Current Affairs

The economy remains the topmost voter concern in the upcoming general elections. 

Melisa Idris mediates this riveting panel discussion between REFSA executive director Teh Chi-Chang and ISIS Malaysia senior director Steven CM Wong.

Listen to the podcast for an extended version of the broadcast, as these two respected economits dive into Malaysia's economic policies over the years to help us identify between the good, the bad and the ugly, and how to tell the difference among the promises currently showered upon Malaysians. 

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Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, de facto leader of Pakatan Rakyat, addresses questions on being a chameleon politician, his elections strategy, possible scenarios that may occur if Pakatan wins by a slim majority (repeat of Perak crisis?), and who would be prime minister, finance minister, and deputy prime minister. To put matters to rest, we also asked him a direct question on his sexuality.

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It’s been almost two weeks since a group of armed men from Southern Philippines have been in a stand-off with police in Sabah, as they assert their claim on what they call “their rightful ancestral territory”

Their claims have brought to the fore an unresolved territorial question between the Philippines and Malaysia, at a sensitve time as both countries are headed to the polls this year.

And how does this impact the peace process with the Philippines' Moro Islamic Liberation Front?

So is there more to this on-going stand-off than meets the eye?

Melisa Idris finds out more from Dr Farish Noor, historian and Senior Fellow at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University Singapore.

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Early in the morning of 16 February, 2013, Nick Xenophon, an independent senator from Australia, was barred from entering Malaysia and was later deported on grounds that he was a security threat to the country. BFM gets a first-hand account of the incident and checks with him on his next move.

This interview is available only on podcast as it was not allowed to be broadcasted on BFM Radio.

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The recent UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa governments agreeing to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change no later than 2015, as well as a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol from January 1st, 2013.

In the following interview, Hezri Adnan of ISIS Malaysia discusses the implications of the Durban Conference on Malaysia and his expectations for the Rio +20 Summit.

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In the final part of the Mobile Learn series, Noelle Lim speaks with Koh Kheng Wah, Managing Partner of Hearty Spin, the app creator of Picture AAC for children with autism.

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In part four of five of the Mobile Learn series, Noelle Lim speaks with Grace Oakley and Mark Pegrum, associate professors at University of Western Australia, on rolling out tablet learning in disenfranchised schools. 

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Noelle Lim speaks with Saad Rizvi, Executive Director in the Office of the Chief Education Advisor at Pearson London, on the future of learning and Pearson's plans in online education. This is part three of the Mobile Learn series.

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In part two of the Mobile Learn series, Noelle Lim speaks with Julian Stodd, E-learning director at GP Strategies, on the future of mobile learning in organisations.

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In part one of the Mobile Learn series, Noelle Lim speaks with Gary Woodill, consultant and author of the book The Mobile Learning Edge, on why and how companies should implement mobile learning. The interview was done at the Mobile Learn Asia conference in Singapore. 

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