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As talisman Enner Valencia gets the party started scoring a brace for Ecuador in Qatar, this week we complete our comprehensive rundown of the rest of the groups. Will it be a swansong campaign for the likes of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Can the mercurial Kylian Mbappe make it two in two for Les Bleus - or is it time for a new footballing sensation with Cody Gakpo, Jude Bellingham, Vini Jr and co eager to impress. All that and more on this week's Just For Kicks.

With Jalur Kita, Cerita Kita, the Malaysian Composers Collective presents 14 specially commissioned works of music based on each of the 14 states of Malaysia, as a way to celebrate our country’s rich heritage through contemporary classical music. We speak with two of the composers involved. 

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We’re continuing our coverage of post-GE15 developments, and looking at what the outcome tells us about our democracy.

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股市最忌惮不确定性，悬峙议会让投资者相当不安，大选之后马股第一个交易日开盘跳空跌了14.77点，但仍成功守住1430点。

节目中来宾针对两种不同的可能性，由不同党派主导的新联合政府将各别对国家各产业的未来前景带来什么影响？投资者该如何应对短期内股市的震荡？

Statutory declarations are back amongst our political parties, this time in the form of Secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin saying that Perikatan Nasional has submitted more than 112 statutory declarations supporting Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the next Prime Minister to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. We look at why SDs are still the way for coalitions to signal their loyalty.

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GE15 has now come and gone. We look into the data we have on the votes outcome, and what it means about this election.

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第 15 届全国大选在 11 月 19 号（星期六）举行开票及投票日之后，我们看到没有单一政党联盟成功独揽 112 个国会议席；这就意味着本届大选，没有一方跨过简单多数席次的执政门槛。

悬峙议会、形形色色可能的联合政府布局，都还存在着不确定性。赢得最多席次的单一政党，伊斯兰党（PAS）真的会强势入主议会吗？希盟（PH）和国阵（BN）真的可能组织联合政府吗？

The COVID-19 pandemic drove home an important lesson: that the smallest organisms can be the deadliest. Not only are they highly fatal, they are also incredibly adept at evading the antibiotics and antimicrobials that we have in our relatively pitiful arsenal of drugs. In conjunction with World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18-24 November), Prof Stephen Baker, molecular microbiologist and Director of Research at the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, dials in to share his research on antimicrobial resistance, and how we can change the course of this global health threat.  

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With Istana Negara having extended the deadline for the main coalitions to present their respective numbers and candidates for Prime Minister by 22 November, we explore what are the obligations of the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, as spelled out in the Federal Constitution, when faced with a hung Parliament.  Constitutional lawyer New Sin Yew joins us to explain, and also clarifies what the Federal Constitution says about the role of the monarchy in appointing a Prime Minister. 

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Post-GE15, the formation of a Federal government is still up in the air, amid numerous meetings among top leadership of the three main coalitions, as well as the parties from the Borneo bloc. With Istana Negara having extended the deadline for coalitions to present their respective numbers and candidates for Prime Minister, we unpack the latest developments with various political analysts, Dr Bridget Welsh, Ibrahim Suffian, and Prof William Case. 

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