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Vocational schools are now in a competitive space. Pastry Institute of St Honore offers full and part-time courses to anyone who is interested in professional baking. However, differentiation is important for people to select your school over the others. Lee Jia Ping from ThinkCity talks about identifying their brand essence.

The Philippines presidential elections are done and dusted. Rizki Fajar, Economist at RHB Group, explains how President-elect Duterte is going to implement his economic policies, and how they will affect the Phillippine economy.

While Islamic finance might be known to many, the life and minds of the Shariah scholars of Islamic finance have been shrouded in mystery. Listen to Datuk Dr. Daud Bakar, author of Shariah Minds In Islamic Finance as he tells us about the role Shariah scholars play in Islamic Finance and how they come about to make certain decisions.

The Department of Civil Aviation recently proposed increasing airline operator fees, claiming the charges have remained the same for the past 40 years. What will this mean for the aviation industry? BFM explores.

This is a report by Jason Lim and Sonia Naidu

Zack Yusof gives you an interesting selection of music and his insights on the style, the singers and the stories behind the songs.

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0:08 - True Love Waits - Radiohead

5:58 - Miracle Aligner - The Last Shadow Puppets

10:01 - Harbour The Feeling - Yak

14:20 - What Presence? - Orange Juice

18:56 - Human Performance - Parquet Courts

23:11 - Walk To The One You Love - Twin Peaks

27:18 - Life Itself - Glass Animals

33:06 - Autodidact - Swervedriver

38:06 - Stare At The Sun - Ringo Deathstarr

43:04 - Wild Roses - Bill Ryder Jones

46:35 - Human Ceremony - Sunflower Bean

51:44 - Cannonball - The Breeders

It's World Environment Day this coming Sunday, and the theme for this year is “Go Wild for Life”, and it sees international communities making a strong statement against illegal wildlife trade. To give us a broader idea of how we can all approach and celebrate World Environment Day is Andrew Sebastian, the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at the Ecotourism and Conservation Society of Malaysia.

Forward-thinking new music from everywhere. Saturdays and Wednesdays (repeat) 9pm with Tim Sharp.

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0:14 - Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System - Black Ark Vampires (Dub Bass Steppers Remix)

5:59 - SHREDDAH - Trust Issues ft. Rex Ardeo & STRIVE

9:22 - Darkos Strife - Ebony & Ivory

13:14 - DSL Official - Igloo

15:37 - Kave Jonson - Storming

20:14 - Nick Monaco - Physical Therapy

24:52 - Glass Animals - Get My Bang

28:07 - Junior Boys - Over It

31:52 - Steve Spacek - Bright Eyes

37:23 - ANOHNI - Marrow

40:21 - Dogu Civicik - Mitrin (Edit)

45:44 - Guest Mix: _RHL (IN, Consolidate)

77:30 - EL VY - Need A Friend (Wye Oak Remix)

80:51 - Kendrick Lamar - Untitled (PillowTalk Remix)

87:24 - Super Magic Hats - Transpose

90:25 - Kassiel - Fluttering

94:35 - Tenant - Run Run Devices

100:02 - Vaghe Stelle - Morning Crisis

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.

Joyce Goh, Associate Editor on the Corporate & Capital Markets desk at The Edge Media Group discusses Star Media Group's foray in the international events and exhibition space. She also looks into what's brewing at OldTown Berhad.

Dodge Dorland, Chief Investment Officer at Landor & Fuest Capital Managers in New York shares what he thinks of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s comments that a decision to tighten the monetary policy is possible this summer.