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Bernice Chauly's memoir "Growing Up with Ghosts" is a non-fiction narrative that seamlessly weaves the diverse threads of ancestry, history, politics with the personal. It is also one of the few Malaysian works that has a remarkable sense of place. This week, on Invisible Cities, Uma speaks to Bernice about growing up in Ipoh, about traveling through time, about her crippling fear of the sea, and about the importance of place in explaining her origins, who she is, and where she's going.

Show Notes:

i. You can buy a copy of Growing Up with Ghosts here.

ii. For more of Bernice's writings, be sure to check out her website.

iii. Bernice is also the Director of the George Town Literary Festival. Make sure you check out the website for details on this year's festival.

We explore how immigration services can help the government generate revenue and benefit the government in terms of efficiency. Why is it important for companies to outsource services such as immigration services? Should immigration consultancy be a regulated industry here in Malaysia as it is in other countries? 

We get you out of bed, to your first cup of coffee or to your first destination of your day with thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping all our lives.

In part 2 of 3 of our series on Internet of Things, we speak to Tom Fisher, Regional Managing Director APJ at Jasper to find out how organisations and startups are monetising the IOT platform.

Singapore’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Yeo is a veteran politician having served in 4 senior Cabinet positions after a career in the Republic’s airforce where he earned his stripes as a Brigadier-General. Since losing his parliamentary seat in the 2011 General Elections, has been associated with the Lee Kuan Yew School for Public Policy and more recently was elected Chancellor of Nalanda University in Bihar, India. We tap for his thoughts on island state as a model for other nations as well as tensions in the South China Sea.

According to a recent survey, 69 percent of people polled in America said they were “busy,” or “very busy.” Women between 30 and 60 were particularly busy, reporting that they regularly sacrificed sleep, recreation, hobbies and family. Author and entrepreneur Alli Worthington has an issue with this. If we aren’t sleeping, taking care of our bodies, and doing things we enjoy with people we love, then what in the world are we busy doing? Join Alli as she calls for us all to break the habit of busy.

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

-Its game on between IPIC and 1MDB

-Tabung Haji bids adieu to managing director

-Bellew blows in it for the long haul

Following the nominations for the Sarawak state elections yesterday, parties with the Pakatan Harapan - PKR and DAP - are at loggerheads in 6 seats. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has expressed his disappointment at being “shortchanged”, while PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali referred to the clashes as “unfortunate”. Does this spell trouble for the coalition not just for the next General Elections but in the 2 states it governs? While opposition parties are looking at a drubbing in this 11th state elections, the question remains will the Barisan Nasional headed by the popular Adenan Satem be able to deliver on the much touted Autonomy platform.

This is a report by Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan.

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

-The little red dot's deflation problem

-Charter's charting a new course by acquiring Time Warner Cable

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