Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Joanne Goh, Senior Investment Strategist, DBS Bank discusses the implications from the Ukraine crisis on inflation, and how investors should position themselves to stay ahead.

As we enter year 3 of the Covid-19 pandemic, the tourism and entertainment sectors in Singapore are still struggling and the light at the end of the tunnel remains elusive. Budget 2022 saw additional support to some sectors for this year but it seems like nothing much was said for the tourism and entertainment sectors here. Dr Kevin Cheong, Chairman, Association of Singapore Attractions shares some of the challenges that the attractions/tourism scene is still facing right now and to what extent has the SingapoRediscover Vouchers helped cushion the impact of Covid-19 on the attraction scene here. 

Budget 2022, themed "Charting our new way forward together" made a few announcements regarding support and changes for our workforce scene. And it includes a S$500 million package to support jobs and businesses and adjustments to minimum qualifying salaries for Employment Pass and S-Pass holders. Jaya Dass, Managing Director of Singapore and Malaysia, Randstad shares some of the key takeaways businesses should take note of post Budget 2022 and what other gaps she thinks still need attention in Singapore’s workforce. 

Once the world’s sixth largest company with a valuation in excess of $1 trillion, Meta has now fallen to the 11th most valuable company in the world with a market cap of $565.4 billion, placing it behind Tencent Holdings. This slump makes it the worst one-day crash in the history of the stock market. Cheryl Chan, Senior Vice President for Capital Markets, ADDX shares some of the fundamental flaws behind Meta's business model and what their growth outlook will look like from now.  

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss how investors have been juggling brewing tensions between Russia and Ukraine,new risks from an energy-price spike as the standoff between the West and Russia escalates, the winning and losing shares from Hong Kong’s Budget, and more. 

In MONEY FM 89.3 exclusive Singapore Budget Conversations, we're joined by Ms Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office & Second Minister for Finance and National Development, Alvin Liew, Senior Economist, UOB & Ajay Kumar Sanganeria, Partner & Head of Tax, KPMG in Singapore as we dive deeper into the announcements made at Budget 2022. Some key highlights that we cover include:  Singapore’s carbon tax Rationale behind taxing high earners more in Singapore Tightening of Singapore's foreign worker policies Thought process behind the two steps approach in Singapore’s GST hike

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. Highlights (click/tap above): 00:59 Impact of the European Union's expansion of its sanctions on Myanmar's military junta 02:29 Slow progress of implementing the five-point peace plan between Asean and Myanmar's military junta 03:57 Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says Najib Razak is 'not one bit remorseful' after 1MDB funds scandal, ahead of Johor state polls 05:35 Official negotiations between Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and Malaysian United Democratic Alliance over, after PKR decides to name its candidates for the remaining 7 seats 06:56 Indonesia seeking to launch a home-grown Covid-19 vaccine, the Merah Putih, in August Produced by: Leslie Lopez (ljlopez@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Hadyu Rahim Edited by: Dan Koh Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Leslie Lopez's stories: https://str.sg/3xRX Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover more ST podcast series: Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts:  http://bt.sg/podcasts Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

Margaret Yang, Strategist, DailyFX, discusses how higher expenses were a big factor behind OCBC's 14 percent drop in Q4 net profit, and if these headwinds will persist.

To wrap up the announcements and details of Singapore Budget 2022, Alvin Liew, Senior Economist, UOB joins us to discuss if the restructuring anxieties in Singapore felt by workers and firms have been adequately addressed and how Budget 2022 will set Singapore up for economic growth this year. 

As announced at Budget 2022, Singapore is bringing forward its net-zero timeline "by or around mid-century", as part of the green initiatives. The biggest highlight was probably carbon taxes that were introduced in 2019 at S$5 per tonne of emissions and will be raised to S$25 per tonne in 2024 and 2025. Wong Wai Meng, SGTech Chair & CEO, Keppel Data Centres shares how this new carbon tax increase will impact businesses and what are Keppel Data's plans to hopefully not feel the impact from this increase.