Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek
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Get a head start to your work day with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6am to 9am. Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.
DEC 2, 2025
02/12/25 - Morning Shot: Why Young Buyers Are Rethinking HDB vs CondoResale HDB flats crossing the million-dollar mark were once rare outliers but for younger buyers today, they’re becoming a genuine part of the search. As price gaps narrow between larger resale flats and smaller new condo units, more first-timers are asking whether private property now makes better sense, or if public housing still offers the stronger long-term value.
Nicholas Mak, Chief Research Officer at mogul.sg joins the Breakfast Show to unpack what’s driving this shift, how consumer psychology shapes perception of the “million-dollar threshold”, and the trade-offs young couples face as they weigh space, lifestyle, and future needs. We also explore whether renting is increasingly becoming a viable strategic option in today’s market.
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DEC 2, 2025
02/12/25 - Mind Your Business: Lessons from a 30-year F&B veteranFrom taking over her family’s sauce business at 21 to building Singapore’s first hot-food vending machine café, JR Group CEO Jocelyn Chng has witnessed every phase of the F&B industry.
She joins the Breakfast Show to discuss consumer shifts, automation, scalability, and how to future-proof food businesses in a landscape defined by disruption.
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DEC 1, 2025
01/12/25 - Breakfast Bites: Kids acting up? Try these parenting hacksParenting can be tough even at the best of times.
Yes, kids bring plenty of joy, but they also come with their fair share of everyday challenges: half-eaten meals, struggles with bedtime and early-morning wake-ups, screen-time negotiations...the list goes on.
Luckily, many parents have been through the same struggles — and some have been kind enough to share some tricks that actually work.
Emaad and Ryan dive into a few of these real-life parenting hacks. Who knows — they might just make your day a little easier too!
Presented by Emaad Akhtar & Ryan Huang
Produced by Emaad Akhtar
Edited by Trisha Yeong
ST Photo: Gin Tay
Music credit: Unsplash & its talented community of contributors
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DEC 1, 2025
01/12/25 - Mind Your Business: How two founders built a 70-machine Kopi network in just one yearWhat happens when two kopi lovers try to solve the problem of inconsistent, increasingly expensive kopi? They build a vending-machine kopi business now serving over 250,000 cups.
The Breakfast Show invites Leow Jun Heng & Loh Jian Yuan, Founders, Kopi Near Me to discuss the taste science behind their kopi, their strategic location decisions, and the biggest lessons in scaling an asset-heavy F&B model in Singapore.
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DEC 1, 2025
01/12/25 - Morning Shot: What Can Workers Do When Companies Shut Overnight?Singapore has seen a string of abrupt business closures — from Art Works to Twelve Cupcakes and Jollibean — leaving employees suddenly jobless and owed unpaid wages. These incidents highlight a recurring gap: when companies collapse without warning, what real protections do workers have, and what immediate steps can they take to safeguard themselves?
Krist Boo, Senior Business Correspondent at the Straits Times & Ian Lim, Partner, TSMP Law Corporation and head of TSMP’s Employment & Labour team, join the Breakfast Show to unpack how current laws work, what recourse workers actually have, and the practical actions employees should take the moment a closure is announced.
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NOV 28, 2025
28/11/25 - US Markets Wrap: Rally or Reality Check - Positioning for the Year-End Market PushAs markets eye a potential year-end grind higher, driven by rising confidence in coming rate cuts, Shane Oliver, Chief Economist & Head of Investment Strategy, AMP Capital unpacks what this shifting macro backdrop really means for investors. The conversation dives into the rotation toward healthcare and consumer names and why these sectors are seeing renewed attention as growth broadens out. We also tackle the big question on many portfolios: what should investors do if they are still heavily weighted in mega-cap tech?
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NOV 28, 2025
28/11/25 - Mind Your Business: Could digital therapy be Asia’s next big health opportunity?Across Southeast Asia, access to basic rehabilitation remains uneven, care is expensive, specialists are scarce, and long-term recovery often relies on patients managing alone. At the same time, digital health has accelerated, opening new opportunities for more flexible and affordable models of care.
The Breakfast Show speaks to Louis Payet, Founder of Peach Health Asia, about why the region is primed for evidence-based digital therapy, why he left a 15-year pharmaceutical career to build a more accessible model, and what entrepreneurs can learn from navigating regulation, trust, behaviour change, and commercialisation in one of the most complex sectors of the economy.
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NOV 28, 2025
28/11/25 - Breakfast Quiz: Blackpink in our area - Take the ultimate K-Pop business quiz!Blackpink is taking over Singapore with three sold-out National Stadium nights — so we’re celebrating with a fast-paced, banter-filled quiz all about their music, money moves, and massive global influence. Test your Blackpink knowledge and see if you can keep up with the Blinks!
Presented by Audrey Siek, Ryan Huang and Emaad Akhtar
Produced by Audrey Siek
Edited by Trisha Yeong
Photo and music credit: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors
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NOV 27, 2025
27/11/25 - Breakfast Bites: Singapore's favourite office buzzwords...can you relate?"I don't have the bandwidth for this right now. Let me circle back and see what I can bring to the table in due course."
If you work in an office, that sentence probably hits a little too close to home. Corporate jargon is everywhere — some of it useful, some of it… less so.
Emaad, Ryan and Audrey unpack the most commonly used phrases in Singapore’s workplaces, including - according to survey responses - the most and least annoying ones!
Presented by Emaad Akhtar, Ryan Huang & Audrey Siek
Produced by Emaad Akhtar
Edited by Trisha Yeong
Photo and music credit: Unsplash & its talented community of contributors
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NOV 27, 2025
27/11/25 - US Markets Wrap: AI Momentum, Market Breadth & the Gold TailwindPhan Vee Leung, CIO of TrackRecord unpacks the market’s fourth straight day of gains as the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all push higher ahead of the Thanksgiving break. Tech once again steals the spotlight, with Oracle rallying on renewed bullish conviction, Nvidia rebounding from its recent dip, and Microsoft extending its climb - fueling a broader narrative around AI-driven market strength. He also explores the steady uptrend in gold and what it signals for investors navigating an evolving macro landscape.
Image: Pexels from Pixabay
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