Doctor in the House is back! Today, we’ll be catching up with consultant urologist Dr George Lee and consultant respiratory physician Dr Helmy Haja Mydin to find out what they’ve been doing during the pandemic and the MCO, and what changes in the healthcare sector they’ve seen during this time. We also check in with Dr Helmy on how the MCO has affected plans for Hari Raya. 

History on Repeat is an eight-part miniseries that aims to delve into key aspects of Malaysian history. While we won’t be able to cover every period and topic in our vast and complex past, we will be having a series of conversations on key subjects, places and themes, and discussing why our history still matters today. Many of us are familiar with stories of the Japanese Occupation of Malaya during the Second World War, which have been passed down through the years by our relatives and friends who witnessed the war firsthand. In this segment, we place these stories into their broader historical context, asking questions about the economic impact of the war on Malaya, how the war and its aftermath shaped new political spaces for Malayans to consider a future outside of the British Empire, and how the war has been remembered and memorialised. To help us take a fresh look at this important and turbulent period in our country’s history, we speak with Professor Gregg Huff, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

Last week, high school Chemistry teacher Yasmin Noorul Amin received word that she has been selected as “teacher chaperone” for the Space Camp Exchange Program, which is to be held in the US next July. We find out more about the programme, and what's in store for Yasmin next year.

During this Raya weekend, many of us would probably be utilising many of our local online delivery services to get us those last minute Raya cookies, lemang and rendang. While we enjoy our Raya food & cookies, it’s important to remember that they might not have the chance to feast on them. So here’s something you could do to help them over the holiday season.

If you own a cat, they might be your only partner during this Raya holiday season. But fret not, as there are plenty of ways where you can interact with your cat, including playing a video game together!

If you don’t own a cat, we got you covered too.

With only days to Hari Raya, Muslims are busy making last-minute preparations. In previous years, this would be the time when shopping centres were packed with people buying new clothes and other necessities. However, this time around, the sought-after items are disinfectants, masks and thermometers.

Tune in, turn on, drop out. That was the mantra of the 1960s. Today we’ve all been forced to drop out and reinvent ourselves. But what kind of world will we find on the other side? Surveillance capitalism and exclusionary technology or a fairer and more socially progressive world?

Today on Voice of SMEs, we turned our attention to the concerts-and-live-events scene to learn about how they’re coping, as well as what it means from a financial standpoint to cancel concerts that have already been booked ahead of time.  We got in touch with Ratna Kumar Nadarajan, founder of Mojo Projects, to help us expand on these issues. 

In this episode of Extraordinary Endeavor, it’s all about Mergers & Acquisitions. Edwin Tay, the CEO & Co-Founder of EasyUni and Ron Ramanan, the CEO and Co-Founder of GoQuo ask all the questions to our mentor for today, Matthew Bartus, Partner at Cooley.

How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected the office space sector in the Klang Valley? The sector was already facing a slowdown due to an imbalance of supply and demand that led to sluggish prices and low yield.

Teh Young Khean of Knight Frank Malaysia offer his insights on the state of the office space sector, what landlords and tenants can do to adapt, as well as the future of working in Malaysia.