A steady supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is crucial to lessen the strain on hospitals and medical personnel in the fight against COVID-19. To ensure that masks for high-risk wards are only used by those who need it the most, the local 3D printing community has taken it upon themselves to print face shields to be used in other areas of the hospital. We speak to Adrian Wong, founder of TeaMa Face Shield, about crowdsourcing PPE, challenges of keeping donations going, as well as the future of these “overnight measures” once the MCO is lifted. 

Corvan, a home appliance company, is running a Charity Awareness Drive to encourage more donations to Mercy Malaysia, World Vision Malaysia and Malaysian Red Crescent Society from now till the 10th of May 2020, and all donors stand a chance to win products worth more than RM10,000 from Corvan. We managed to speak to Vanessa Tho, co-founder and director of Corvan, about this unique business decision.

In Malaysia alone, roughly 15 tons of food is wasted per day - and much of that is edible. Grub Cycle saw the opportunity to sell overproduced meals and vegetables from restaurants, farmers and wet markets, at a bargain price to their consumers via their app. All of their products are aligned with their vision to reduce food waste and to save the environment for the future generations. We managed to catch up with one of the co-founders, Redza Shahid, and asked him how things were going during the MCO and whether or not things have changed for them.

In the midst of a global pandemic and stalled economy, Malaysia is stuck in limbo thanks to a Perikatan govt that is demonstrably at sea, worsened by a dislodged Pakatan coalition that remains shell-shocked, says Malaysian Insight CEO, Jahabar Sadiq.

The lives of the B40 have been most affected by Covid-19 and the subsequent MCO which is now into phase 4. With many unable to work, basic necessities have become a luxury few can afford. To help, the government was supposed to distribute food packages via the social welfare department however there have been some confusion here. For more on this we speak to YB Fahmi for his view on the matter.

Peter Berezin, Chief Global Investment Strategist, BCA Research talks about where he’d put his money now.

We speak to Joe Quinlan for his expectations on first quarter US GDP numbers, his view on big tech earnings and how he's looking at US banks and the overall commodity landscape.

Bank Pembangunan Malaysia is the country’s oldest development financial institution with a twin mandate of national development and profitability, but is coming off a chequered past of funding projects owned by 'connected' parties.

Now, Arshad Ismail, President / Group CEO since April 2019, wants to up risk and governance standards while evolving into a policy driven bank.

He discusses delivering on these plans whilst dealing with the fallout from Covid-19.

Bringing you the morning headlines on Covid-19, SMEs running out of cash, a Deputy Minister being charged in court for breaking MCO rules, and don’t swim near the Singapore coastline.

With our eyes set on unearthing the freshest flavours from unexpected places, we widen our scope with hand-picked musical gems from all across Asia. In our 2nd episode of Sempit Sessions, we invited local band Alien Lipstick Fire to hang at our tiny production studio (pre-MCO) to play us some songs and chat about their music video, writing process and more.