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Singapore will lift its remaining Covid-19 restrictions like requiring masks on public transport from 13th February. This coincides with the adjustment in  disease outbreak response from Dorscon yellow to green. The Ministry of Health says that this comes as the global and local pandemic situation is stable and the disease is mild, especially among vaccinated individuals. Could the easing of measures result in a wave of Covid-19 here? And should you still continue to wear a mask? Rachel Kelly speaks to Dr Alex Cook is an Associate Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health to find out. 

SGX reported a 30.1 per cent increase in net profit to S$284.6 million for the first half of FY2023. Breakfast Anchor, Rachel Kelly, sits down with Ng Yao Loong, Chief Financial Officer, Singapore Exchange to discuss the bourses latest results, IPO pipeline, SPACs, strategy, and the evolving investment market. 

Why the Taiwan issue today is different from the Vietnam War's political dynamics. Synopsis: Every second Friday of the month, join The Straits Times' associate editor Ravi Velloor, as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent. In this episode of 2023, he chats with Nayan Chanda, the celebrated editor, journalist and Indo-China specialist on his eyewitness account of the end of the Vietnam War, the new Cold War in Asia, the Sino-Russian concord, and chances of an open conflict in the region. This podcast was conducted against the backdrop of the 50th anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreement that led to the end of the conflict in Vietnam.  Highlights (click/tap above): 1:35 Fall of Saigon ends Vietnam War 6:00 Why he stayed, when other fled 10:45 Vietnam 1975, Afghanistan 2021 15:50 The new Cold War in Asia? 21:00 Sino-Russian ‘shotgun wedding’ 25:20 Possibility of war in our current times  Produced by: Ravi Velloor (velloor@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Teo Tong Kai and Fa’izah Sani Edited by: Teo Tong Kai and Fa’izah Sani Follow Speaking Of Asia Podcast every second Friday of the month: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Ravi Velloor's columns: https://str.sg/3xRP Ravi Velloor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaviVelloor Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover more ST podcast channels: In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad Music Lab: https://str.sg/w9TX Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL --- Special edition series: The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuZ2 Invisible Asia (9 eps): https://str.sg/wuZn Stop Scams (10 eps): https://str.sg/wuZB Singapore's War On Covid (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuJa --- Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy, AMP Capital discusses why Disney is cutting jobs despite bright spots in its latest quarterly earnings, as well as his view on US President Joe Biden's push to tax the wealthy including non-realised capital gains and quadrupling the levy on share buybacks.

Financial literacy is the knowledge of how money works in the world and it is a core life skill for everyone. As they always say “Start them young”. But what is the right age to teach our children about the concept of money?  On Mind Your Business, Rachel Kelly and Lynn-Lee Foo speak with Ruperto Ancajas, Portfolio Specialist at Foord Asset Management on more about teaching our children about money matters from a young age, to ensure that they make responsible and informed financial decisions when they are older.  This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg)

Biden delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in January. Is this his unofficial early bid for the 2024 presidential campaign season? Dr Lincoln Mitchell, Adjunct Associate Research Scholar, Arnold A Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University breaks down the nuts and bolts of Biden's second State of Union speech. Produced and edited by Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)

With increasing scrutiny over climate goals, a phenomenon called green-hushing is slowly creeping in. That's when firms deliberately downplay, underreport, or even keep silent about their climate targets and commitments, for fear of bad publicity or being shamed if they fall short.  And how are Singapore banks faring against its counterparts when it comes to sustainable financing? Kristina Anguelova, Head for Asia Sustainable Finance, at WWF-Singapore shares more. Produced and edited by Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)

Singapore's credit card spending of S$20 billion in Q3 2022 is the highest since 2010's level at about S$4 billion. Will this credit card spending trend continue in 2023 and what could it mean for the broader banking sector asset quality amid a weaker growth outlook and rising recession fears? Rena Kwok, Credit Analyst, Asian Financials, Bloomberg Intelligence shares her insights on the latest report 

Christopher Forbes, Head of CMC Invest Singapore, discusses Microsoft's announcement that it will be integrating ChatGPT technology into its Bing search engine, and Edge browser - plus plans to let other companies create their own chatbots with the technology. He discusses how much of a threat this will be for Google, as well as other post-Covid trends investors can focus on this year. 

Passengers' satisfaction with taxi and private-hire car services dropped in 2022, with the score for wait time falling the most at 6.9,  a drop from the 7.6 in 202. That's according to the Public Transport Council’s 2022 Point-to-Point Transport Services Customer Satisfaction Survey (PCSS). P2P services received a mean satisfaction score of 8.0 in 2022, compared to 8.4 in 2021.  To find out more about the (P2P) Services Customer Satisfaction Survey results, we speak to Transport Analyst Dr Walter Theseira who's also an Associate Professor, Economics, Singapore University of Social Sciences.