Consider This

As the border between Johor & Singapore opens up with trade & people flowing across again will planners in the southern-most state need to recalibrate its objectives? Tonight on #ConsiderThis Sharaad Kuttan speaks to our guest about past vulnerabilities & future possibilities.

Tomorrow marks the start of Malaysia's transition away from the blanket restrictions of the pandemic to living with Covid-19 as an endemic disease. Tonight on #ConsiderThis we ask our guest about the burden of responsibility in mitigating risk & managing the virus.

Today at dawn the Singapore governmentt carried out an execution, part of its continued use of capital punishment.

Tonight on #ConsiderThis we ask our guests about why the Republic persists in this practice. 

Tonight on #ConsiderThis we speak to Rafizi Ramli who is returning to active politics after a 4-year hiatus. Can he win his bid for PKR's No.2 post—a race he lost to Azmin Ali in 2018 —and refresh a party so beleaguered by factionalism & electoral reversals?

Low rates of vaccination among some cohorts of children are a direct consequence of parental fears or beliefs. Tonight on #ConsiderThis we ask about what’s holding some Malaysian parents back.

Can we address the sources of our political dysfunction by improving parliamentary culture? Tonight on #ConsiderThis we speak to Tan Sri Ariff Yusof about his 2-year tenure as Speaker of Dewan Rakyat as chronicled in his recent book, ‘Parliament, Unexpected’.

The delay in tabling the anti-hopping bill & the Government’s defeat in its Sosma motion have seen some questioning the validity of the MoU. Has this political experiment failed? Tonight on #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris ask our guests if the MoU is in jeopardy.

The Anti-Party Hopping Bill meant for this session of Parliament has been pushed to a special Ramadan sitting. What's behind the delay? Tonight on #ConsiderThis we ask our guests about the Government's commitment to the MoU's reforms.

Will recent changes in DAP's top leadership be sufficient to stem the electoral decline of the party? Tonight on #ConsiderThis Sharaad Kuttan speaks to Pasir Pinji ADUN & outgoing Pakatan Harapan Youth Chief Howar Lee about what’s demoralised its base & what needs to be done to enthuse it.

Fresh from their big win in Johor, some UMNO leaders have openly called for GE15 to be expedited. 

Will party pressure prove too much for PM Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri? Tonight on #ConsiderThis we ask our guests who might heed UMNO's battle cry.