Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
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Money Matters is your guide to navigating the day's most important topics, from politics and current affairs to wealth management and trending issues. Every evening, the team delivers insightful discussions on business news, market movements, and the latest in alternative assets. Whether navigating the political landscape, understanding the economy, or uncovering emerging investment opportunities, Money Matters keeps you informed and ahead of the curve. Tune in daily to Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian from 4 pm to 7 pm on MONEY FM 89.3.
OCT 7, 2021
07/10/21 - ST: The Big Story, 7 OctIn The Straits Times’ The Big Story, multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Senior education correspondent Sandra Davie about the cancellation of year-end examinations for Primary 3 and 4 pupils, in an unprecedented move by the Education Ministry amid rising Covid-19 infections in the community.
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OCT 7, 2021
07/10/21 - SGExtra: Digital transformation and enterprise cloud technologyOn SGExtra's Tech Talk, hosts Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque spoke to Verena Siow, President & Managing Director, SAP Southeast Asia about how Southeast Asian businesses are faring in the move to go digital.
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OCT 6, 2021
06/10/21 - Sustainable Singapore: Greenery That Defies GravitySingapore is known as the Garden City, and the push to go green has been extending upwards. Vertical greenery is seen as one of the drivers of nature based solutions for the built environment. So what is being done to increase greenery here?
On Sustainable Singapore, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Kay Pungkothai, Director of Community Gardening, Community Horticulture & Skyrise Greenery, National Park Board who shares more on the benefits of vertical greenery and what is being done to encourage it.
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OCT 6, 2021
06/10/21 - Across the ASEAN: Vietnam's Bumpy End to the YearDBS has lowered their outlook for Vietnam's economy -- expecting it to grow by just 1.8% for the year. On Across the ASEAN, Chua Han Teng, DBS economist, spoke to us about their revised outlook on the Vietnamese economy, what part COVID-related lockdowns played in the downturn, and the road ahead for the country.
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OCT 6, 2021
06/10/21 - Eco Money: WWF-Singapore and ASFI Partners Launch Sustainable Finance Academy.WWF Singapore may be known for its conservation efforts, but it has now launched the Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative Academy to help finance professionals keep up with changes happening in the sustainable finance space.
On Eco Money, host Rachel Kelly spoke to R Ragunathan, CEO of WWF Singapore to find out more.
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OCT 6, 2021
06/10/21 - ST: The Big Story, 6 OctIn The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Singapore has inked a supply and purchase agreement for an antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 that is said to be effective against all known variants of the virus, including the Delta variant.
Multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Dr Leong Hoe Nam, an infectious diseases specialist from the Rophi Clinic at Mount Elizabeth Novena about antiviral drug treatments.
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OCT 5, 2021
05/10/21 - In The Spotlight: Revelations from the Pandora Papers & what's nextIn the biggest leak of offshore data, The Pandora Papers have unveiled how the global elite hide their wealth in a secretive system.
12 million financial files were obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, from companies hired by wealthy clients to create offshore structures and trusts in tax havens.
But what does this mean and what happens next? In The Spotlight, hosts Timothy Go and Rach Kelly spoke to Andrew Delios, Vice Dean, MSc Programmes, Department of Strategy & Policy, NUS Business School to find out more.
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OCT 5, 2021
05/10/21 - What's Next for the Independent Reserve and the Digital Currency Landscape?Last Friday, Australian cryptocurrency exchange the Independent Reserve garnered one of 2 licenses from the SGX to offer digital currency services in Singapore. Raks Sondhi, Managing Director for Independent Reserve in Singapore, joined us on Prime Time to talk about what went into the process of garnering these licenses, how the firm addressed concerns regarding possible money laundering and hacking concerns, as well as the road ahead for cryptocurrencies in the region.
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OCT 5, 2021
05/10/21 - What to look out for when buying a property abroad?On SGExtra's Powering Your Property, hosts Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly spoke to James Puddle, Founder and CEO One Global Property Services about what’s happening in the regional property markets and what to look out for when buying a property abroad.
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OCT 5, 2021
05/10/21 - ST: The Big Story, 5 OctIn The Straits Times’ The Big Story, public hospitals here are using spaces set up with tents or other temporary structures to deal with the continuing flood of Covid-19 patients.
Meanwhile, several private clinics here have been seeing a demand for Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines as booster shots.
Multimedia Journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Dr. Alvin Neo, who is the head of clinical projects at Northeast Medical Group to find out more.
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