13,000 students in Singapore are set to benefit from an expansion of a pilot initiative by the Ministry of Education to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds stay in school. Prime Time's Timothy Go speaks to Amelia Teng, Education correspondent, Straits Times who shares more details on the scheme and how students benefit from it.

13,000 students in Singapore are set to benefit from an expansion of a pilot initiative by the Ministry of Education to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds stay in school. Prime Time's Timothy Go speaks to Amelia Teng, Education correspondent, Straits Times who shares more details on the scheme and how students benefit from it.

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The Evening Runway with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian

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13,000 disadvantaged students to get more help to stay in school

On What’s Trending, American footwear brand Crocs has unveiled a new collection. This time, it’s not for us… but for pets. Yes! Crocs for dogs. Now every owner can have matching crocs with their furry friends.

Also on What’s Trending, a time limit has been set for hugs at an airport in New Zealand to improve customer safety and traffic flow. 

On What’s Trending, American footwear brand Crocs has unveiled a new collection. This time, it’s not for us… but for pets. Yes! Crocs for dogs. Now every owner can have matching crocs with their furry friends.
Also on What’s Trending, a time limit has been set for hugs at an airport in New Zealand to improve customer safety and traffic flow.

What’s Trending: Matching shoes with man’s best friend with Crocs

CNN tried to find the makers of Trump’s new watches, which he claims are “Swiss-made”. But instead, the investigation team ended up at a shopping centre in Wyoming. So are the watches really “Swiss-made” as they promote it to be? Will this backfire on Trump? Hongbin Jeong spills the tea. 

CNN tried to find the makers of Trump’s new watches, which he claims are “Swiss-made”. But instead, the investigation team ended up at a shopping centre in Wyoming. So are the watches really “Swiss-made” as they promote it to be? Will this backfire on Trump? Hongbin Jeong spills the tea.

Spill the Tea: Are Trump’s watches really Swiss-made?

Singapore shares started trading in positive territory today, mirroring overnight gains in the Europe market.

In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) was 0.1 per cent higher at 3,628.32 points after 41.6 million securities changed hands in the broader market.

In terms of companies to watch today, we have UOB Kay Hian, after the Singapore Exchange Regulation yesterday lifted the brokerage’s moratorium, which restricted it from managing submissions for fresh initial public offerings (IPO) and reverse takeovers (RTO). 

Elsewhere from China’s economy growing at the slowest pace since early 2023 in the third quarter, to gold topping US$2,700 for the first time to extend its record breaking run – more international headlines remain in focus. 

Also on deck – how shares of TSMC hit a record high today on the back of its forecast beating Q3 results.

On Market View, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Sunny Soh, Lead Technical Analyst (Capital Markets & Investor Education), SIAS.

Singapore shares started trading in positive territory today, mirroring overnight gains in the Europe market.
In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) was 0.1 per cent higher at 3,628.32 points after 41.6 million securities changed hands in the broader market.
In terms of companies to watch today, we have UOB Kay Hian, after the Singapore Exchange Regulation yesterday lifted the brokerage’s moratorium, which restricted it from managing submissions for fresh initial public offerings (IPO) and reverse takeovers (RTO). 
Elsewhere from China’s economy growing at the slowest pace since early 2023 in the third quarter, to gold topping US$2,700 for the first time to extend its record breaking run – more international headlines remain in focus. 
Also on deck – how shares of TSMC hit a record high today on the back of its forecast beating Q3 results.
On Market View, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Sunny Soh, Lead Technical Analyst (Capital Markets &amp; Investor Education), SIAS.

Market View: China’s GDP grew at slowest since early 2023 in Q3; PBOC kicks off two funding scheme to pump as much as 800b yuan into stock market initially; Gold prices topped US$2,700 an ounce on escalating conflicts in Middle East;  TSMC shares in Taipei hit record high; SGXRegCo lifts moratorium on UOB Kay Hian’s; Keppel DC REIT’s Q3 DPU up 0.4% yoy

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