Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Hou Wey Fook, CIO, DBS Bank discusses why he's raising his exposure to the healthcare and metaverse sectors, and shares his earnings outlook for the first quarter.

foodpanda Singapore has launched its second autonomous vehicle pilot trial with autonomous vehicle start-up, Neolix. For this three-month pilot run, last-mile delivery for foodpanda orders to NUS’ University Town (UTown) will be fulfilled by a pink Neolix robot located at the Education Resource Centre. So Yong Heng, Oversea Market Representative, Neolix shares how the autonomous vehicles sphere has evolved over the last few years and what the future holds for autonomous vehicles in the food delivery scene here in Singapore. 

As hackers themselves evolved, additional supply chain compromises will likely come to light, major vulnerabilities will continue to emerge.The Asia Pacific region will also experience more cyber incidents due to the increase of sophistication of ransomware and malware attacks. Shiva Pillay, Senior Vice President of Asia-Pacific & Japan, Veeam shares how cybercriminals have adapted their ways to exploit the shift to digitalisation in the supply chain sector and how Veeam come into the picture to combat and stop these issues. 

In this week's Regional Roundup, Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times gives an analysis of Malaysia's newest political party, Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM), the Philippines' increase in national COVID-19 positivity rate, Thailand's reopening of three popular beach destinations amid the emergence of an omicron outbreak, and more. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the WHO's announcement of how omicron is life threatening for the unvaccinated, elderly and people with underlying conditions, and The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's forecast for omicron cases in Europe within the next 6 to 8 weeks. 

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow at Singapore Institute of International Affairs, stands in for The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei, who is on leave. He chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: Highlights (click/tap above): 00:51 China's first community spread of the Omicron variant ahead of the Winter Olympics  02:53 Progress of the Chinese own messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine 06:07 Wide-ranging crackdown in China on private enterprises 07:49 Sri Lanka President's request for China to help restructure its debt repayment Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei (dawntan@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3 & Fa'izah Sani 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 SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Tan Dawn Wei's stories: https://str.sg/3xR7 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: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

2021 has been a year where digitalisation has become of the utmost importance for companies here in Singapore. But moving forward, what does 2022 hold in store for businesses in Singapore and Asia Pacific? Ying Loong Chin, Regional Managing Director, ASEAN and SAGE (South Asian Growing Economies), Oracle shares some of the tech trends and priorities for businesses and companies in 2022, and if we will continue to see businesses spending more and more on digitalisation. 

The 2022 Budget Statement will be delivered in Parliament on February 18 by Finance Minister Lawrence Wong. Among the issues that could feature at the Budget will be whether the government will review the country’s system of wealth taxes, as well as details on the revised carbon tax rate for 2024. Shantini Ramachandra, Tax Partner, Deloitte Singapore shares the global market trends that will shape this year's budget and how their proposal of tax measures will help businesses adapt to the changing business landscape. 

In this week's China Perspective, Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs gives an analysis of China's first community spread of the omicron variant ahead of the Winter Olympics, progress of the Chinese own messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine, Sri Lanka President's request for China to help restructure its debt repayment, and more.    Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter.   Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss Apple's announcement of a record revenue from the App Store during 2021 and why Jamie Dimon, the longtime CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase is seeing the best economic growth in decades.