Evening Edition

As the MCO continues, and people find themselves having regular meals at home, we talk to Dr. Nik Shanita Safii, Vice President of the Malaysian Dietitians Association, to see how Malaysians can stock up their pantries to make sure that they eat healthy.

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As the MCO continues, PPR residents have to deal with a different set of realities when it comes to physical distancing and maintaining their mental wellbeing, due to space constraints that come with government housing. We talk to Zuraida Kamaruddin, Minister of Housing and Local Government to get insights on how they're coping with the MCO and what steps the government is taking to help the B40 stay protected during the outbreak.

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Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, MERCY Malaysia has launched several initiatives to alleviate the burden placed on the healthcare system, as well as to assist target groups in the country, including the elderly. Chan Li Jin, Head of Communications & Strategic Engagement at MERCY Malaysia, talks to us about on-the-ground efforts and how its frontliners are doing.

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The MCO has placed financial strain on the F&B industry, as malls shut down and sit-in diners aren't allowed. Tony Lim, Founder and CEO of Boat Noodle Sdn Bhd shares what a coalition of over 300 F&B operators is now demanding the government to help them through these tough times.

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As the MCO continues, people have no gym to go to and can't run outside. With limited options to keep physically healthy, we talk to Prakash Ravindran, Clinical Psychologist and Personal Trainer, to see what alternatives we can take up at home to life up our mood and sweat it out.

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We talk to Kasthuri Patto, MP for Batu Kawan about the impact of this especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, and how her constituency is coping with it.

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As small and medium businesses struggle to fight for survival during the movement control order, we talk to Datin Wira Goh Suet Lan, President of Women of Will, to see how they're coping and what can be done to help them.

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Bank Negara has given a six month grace period for loan deferments, which is meant to lighten the financial burden of Malaysians during the Covid-19 outbreak. We speak to Desmond Chong, Deputy President of the Malaysian Financial Planning Council, who walks us through what this means for individuals and how they can navigate the new policy.

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As the MCO is further extended until April 14th, we talk to Dr. Chua Sook Ning, Clinical Psychologist at RELATE, to see how we can deal with things like space constraints and boredom as we continue to physically distance ourselves to flatten the curve.

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The i-Lestari scheme lets EPF contributors withdraw RM500 per month for the next 12 months to help people deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. However there are concerns that this solution might be creating a future problem where funds meant for retirement are used up. We talk to Dr. Madeline for her thoughts.

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