Evening Edition

Just recently, Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that a committee on political funding was formed to develop a law to ensure transparency and governance over party funds. We speak to Cynthia Gabriel from Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism and Gan Ping Sieu from Centre for a Better Tomorrow (CENBET) on what a good political funding law should look like, what models Malaysia can follow, and what the committee should achieve. 

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Tonight we have a man who’s music is literally all he does. His name is Derek Jhingoree or more affectionately known by ‘Jingles’; he’s a UK born man who’s a world class bassist and also runs his own talent management company here in sunny/perpetually raining Malaysia.

Jingles career started when won an audition for Howard Jones. Jones picked up on how well Jingles plays the bass and took him under his wing as he brought Jingles on tour with him. As his experience grew, Jingles soon became a world class musician in his own right. He started playing bigger roles in music as with opening his own management company in 1991 back in Surrey, England.

As a musical director, Jingles has overseen the careers of multiple artists such as Mark Morrison (Germany), BBMak (British boy band), our own Gerard ‘G’ Singh and Jacklyn Victor. When he came here, he set up his current music management called Jingles Management Sdn Bhd. Jingles is committed in developing the creative talent of Malaysians; from the singers, songwriters, presenters and the models too.

Jingles is associated with a few record labels with Lakefront Records as the most notable one. Lakefront is the first Malaysian record label to have a signed artist on the US Billboard. He’s still plays the bass for artists in and around SE Asia; for artists like Wang Lee Hom, Ning Baizura, David Tao.

For the record, Jingles scored 8!

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Over the past week or so, Malaysian football has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. There was the 10 - 0 defeat by United Arab Emirates in the 2018 World Cup qualifying second round Asian Zone Group A match. And this week, there was the game against Saudi Arabia that had to be disrupted, no thanks to our unruly Malaysian fans. Is Malaysian football beyond redemption? What needs to be done about the state of Malaysian football? 

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Tonight we had an important man from the Malaysian media in our midst. Usually he’s in for our football segment but now he’s in the studio to test out his wits on Smartypants. He’s is the one and only, Matt Bellotti!

Born and raised in Brighton, England. Matt studied at Trent during the turn of the century where he was (surprisingly) the Acting Editor for the Cricket Club and a council member for (unsurprisingly) the Newspaper Clubs and Societies. He travelled Europe extensively before coming over to Malaysia, testing out Asia with a 4-month stay.

As so it happens, Matt fell in love with Malaysia and decided to stay for good. He came in under Mongoose Publishing during the same time in early 2000’s. Ten years flew by and he is now the Chief Head of Content for Mongoose’s whole raft of magazines. He covers content for ELLE Malaysia, Time Out KL, Esquire Malaysia, Expatriate Lifestyle just to name a few.

Matt is widely accredited in creating Time Out KL’s trademark Comedy Thursday. He bagged the Media Publishing Company of the Year award in the 2014 MPAS Awards in Singapore and finally, his favourite football club is Tottenham Hotspurs. No Comment...

For the record, Matt scored 20!

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A new Iron Maiden album is always a big event, not least because the band has somehow sustained a startling level of popularity for the vast majority of their three decades. In this BFM Exclusive, Uma and Ezra will be featuring the latest offering by metal giants Iron Maiden, who have just released their 16th studio album. 

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He has been described by critics as ‘an entertaining show that establishes him as a charming, funny comic with a likeability that burns bright'. Dilruk constantly weighs up his love for his life in Australia against time away from the people in Sri Lanka who’ve loved him the most. Ezra catches up with him during a recent stop to Kuala Lumpur on his previous life as an accountant and his current venture into comedy.

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Bringing a fresh change to our guest selection, today marks our first show that we feature a painter in our midst. He’s a young man from Kedah who’s making waves in the Malaysian art scene; Haris Rashid!

Haris is a 23 year old painter based in Kuala Lumpur and graduate of The One Academy in Sunway. During school he won his first poster design contest and when the whole process brought him joy, he knew this was his calling.

Haris doesn’t have a specific medium to call his favourite, and he uses a mix of colour pencils, acrylic, watercolour and pigments for his work. He’s still trying out new surfaces - with most of his work done on wood or pressure textured paper. That being said, do not be surprised to see Haris experimenting with street art, clay sculpting and others to keep his creative juices flowing.

During Deepavali 2014 whilst doing a commission for Publika, Haris was completing his first ever Ranggi. Soon after completion, his Ranggi work was highlighted and featured in Instagram’s official account. In 2015, young Haris managed to hold his own exhibition called Beauty In The Beast. A critically acclaimed exhibition centered on raising awareness of the endangered animals of Malaysia.

Later in October, Haris will be opening a gallery and featuring a group show, curated and organized under Studio Mekar (a studio which Haris founded himself). A total of 20 artists from different art disciplines will be showcased. Called Elusive; it will be held at Black Box, Publika. October 22nd will be the opening night.

For the record, Haris scored 11!

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Over the next few weeks of this special series on migrant labour, we will be exploring the topic from the perspective of policy and economics; taking you through the forgotten history of a landmark court case, and delving into the specific challenges faced by domestic workers. 

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Royal Selangor has partnered up with Disney / Lucasfilm to produce a limited edition line of Star Wars figurines. This week on the Evening Edition, we speak with Chen Tien Yue of Royal Selangor along with Gan Lay Koon of the Walt Disney Company about how this partnership came to be. 

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Ross Yusof & guests Dez Corkhill, Nicolas Anil & Gogulan Dorairajoo discuss qualification for EURO 2016 in France. England are the 1st nation to qualify as Wayne Rooney equals Bobby Charlton's 49 goals, Northern Ireland are 3 points away from qualifying, Wales are made to wait after their goaless draw with Israel and Scotland come a cropper against Georgia. Closer to home, we talk to Malaysia interim coach, Datuk Ong Kim Swee about the task of restoring pride to the nation.

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