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‘The Visible Invisibles’ is collection of stories told by low-wage migrant workers in Asia in their own voices. It explores several themes such as the power imbalance between employers and employees, love, death, religion, racism, friendship, and social liberties. The authors, Shivaji Das and Yolanda Yu, spoke to us about the stories and how the book might challenge existing perceptions about migrant workers.

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我国2022年第四季国内生产总值（GDP）按年增长7%，全年经济增长8.7%，这会否让国行在3月份货币政策会议中暂停升息？随着GDP增长开始放缓， 2023难以再现双位数成长？

海外人工智能服务（AI）概念股非常火热，但投资者也勿忽略科技企业财报表现不好的事实，需留意短期追涨的风险？

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If you’ve just been diagnosed with a mental health condition, it can be overwhelming to process. What happens next? How will it change how you manage your mental health? This is the third episode of My Mind and Me, a mini-series exploring what it looks like to seek help for your mental health. On today’s show, we’ll be looking at what to expect after a mental illness diagnosis, together with Hasbee, a lived experience advocate and Shaleen Chrisanne, a clinical psychologist. 

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Listen to the other episodes here:

My Mind and Me #1: How Do I Find A Trusted Mental Health Professional?

My Mind and Me #2: What Happens During Therapy?

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智能科技浪潮席卷，绝大多数当代人都是社交媒体平台的用户。不过，当家中小孩使用智能手机的年龄越来越小，社交媒体的风险与危机就随之浮出水面来了。除了失真的误导性信息，年纪太轻就开始接触社媒，显然从心理层面会对青少年的成长造成一定影响。本期节目，我们就来聊聊：美国医务总监在评论社媒应用的时候，因何故而认为 13 岁的初中还是太年轻了！

Late last month, the Federal Court in a landmark decision, quashed a hillside development that was issued by the local authority in Penang. Federal Court judge Nallini Pathmanathan who wrote the unanimous decision, ruled that Section 22(2A) says that the development affecting hill tops or hill slopes is no longer merely an issue of local state governance, but is also a federal and national issue. What does this all mean, and how will this ruling impact other hillslope development plans around the country? We speak to Datuk Dr Gurdial Singh Nijar, an advocate and solicitor who represented the Sg Ara residents who won the case after a decade long battle, to discuss the implications of this landmark decision, and why it's a win for environmental law.

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Persuasion is the act of convincing someone to do or believe something. But what makes some people so persuasive, while others aren’t? Why do some salespeople, for example, have the ability to sell water to fish? In this episode, we discuss Robert Cialdini’s Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade.

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According to Crunchbase, more than 77,000 workers in U.S.-based tech companies have been laid off in mass job cuts so far in 2023. However, one BigTech company has managed to avoid mass layoffs so far - Apple. 

We explore this with Jack Kelly, Founder and CEO of WeCruitr, and Senior Contributing Writer for Forbes, including areas such as:

-How Apple has managed to avoid mass layoffs so far.

-Whether Elon Musk kicked started the layoff snowball in tech.

-key lessons that managers and employers can learn from this .

-Will 2023 see the end of flexible or remote work.

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Helen Appleby is a British New York-based Women’s Leadership Expert and host of “The Unwritten Rules of Women’s Leadership” podcast; she discusses the tools women can use to write their own rules, navigate their versions of success and achieve their potential.

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WeHantar is a digital startup logistics company looking to bridge ASEAN by providing solutions for businesses and individuals to move goods across the region. Where many couriers charge based on weight and size, WeHantar seeks to differentiate themselves by adopting the approach of sending anything that fits into their box, within the limit of 75kg. We speak to Ash Najwan, Co-Founder and Operations Lead of WeHantar to hear about their unique approach to the courier industry.

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On this episode of Pressing Matter, Philip See speaks to Sue Lin Wong, a correspondent from the Economist about her podcast series the Prince which chronicles the life of Xi Jin Ping and gives us a good glimpse of the machinations of China’s Communist Party

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