With the change of Prime Minister and government, how will foreign investors react to this news? Vishnu Varathan, Head of Economics & Strategy, at Mizuho Bank explains that its early days yet while the recent correction on the Ringgit and markets was a combination of both uncertainty which investors dislike and the impact of the Covid 19. We also asked whether Bank Negara Malaysia was likely to cut the overnight policy rate which he says remains uncertain at this juncture as the regulators would want to wait to see if the stimulus package would be effective to counter any effects of a slowdown.

It's the first official day under a Perikatan Nasional government, and many are still reeling from the mid-term transition of power which has been unprecedented in Malaysian politics. To help us understand what led us here, the make-up of the current government, and what lies ahead, on the Breakfast Grille we speak to Jahabar Sadiq, founder of the Malaysian Insight, and Professor Dr. Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi, social commentator and Professor of Architecture at UCSI University.

MTEM believes that there hasn't been enough policies to help the B40. A needs-based policy can also fulfill the bumiputera agenda by sheer numbers

With the death toll from Covid 19 climbing above 3000 while 65 countries reporting infections, will the global economy tip into a recession? We speak to Waqas Adenwala, Asia Analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit to find out the impact this global epidemic will have on supply chains and which countries have responded best to the situation.

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has been sworn in as Malaysia's 8th Prime Minister, following a tumultuous weekend in politics. We spoke to Sabrina Magdalene, of the BFM News team, to help us make sense of all the events yesterday, leading up to the new Prime Minister's first official day in office today.

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With a new government coming into power under Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, there are concerns that tabled media reforms could be undone. As part of the pro-tem committee set up to finalize the framework of the Malaysian Media Council last January, Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Assistant Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, shares her perspective on how the ongoing political developments could affect the media.

Weeks of political upheaval have resulted in Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin being sworn in as the eighth Prime Minister. James Chai, Head of Commercial and Research at INVOKE Solutions, joins us in discussing the political blows that Malaysia has taken. He also analyzes the battle of allegiances between Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the possibility of the formation of new state governments.

Looking back to GE14, Pulang Mengundi was one of the organizations who galvanized Malaysians to help one another travel back to their hometowns to vote. Timothy Teoh, Founding Member of the Pulang Mengundi Movement, shares his thoughts on the current political developments. Timothy speaks about his experience of GE14 and the disappointment of the rakyat at the current political situation, but remains hopeful that the rakyat will be able to win in the future.

Weeks of political upheaval have resulted in Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin being sworn in as the eighth Prime Minister. To get some views from the civil society sector, Ivy Josiah, women’s rights activist, joins us to discuss the political developments of the past week.