President of Asia Pacific Region for PepsiCo Umran Beba talked about being a Muslim lady in an MNC, overcoming discrimination, and various issues working women face in conjunction with our International Women’s Week series which starts today until Wednesday.

Umran has been ranked by Fortune Magazine as among the most powerful women in business in 2010.

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Syahredzan Johan, member of the Constitutional Law committee of the Bar Council, and Janet Ang, President of MAICSA (Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators), talks about how the Whistleblowing Protection Act 2010 protects whistleblowers, and the practical problems of enforcing it.

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Foong Cheng Leong, Senior Associate, Lee Hishamuddin Allen & Gledhill discusses the legal aspects of social media, focusing in particular on online defamation, admissibility of online data in courts, cybersquatting, domain disputes, and whether there should there be regulation of the Internet and social media, whether directly or indirectly.
He also discusses the fine line between fair Internet policing and control over the Internet, proposed Amendments to the PPPA and the perceived threats to online publications and bloggers.
He also talks about the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (not in force yet) and explains its implications for the ordinary layman.

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Dr Tom Palmer, International Adviser at IDEAS (Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs), tells about his concerns about the military taking over the running of the country, and how influential the Muslim Brotherhood is, and whether Mohamed El Baradei could be the next leader of Egypt. He also comments that there could be further uprising in Syria, where it is a repressive regime. This is IDEAS on BFM series.

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Vivek Vaidya, vice president for automotive research at Frost & Sullivan, dicusses Hybrid vehicles in the Asian auto market, the opportunities and challenges, reasons for public sector inertia in introducing hybrid technology, state of technology as regards HEVs, the consumer viewpoint, whether current oil shocks will see an acceleration of hybrid technology R&D. when he sees the tipping point between hybrids and ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles, and the challenges in doing so such as infrastructure. He also discusses Proton and its efforts in HEVs and EVs.

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Wayne White, scholar from the Middle East Institute in Washington, tells how bad the situation in Libya could go and for how long Gaddafi will stay in power, and what happens if he steps down now.

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Ooi Joon Leong, Managing Director at AT Kearney Malaysia, explains why Malaysia slip in the Global City Index 2010 ranking from 40th position to 48th.

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Prof Dr Fredolin Tangang, Head of the Research Centre for Tropical Climate Change System, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and who is an expert on tropical climate change, including El Nino/El Nina, discusses changing weather patterns, how floods are occurring around the world, the causes of climate change, the impact of climate change, the role of the IPCC, what the world community and various nations are doing in tackling the problem, whether Malaysia been affected by climate change, especially in the context of the recent floods in Johor.

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Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Chief Executive of IDEAS, discusses the watered down version of the New Economic Model part 2, and how we can move away from the 30% Bumiputera policy.

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