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 The Companies Bill 2015, which will replace the Companies Act 1965, was passed by Parliament on April 4, 2016. We discuss some key amendments, possible areas of improvement, the response from industry players so far, as well as what this new bill will mean for the corporate law landscape in Malaysia.

This is a report by Wei Lynn Tang.

The newly-launched Malaysia Aerospace Industry Association aims to promote and develop Malaysia as the aerospace hub of choice in Asia. Pro-tem President Naguib Mohd Nor joins us on the Breakfast Grille to discuss how the association plans to achieve this goal.

Kraf tradisional merupakan seni yang kurang diminati orang muda sekarang. Malah, kebanyakan kraf tradisional sekarang telah diwartakan untuk memelihara ilmu seni ini. Hanya segelintir seniman tua kini menjadi penjaga seni tradisional ini dan sentiasa mencari pelapis baru untuk meneruskan ilmu ini. Malam ini, Aziff pulang dari negeri Kelantan dan membawa kita berjumpa dengan ahli seniman wau bulan, gasing uri dan alat muzik Dikir Barat. Selain itu, kami juga membincangkan pengaruh "word of mouth" dan orang gaji yang tinggal bersama majikan.

Imah - Rencana tentang orang gaji di Poskod.my

Babies in orphanages often don't cry. It's been well documented that they eventually fall silent after their cries go unanswered, as they realise no one will come. There is a general lack of knowledge about the reality of what institutionalization does to a child, and we speak to Lari Cannon, a Mental Health Counsellor and Adoption and Foster Care Specialist at OrphanCARE, about the growing movement to shift the focus and transfer resources from large institutions that provide poor quality care to community-based services.

“We act as if that being of a man or that being of a woman is actually an internal reality or something that is simply true about us, a fact about us, but actually it's a phenomenon that is being produced all the time and reproduced all the time, so to say gender is performative is to say that nobody really is a gender from the start,” writes Judith Butler, whose book “Gender Trouble”, our guest highly recommends. So close to us and yet so opaque, our gendered bodies have a profound effect on our live chances and our relationships. Today, we explore how Gender Studies might be a way out of the thicket of socially constructed identities around sex, gender and sexuality.

She is one of Malaysia’s biggest cooking personalities on screen and famous all over the world, she’s Anis Nabilah! That’s right, we had her on the show and our taste buds were tempted just by hearing her talk about the food she cooks. Come and smell the conversation!

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This week, on (Untitled), Ezra and Uma are joined by special guest Zainal Abidin who takes them on a journey through the music and lyrics of his self-titled debut album.

Born in Johor Bahru, Zainalabidin Mohamed started showing interest in music as early as the age of 5. He began his musical career singing with the Malaysian rock outfit, Headwind. Zainal's passion for music then led him to a successful solo career, producing hits songs such as Hijau, Manis, Ikhlas Tapi Jauh, and many more.

This month on Cerita-Cerita Rock 'N' Roll, Ezra and Uma speak to the man himself about his life, his music, and his landmark self-titled debut album.

With the fast-changing environment in how millennials consume their music today, just how are music-listening platforms evolving to stay relevant? Music-streaming Spotify and the 'old' kid on the block, MTV share with us how. 

Our metabolism slows down as we age. How do we ensure that weight gain is kept at bay in our later years? We also get comments from Personal Trainer, Karen Siah, on the recent NY Times story about how former contestants on The Biggest Loser regain their weight and continue to struggle to fight a slower metabolism.