Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong
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Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong is your 4–8pm drive companion, guiding you through the day’s biggest headlines, trending conversations and the issues shaping Singapore and the world. From news and current affairs to lifestyle insights and generational perspectives, the show helps you make sense of what’s happening — with clarity, context and a touch of personality. Whether you’re catching up after a long day or tuning in on the move, Your Way Home keeps you informed, engaged and connected — all the way home. And she closes the day with a song that says it all.
FEB 21, 2022
21/02/22 - ST: The Big Story, 21 Feb - Public transport ridership rises in 2021; still far from pre-Covid-19 levelsPublic transport ridership recovered in 2021 on the back of relaxed Covid-19 restrictions. Bus and train rides averaged 5.25 million a day in 2021 - 4.3% higher than in 2020.
In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Senior transport correspondent Christopher Tan to find out more about these findings.
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FEB 18, 2022
18/02/22 - Recapping Budget 2022: GST hike & higher income tax for top earnersPrime Time's Rachel Kelly and Finance Presenter JP Ong speak with Alvin Liew Senior Economist, UOB and Chiu Wu Hong, Partner, Head of Enterprise, Tax, KPMG Singapore about the key highlights from Budget 2022. Finance Minister Lawrence Wong announced major tax changes and targeted help for workers, households and businesses in his Budget speech earlier today.
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FEB 17, 2022
17/02/22 - Trends and Changes Among Asia's High Net Worth IndividualsLombard Odier recently surveyed High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) across Asia to get a better understanding of how their profiles and interests are changing as a new generation takes over. Vincent Magnenat, Limited Partner and Asia CEO for Lombard Odier, spoke to us on Prime Time about what they've learned and what's important to the HNWI's of today and of the future.
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FEB 17, 2022
17/02/22 - Budget 2022 preview with KPMGAccording to KPMG as the post-pandemic world starts to emerge, Budget 2022 will provide opportunities to spur growth and expansion. To give his analysis on some of the key elements to look out for in the Budget, Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly, Shehzad Haque and Finance Presenter JP Ong speak to See Wei Hwa, Partner, Tax, KPMG Singapore.
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FEB 17, 2022
17/02/22 - Tech Talk: Key tech trends that will impact hybrid working in 2022With hybrid working here to stay, what are some of the technological solutions for this model in the year ahead? On Tech Talk, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque speak to Brian Fernandez, Managing Director, Biztech.Asia who shares the latest on key tech trends on the business front.
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FEB 17, 2022
17/02/22 - ST: The Big Story, 17 Feb - Changes to Singapore’s Covid-19 rulesOn Wednesday, the multi-ministry task force announced a slew of changes to Singapore’s Covid-19 rules.
In The Straits Times' The Big Story, video editor Olivia Quay spoke to Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of NUS’ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health on these developments.
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FEB 17, 2022
17/02/22 - Across the ASEAN: Will 2022 Be a Better Year for Thailand?Of the major economies across the ASEAN, perhaps none are more keen on sustaining an economic reopening than Thailand and its very important tourism sector. And though the country's fiscal position is tighter than 2 years ago, there is talk of offering tax cuts on stock trading and investments towards electric vehicles. Maria Lapiz, Managing Director of Maybank Securities Thailand, spoke to JP Ong on Across the ASEAN about Thailand's outlook and if there are brighter days ahead.
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FEB 16, 2022
16/02/22 - Sustainable Singapore: TiNDLE closes the world’s largest Series A to date for a plant-based meat companyLocal agri-tech company Next Gen Foods recently announced it received a record-breaking US$100 million for its plant-based chicken alternative, TiNDLE, making it the world’s largest series A to date for an alternative meat company.
On Sustainable Singapore, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Alex Ward, Chief Operating Officer, Next Gen Foods who shares what’s next for the company, and how Singapore's agri-tech sector is set to expand this year.
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FEB 15, 2022
15/02/22 - What do global covid-19 protests mean for impacted economies and trade flows?As Canada’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate protests have rippled across the globe, Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque speak to Cedric Chehab, Global Head of Country Risk at Fitch Solutions who shares his analysis on what it means for impacted economies and trade flows.
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FEB 15, 2022
15/02/22 - UOB's Outlook on Rates, Volatility, Other Risk SourcesWith markets adjusting to the prospect of rising interest rates from the Federal Reserve, the question is how quickly might the US Central Bank move? According to UOB's Head of Market Strategy, Heng Koon How, they're expecting the Fed to act fast and pull the trigger on a larger 50 basis point hike next month. He spoke to JP Ong on Prime Time about what this might mean for market volatility, and his thoughts on signs of the Treasury yield curve flattening, the path forward for Asian central banks including Singapore's MAS, and what recent Russia-Ukraine tensions mean for markets grappling with even more uncertainty.
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