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While the retail sector saw a rapid recovery since the economic reopening, most retailers are bracing for a gloomy 2023. This is after two surveys were conducted by the Small and Medium Enterprises Association (SAMENTA) on the mid-term of SMEs and retailers’ outlook for next year. SAMENTA said most respondents were far less optimistic, with two out of three retailers expect a drop in both sales value and volume in 2023. Hence, it is crucial that the new government comes into power to implement measures that can protect businesses from these short term challenges as well as address long term issues to ensure growth. For insights, we speak to Datuk William Ng, Chairman of SAMENTA.

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With the global IPO market falling off a cliff in 2022, we discuss the outlook for IPOs with Kevin Chew, Senior Executive Director, Strategy and Transaction, Ernst & Young and whether it will rise from the ashes in 2023.

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Asean markets have moved divergently with Indonesia being the best performing on a year to date basis. We ask Terence Chua, Senior Research Analyst at Philip Securities as to which markets will perform best in 2023 whilst taking a look at the recent Singapore bank results.

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Patrick Teoh takes you on another foot-stomping, hand-clapping ride down memory lane as he blows dust off his vinyl collection to bring you a selection of hits from the 60s to 80s.

Join Daryl Ong & Othniel Ting as they delve into an album of our chosen artist of the week, running you through the stories & history of the album track by track. This week, we're celebrating the 10th anniversary of Good Kid, m.A.A.d city, the sophomore release by Grammy & Pulitzer Prize winning rapper Kendrick Lamar.

Another week, another episode of A Bit of Culture, this time featuring a first timer and a returning guest. Rahmah Pauzi marks her return from a long hiatus with a confessional topic - she’s now addicted to TikTok Shopping! She finds the experience very theatrical and fascinating, bemusing Kam, who himself is still discovering TikTok. Kam then continues the conversation by asking the gang whether comedy is able to cross borders, especially if they’re a bit more localised in nature. In the second part of the show, debutant Kuah Jenhan shares his struggles of having two work brains. This comes after the full-time comedian finally landed a “job job” during the pandemic.

Serial Europa League winner Unai Emery has been appointed as the new Aston Villa manager, replacing the much maligned Steven Gerrard at Villa Park. Villa fan, Gogulan Dorairajoo shares his thoughts on their new manager and whether he'll make Aston Villa more competitive again. The pundits also look back at the midweek European matches that saw another controversial VAR decision as Harry Kane's last minute winner was cancelled, as well as Barcelona failing to get out of the group stage again in the Champions League. All these, and more, including a look ahead to the weekend's matches, here on Just For Kicks.

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The wave of change that came with GE14 came with a whole host of expectations that there would be reforms: political, institutional, the works. And when that didn't come, the move started to shift. This raises the question: do we expect too much from the electoral process? What is the true pace of reforms? We explore that in this episode of Trauma, Triggers and Traps.

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How much do you need to know about a political candidate before voting for them? And where would you go for that information? We look at MP Profiling, a new community-led app that aims to help voters get information on the people running to be MPs.

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近几年，IPO市场开始蓬勃发展，继2021年马股迎来30家新上市公司以后，今年的IPO市场继续火热，而寻求在今年完成上市活动的公司预计达37家。为了确保每一家上市公司符合标准，且保护投资者的权益，大马证券督委员会（SC）制定了IPO程序。本期节目，Lee & Poh 律师事务所管理合伙人蒲瑞莹Spring 将来和我们分享IPO的申请程序以及投资者们应该注意的事项。