Evening Edition

From dinners and coffee outings, and birthday parties and weddings, to video calls and messages, our social lives and the way we interact with one another has changed in major ways. In this episode of The Daily Check In, we want to know what does your social life look like at the moment, and how that has changed the way you connect with the people in your life.

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We may not all have access to the best cameras, but many of us have smartphones with cameras that range from pretty good to pretty amazing. In this episode, we ask keen photographer and editor of The Malaysian Insight, Jahabar Sadiq, to teach us the finer points of taking good photos.

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Our guests share their stories of living under mandatory quarantine in Malaysia and Australia.

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With the kids not going to school and parents not going to work, many of us are living in full households at the moment. We check in with parents to see how they're dealing with their children at the moment, and what they've been doing to keep everyone entertained.

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One of the skills people often talk about picking up is learning a new language. In this episode of Try This At Home, we explore what that entails, how much practice it requires, and whether apps are actually helpful.

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We speak to an educator to unpack the latest updates to come from the Ministry of Education, and how this could be an opportune time for the education system overhaul that has long been called for.

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PAS Secretary-General Dato Takiyuddin Hassan was quoted by Malaysiakini saying that all MPs who do not currently hold positions in government will be appointed to GLC positions. We look at the relationship between GLC appointments and politics.

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We discuss the government's decision to ban Ramadhan bazaars this fasting month, and whether there can be alternative platforms for traders to proceed with their businesses.

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With so many of us spending more time than ever connecting with our communities online, the boundaries between real and digital life and what we choose to share can get blurry. We talk about this, as well as what we can do for a digital detox, with our guests, both of whom work in an online space.

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According to Datuk Michael Kang, retrenchments have already begun and 20% of jobs are expected to be lost.

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