Evening Edition

The Prime Minister launched a ten-year blueprint for national unity recently, but experts are skeptical about how effective it will be, given that Perikatan Nasional has been espousing Malay unity instead. We speak with Badrul Hisham Ismail for his thoughts.

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A study by Experian Information Services found that youth between the ages of 22 and 28 have seen worsened credit scores in 2020. We speak with Nirmala Supramaniam for some insights on the financial challenges that the youth are facing, and talk about ways to improve debt management.

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While a few bad apples have cast a negative light on the police force recently, many officers are still trying their best to do a good job and serve the society. One such officer is ACP Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal, who's been in the spotlight for his ""One Good Deed a Day"" initiative. We speak with him to find out more.

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TNB has announced plans to install 1.5 million smart meters in Klang Valley and Malacca. How will they benefit users? Sabrina Magdalene tells us more.

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After decades of spelling the name of the flat rice noodle in myriad ways, Malaysians will now have an official spelling to abide by - ""kuetiau"", as ruled by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. We get Uthaya Sankar SB's thoughts on standardising the spelling of words that are borrowed across languages.

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Belgian cinema group Kinepolis has rolled out a popcorn delivery service to stay afloat. We find out more from Sabrina Magdalene, who tells us about how cinemas around the world are adapting to the pandemic.

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Warisan has sent a letter to force Sebatik ADUN Hassan Amir Gani to vacate his seat, after the assemblyman announced his resignation from the party last week. The president of the party, Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, said that the resignation letter had been signed by the ADUN prior to the state election, in which he had pledged to remain loyal to Warisan if he won the seat. Are anti-defection agreements within parties legally enforceable? We speak with Thomas Fann for his thoughts.

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Cinemas have yet to reopen as more and more industries resume operations during MCO 2.0 which is said to possibly affect the Malaysian film industry. We speak to filmmaker, Tony Pietra Arjuna, to hear his thoughts.

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The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) has submitted a proposal to the government, asking for approval to procure and administer the vaccines to those able to pay for it, in order to speed up the process of achieving herd immunity. We get Nadiah Wan's thoughts on the debates around this issue.

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What is it like to receive the Covid-19 vaccine? And what are the preparations that you need to make beforehand? We speak with Dr. Michael Wong, a frontliner who received his first dose today about his experience.

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