market.
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JUL 30, 2025
30/07/25 - Good Tech: How two NUS grads built an AI study tool for struggling studentsCan AI make high-quality academic support more accessible, and empower students to learn better, not just faster? Two graduates from the National University of Singapore saw an opportunity to do that. On Good Tech, Lynlee Foo speaks to Andre Lim and Jed Ng, co-founders of Check, an AI-powered tool developed to offer hyper-personalised academic support for students from secondary school to junior college.
Designed to complement traditional learning, discover how this edtech innovation is not only transforming how students study, but also tackling deeper issues like unequal access to quality tutoring and over-reliance on generic AI tools.
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JUL 30, 2025
30/07/25 - Industry Insight: Singapore’s developer boom meets agentic AI in secure softwareCan Singapore lead the AI revolution in secure software?
Singapore now ranks among the fastest-growing developer communities in Asia-Pacific — and is among the top 10 global contributors to AI projects on GitHub. On Industry Insight, we speak with Tariq Shaukat, CEO of Sonar, a global leader in code quality and security solutions trusted by millions of developers worldwide. Tariq unpacks why Sonar is investing in Singapore, how agentic AI is transforming software development, and why trust, speed, and scale are becoming the new pillars of secure digital innovation.
Listen to his insights for a front-row view of how developer-first tools and autonomous AI are reshaping the way we build software, and what it means for the future of trust in a fast-moving digital world.
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JUL 29, 2025
29/07/25 - Industry Insight: Green building adoption is slowing - Can retrofitting close the gap?Singapore has set ambitious targets to green 80% of its buildings by 2030 — but progress is slowing, and that’s a challenge for the entire built environment industry.
So how can landlords, developers, and building managers unlock the next phase of growth and meet rising ESG demands? Is retrofitting existing buildings now the biggest opportunity for the industry?
On Industry Insight, Lynlee Foo speaks to Allen Ang, President of the Singapore Green Building Council to find out more.
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JUL 28, 2025
28/07/25 - Industry Insight: Tariffs are rising - Can Singapore businesses keep up?As global trade tensions rise and Singapore exporters brace for higher tariffs on goods like semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, what should businesses here be doing to stay ahead?
On Industry Insight, Chua Soon Ghee, Senior Partner at global consultancy Kearney, breaks down how companies in Singapore and the region can respond — from rethinking procurement and diversifying supply chains, to building strategic agility and unlocking new growth opportunities in ASEAN and beyond.
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