Let's Talk, Singapore
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Start your day with the stories shaping Singapore — and your place in it. Join Neil Humphreys and Audrey Siek as they cover the biggest headlines, trending topics, and everyday conversations, unpacked through fresh perspectives, expert insights, and engaging discussion. From current affairs and social issues to lifestyle trends and community voices, each segment offers a different lens on what’s happening — and what’s worth your attention. And it’s not just talk — it’s your voice. Through polls, messages, and live call-ins, listeners are part of the conversation, sharing their views and shaping the discussion in real time. With a mix of clarity, curiosity, and personality, Let’s Talk, Singapore keeps you informed, connected, and ready for the day ahead.
SEP 16, 2025
16/09/25 - Mind Your Business: How Lai Yew Seng’s third generation is building Singapore’s futureFewer than one in ten family businesses make it to the third generation. But Lai Yew Seng is defying the odds.
Join the Breakfast Show as they invite Lai Wei Xiang, Managing Director, Lai Yew Sengto talk about taking over during the pandemic, reshaping operations with a modern edge, and his vision for a construction sector that values partnerships and innovation over price wars.
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SEP 16, 2025
16/09/25 - Companies To Watch: Is Zijin Gold International a golden opportunity or risky bet?From the ancient allure of gold to the modern rush for copper and lithium, few names in mining have risen as quickly on the global stage as Zijin Mining. Now, its international arm is set to make headlines with a highly anticipated IPO, one that could reshape investor sentiment in the commodities space. But is this the next golden opportunity… or just another glittering gamble?
Dan Koh and Ryan Huang mine through the details, digging deep into the numbers, the risks, and what this means for your portfolio.
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SEP 15, 2025
15/09/25 - Bigger Pic: All Eyes on the Fed - can the market rally last?U.S. markets are riding high after a record-breaking week for the Nasdaq, but can the rally continue? As the Federal Reserve prepares to announce its latest interest rate decision, investors are holding their breath. Oktay Kavrak, Director of Communications & Strategy at Leverage Shares, unpacks what’s driving market momentum - from Fed policy expectations to key data out of China and U.S. retail numbers.
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SEP 15, 2025
15/09/25 - Mind Your Business: Sailing into creativity as an entrepreneurTwo decades at sea taught Captain Ravi Sinha about resilience, isolation, and the quiet power of creativity. After building a maritime services firm in Singapore, he launched Art Werkx, a café where people “sip and mess,” blending food with hands-on play.
Join the Breakfast Show as they speak to Ravi Sinha, Founder and CEO, Aregius Maritime Group and Art Werkx about how life on tankers shaped his leap into F&B and what his journey reveals about starting fresh.
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SEP 15, 2025
15/09/25 - Companies To Watch: Can Chagee brew long-term growth?In China’s booming “new-style tea” market, one brand has gone from zero to more than 7,000 stores in under a decade. Chagee, now trading on the Nasdaq under ticker CHA, made headlines with a blockbuster IPO earlier this year, but only to see its shares cool from the highs. What does this say about the company’s growth model, its overseas push, and whether investors should still have it on their watchlist?
Dan Koh and Ryan Huang sip on Chagee’s rise, the numbers behind its latest earnings, and what the stock’s rollercoaster ride reveals about consumer trends and investor appetite for China’s lifestyle brands abroad.
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SEP 15, 2025
15/09/25 - Morning Shot: Vers and the Lease Reality - What It Means for HDB Flat ValuesSingapore’s public housing model rests on a simple but often overlooked fact: HDB flats come with 99-year leases that eventually run down to zero. With the Voluntary Early Redevelopment Scheme (Vers) set to roll out in the coming years, homeowners will need to grapple with what that really means for flat values, compensation, and the future of ageing towns.
How compensation is structured, how precincts are chosen, and how expectations are managed will shape whether the scheme strikes the right balance between today’s flat owners and tomorrow’s Singaporeans.
Joining the Breakfast Show to unpack the trade-offs and implications are Ng Keng Gene, Land Use Reporter at The Straits Times, and Nicholas Mak, Chief Research Officer at Mogul.sg.
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SEP 15, 2025
15/09/25 - Breakfast Bites: How do you talk to your kids about bad news? In this day and age, we are all surrounded by the news – and a lot of it is not pleasant. So what do you say when your child looks up at you and asks about some scary news they’ve just heard? How do you even begin to explain that to kids?
Experts say it’s less about hiding the news, and more about how we guide them through it. Audrey and Ryan go through some expert tips on how to tackle this issue.
Presented by Audrey Siek and Ryan Huang
Produced by Audrey Siek
Edited by Trisha Yeong
Photo and music credit: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors
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SEP 12, 2025
12/09/25 - US Markets Wrap: Fed still on track for 25bps cut as core CPI meets forecastsDavid Abella, Director of Investments, GoalVest, discusses the stock market's third successive day of record highs; the latest consumer inflation data print and the likelihood of a Fed rate cut to the tune of 25bps; expectations for Q3 earnings; and why tech with diversification, dividend stocks and gold might be a good play for investors.
Produced/Presented: Emaad Akhtar
Photo credit: Reuters
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SEP 12, 2025
12/09/25 - Bigger Pic: What Indonesia’s banking strains and rupiah weakness mean for investorsIndonesia’s protests over inequality and lawmakers’ perks have rattled investors, triggered capital outflows, and pressured the rupiah. With the sudden removal of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani, questions loom over fiscal credibility and banking stability. Dan Koh speaks with Rena Kwok, Senior Credit Analyst, Asian Financials, Bloomberg Intelligence to unpack the risks for markets, the currency, and Indonesian banks for the rest of 2025.
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SEP 12, 2025
12/09/25 - Mind Your Business: From counterfeit crisis to entrepreneurial missionCounterfeiting is more than fake handbags on the street corner. It’s a global shadow economy worth hundreds of billions of dollars, touching everything from cosmetics and healthcare to electronics and automotive parts. It erodes brand value, costs companies revenue, and in some cases, endangers lives.
The Breakshow sits down with GuanKai Ng, Co-founder and Director of Business Development at Nabcore to uncover his remarkable journey: from falling ill after unknowingly consuming counterfeit alcohol in China, to leaving a stable executive job and building a Singapore-based company that now protects over 100 million products annually across Asia.
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