Leaked messages, internal criticisms, opportunists - all the latest drama in PKR. We speak to Professor Datuk Dr Shamsul to understand the alledged criticisms made by PKR Youth Chief towards party president Anwar Ibrahim. We also get his thoughts on the surprise press conference by Ku Li and Tun Mahathir.

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Starting next year, authorities will take legal action against individuals who ride electric scooters on non-gazetted areas. We speak to Edi Khuskhairy for his thoughts on this move, and discuss if there are alternatives to allow e-scooter users to ride safely on our roads.

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Today's highlights include discussions on restoring Felda's cashflow, and follow-ups on the Election Reform Committee's report. The Dewan Rakyat also saw a ruckus when Opposition MPs protested against new SOPs, which allowed three lawmakers under home quarantine to attend a bloc vote.

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Many of us are familiar with premenstrual syndrome or PMS, when women commonly experience symptoms such as mood swings, bloating and tiredness a week or so before menstruation. But for some women, who have a condition called premenstrual dysphoric disorder, these symptoms could be so severe that they can have a serious impact on their lives. Here to talk to us about PMDD and how we can distinguish it from premenstrual syndrome is consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Tang Boon Nee.

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Many developed countries exported their recyclable plastic in large amounts to other countries to process, Malaysia being one of them. Though we have since banned the import of plastic scrap, the official definition of plastic scraps remains vague, and the ban also did not halt unregulated or poorly regulated burning and dumping activities of plastic. It's no secret that the global plastic recycling market is in need of a major overhaul. What are the long-term effects of a broken recycling system, and what would an overhaul of this system look like? We discuss this and more with Mageswari Sangaralingam, a Senior Research Officer at the Consumers' Association of Penang, and a Freelance Researcher at Sahabat Alam Malaysia.

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Imagine discovering one day that your elderly parent or relative has wandered off or gone missing. Such incidents frequently appear on our social media feed, in our chat messages, and in the media, sparking widespread public concern. We speak to a family member whose elderly father, Robert Low, had recently gone missing; and then check in with a consultant geriatrician to learn how to prevent such crisis situations.

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How are speed, agility, and humility more important than ever for leaders? Entrepreneur, investment banker, former Minister of Trade of Indonesia, and philanthropist, Gita Wirjawan, shares his insight as well as his perspective on leadership in the public eye.

On this episode of Failing Forward, we discuss how Covid-19 forced many startups to think out of the box to support and ensure the survivability of an ecosystem of suppliers, distributors, retail outlets, artisans and even the gig economy.

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Government-linked companies (GLCs) are a controversial but omnipresent feature of the Malaysian corporate landscape. The pandemic and political upheaval this year have thrown a spotlight on how GLCs are run. We reflect on some of the issues concerning the governance of GLCs with Emmanuel Samarathisa, business journalist and Executive Editor at The Vibes.

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Five years since its IPO, we check in with Bioalpha, which has seen its business disrupted as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Khoo Hsu Chuang speaks to William Hon, CEO of Bioalpha, to discuss the health supplement company’s path to recovery, its plans for overseas expansion and the overall outlook for 2021.

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