CNA938 Rewind - TalkBack: Pre-authorisation certification - Are you using more private healthcare services?

CNA

30-06-2025

CNA938 Rewind - TalkBack: Pre-authorisation certification - Are you using more private healthcare services?
Great Eastern has halted pre-authorisation certificates for admissions to Mount Elizabeth hospitals in Orchard and Novena, citing 'efforts to manage rising healthcare costs and ensure long-term affordability for all policyholders.' Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Alfred Chia, CEO of SingCapital, to discuss whether more Singaporeans are turning to private healthcare services.
17 mins
CNA938 Rewind - First RTS Link train unveiled — an engineer weighs in
The first of eight trains for the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System has been unveiled, as the project gains steam. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with engineering expert Teo Chor Kok, a member of the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technical Committee at the Institution of Engineers, Singapore.
10 mins
CNA938 Rewind - Israel-Iran conflict: truce seems to be holding, is it over?
Iran has warned that it has little faith in Israel's commitment to a fragile ceasefire that ended the most intense and destructive confrontation between the two foes to date. The truce seems to be holding, but is it over? Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Rohan Gunaratna, Professor of Security Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.
18 mins
CNA938 Rewind - SG author Jemimah Wei's 'The Original Daughter' basks in the global spotlight
In 'Culture Club', Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Singaporean author, Jemimah Wei, who discusses her debut novel, 'The Original Daughter', now available around the world. 'The Original Daughter', is a coming-of-age story set in Bedok about an adopted 'sister', Arin, who later becomes a Hollywood starlet and Gen, the 'original daughter', who ekes out a living as a gig worker in Singapore. Their strong relationship gradually sours into one of dysfunction and betrayal. Wei will talk about why the novel was more than 10 years in the making and how themes like trauma and female rage occur throughout the book.
37 mins