Evening Edition

In our final check in with Kavin and Sook Ning, we ask for their thoughts on how talking publicly about their resolutions helped them with being accountable, and if they would be keeping these resolutions in the months to come.

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Telegram has announced that users can now import their chat history from other messaging app companies, amidst earlier news of WhatsApp coming under fire due to privacy concerns.

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A Bernama report suggests that KL-ites are losing their sense of belonging to the city. But what defines that sense of attachment, and how do you translate that feeling into active contribution to the city's development? We speak to Hamdan Majeed from ThinkCity about what we can do to build a stronger relationship with Malaysia's capital.

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After a challenging year in 2020, is the job market set to see growth this year? We speak to Joelle Pang for her perspective.

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An opinion piece on The Malaysian Insight highlighted the plight of the self-employed, who may not be eligible to receive financial aid despite losing their income during the MCO. We speak to Ravin Shanmugarajan for his perspective on this matter, and ask Linnet Lee what self-employed people can do to access financial assistance.

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Civil servants nationwide have been instructed to adopt a new sign-off for their official correspondence - 'Prihatin rakyat: Darurat memerangi Covid-19’. What message does this slogan send? We speak with James Chin for his thoughts.

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Bookstores in the UK defied the pandemic last year, having seen record-breaking book sales. We speak to William Tham from Gerakbudaya to find out what the what the trends were like for Malaysian bookstores.

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We check in with a Form 5 student who will be sitting for the SPM exams this February on what it's like heading back to school. We also talk to Dhanya Balan, Co-Founder of KauOKTak, about their efforts to provide a platform for teenage students to have open discussions regarding their current challenges.

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A music video by a local musician has received much flak due to its use of brownface and perpetuating stereotypes that indicate that only fair is beautiful. We speak to Alvin Teoh to understand what ad agencies will have to do to meet the sensitivities of larger societal issues in the coming years.

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The Malaysian Association For The Blind (MAB) is calling for the government to revise the classification of services provided by blind massuers from "entertainment" to "alternative medicine", in a bid to help them regain the ability to work during this MCO. We speak to Rajeevan Gopala to understand how blind massuers are coping right now.

You can donate to MAB by making a bank transfer to 514057637836 (Maybank: Malaysian Association for the Blind) with the reference note of "covid19 ASB".

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