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.
DEC 30, 2021
30/12/21 - Across the ASEAN: Outlook for regional marketsThe year ahead sees questions raised by the new Omicron variant- - could we be in for more uncertainty and potential volatility for a region that’s desperate to normalise and reopen? Coming up in the best of Prime Time, Finance Presenter JP Ong speaks to James Cheo CIO Southeast Asia at HSBC Global Private Banking and Wealth to find out.
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DEC 29, 2021
29/12/21 - Eco Money: Over 70% of certified buildings set to get downgradedThe BCA tightened the energy-efficiency requirements for its Green Mark certification scheme in November.
Following this revision, Colliers says almost 73% of the currently certified office buildings in Singapore could, literally, be off the mark.
In Eco Money - Rachel Kelly finds out what this means for ratings and property investors from David Berger, Sustainability Manager, Real Estate Management Services, Colliers International.
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DEC 29, 2021
29/12/21 - Sustainable Singapore: The real cost of fashion and how innovation is changing the industryAccording to the World Bank, the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of annual global carbon emissions. Here in Singapore, the Textile and Fashion Federation's Bridge Fashion Incubator promotes environmentally-friendly business practices through tech innovation. On Sustainable Singapore, Rhianne Lovell-Boland speaks to Benoit Valin, Senior Programme Director of The Bridge Fashion Incubator who shares more on how it enables fashion startups to go green.
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DEC 28, 2021
28/12/21 - How to negotiate a better salary in 2022Looking into 2022 - industry experts are forecasting a positive outlook for the market - with manpower demand across growth sectors.
So what does this mean for job seekers, those looking for a change, or perhaps those looking to negotiate a better deal for themselves?
Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque speak to Adrian Choo, Founder and CEO of Career Agility International to find out.
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DEC 28, 2021
28/12/21 - Powering Your Property: What to expect from the real estate market in 2022According to our Knight Frank's Christine Li, the world and the Asia-Pacific region are now better equipped to cope with new variants, as vaccinations and oral medication for COVID-19 continue to gather pace.
Although we are witnessing some knee-jerk reactions, over the next 12 months, we still expect most governments to move beyond lockdowns and transition to an endemic stage.
So, what does that mean for the real estate market in the year ahead?
On Powering Your Property, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly spoke to Christine Li, Head of Research, Asia-Pacific, Knight Frank for her outlook for 2022.
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DEC 28, 2021
28/12/21 - Market View: Sectors to watch in 2022Coming up in the best of Prime Time, Finance Presenter, JP Ong, speaks to David Chow, Director, Azure Capital to review 2021 market highlights, from oil prices to SPACs, and which sectors he is watching out for in 2022.
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DEC 27, 2021
27/12/21 - SGExtra: Should Singapore expect a new wave of Omicron cases?On SGExtra, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly spoke to Karamjit Kaur, Editor at The Straits Times about the latest Covid-19 situation in Singapore.
Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said on Monday that Singapore must expect a new wave of Covid-19 cases in the coming days and weeks.
This comes as the Ministry of Health said on Sunday that 546 confirmed Omicron cases have been detected as of Saturday.
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DEC 27, 2021
27/12/21 - Asian Insider Inside HK: Hong Kong polls hit 30% turnoutHong Kong’s pro-establishment camp swept all but one seat in the first Legislative Council election after Beijing’s “patriots-only” overhaul of the political system amid a record low turnout of 30.2%.
Claire Huang, Hong Kong Correspondent, The Straits Timesshares the details.
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DEC 26, 2021
26/12/21 - Of COVID Variants and Inflationary PressuresWhile the Omicron variant of COVID-19 raises more questions about the global reopening, Singapore saw November inflation hit 3.8%, its highest jump in over 8 years. Song Seng Wun, Economist at CIMB Private Banking, joined us on Prime Time to review these pressures ahead of the Christmas weekend.
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DEC 23, 2021
23/12/21 - The Straits Times' launches its first NFTs for auctionFor the first time in its history, The Straits Times is auctioning a column, and three of its Opinion section art illustrations, as non-fungible tokens.
The online auction will run on the digital platform Blockchain For Good until the 28th December.
But why are they doing this? What was the process of setting it up like? And where are the proceeds going?
Rachel Kelly speaks to Grace Ho, Correspondent, The Straits Times to find out.
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