Current Affairs

Mike Elkin, contributing journalist who was in Cairo gives us an eyewitness account of the unrests in Egypt. Due to pressure from the opposition, he expects President Mubarak to step down before the elections in September, and who is likely to replace him as president.

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Noraini Hashim, Deputy President of Orphan Care, a baby hatch, tells what needs to be done to reduce the incidence of baby dumping. Since 2005, close to 500 babies have been dumped or abandoned. Last year alone, about 60 cases have been reported.

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Faizal Parish, Director of Global Environment Centre, tells the environmental impact of turning peatland into oil palm plantation, and what the possible best practices.

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Dr Ong Kian Ming, political analyst and lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Policy Sciences, UCSI University, gives his predictions on how many votes Barisan Nasional could win by.

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Alwie Bavutty, President of the Association of Foreign Maid Agencies (PAPA), explains the impasse between Malaysia and Indonesia on domestic workers.

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Dato’ Akhbar Satar, CEO of Corporate Fraud outfit Akhbar Associates Sdn Bhd, discusses social media fraud and the wider issue of corruption in Malaysia.

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Katrina Maliamauv, Program Officer at Tenaganita, an NGO involved with migrant and refugee rights protection, talks of the horrific human rights abuses of Myanmarese refugees in Malaysia, and the role RELA plays in it.

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Shaik Abbas Ibrahim, chief executive, Confederation of Malaysian Tobacco Manufacturers, discusses illicit cigarettes in Malaysia, and its impact on the tobacco (and wider) industry.

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Pang Khee Teik, co-founder of Seksualiti Merdeka and project co-ordinator of "It Gets Better in Malaysia" videos, talks about discrimination faced by gays in Malaysia.

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Jahabar Sadiq, former Reuters TV Producer and current CEO of Malaysian Insider, and Wee Yu Meng, Editor, BM News Department of MalaysiaKini, discuss the changes afoot in the Malaysian media landscape.

They discuss whether access-anywhere Internet news portals and their independence is sounding the death knell for Malaysian newspapers, which are suffering sliding credibility, falling circulation and declining ad revenue.

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