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For many of us, it’s hard to say NO especially in the workplace environment. While the pandemic has liberalised work culture by allowing WFH or remote working, it has also blurred boundaries between personal life and work. So how do we get back some semblance of control in all this? How can we benefit from setting up work boundaries? We speak to Sheila Singam, Managing Partner at Human Equation to understand the importance of having boundaries and how they can be set up effectively.

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100-year-old livers, contact lens build-up and mind-reading AI meet a 50,000 year-old bison and social and SFX generating neural nets.

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Education should be affordable and accessible to anyone, anywhere. ReSkills is a platform that connects students and educators via interactive online courses. They seek to address rising education costs, preparing the youth with the right skill sets, and also the disruption of offline education due to the pandemic. Jin Tan, founder and CEO of ReSkills, joins us to discuss their efforts in making education accessible to all. 

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This week on WTF, we focus on GE 15 dates, the candidate list and whether prisoners can campaign during elections. We also look at interesting business news that included the results and restructuring of Goldman Sachs, and why you might not be able to share your Netflix password in the future.

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The Impact Challenge Prize recognises digital and innovative solutions based on Islamic finance principles, that aim to improve the economic and social resilience of financially impacted communities worldwide. Find out more as we speak to Impact Challenge Prize recipient, Sara Dhewanto, Founder of duithape on how she started her business and her journey thus far. For more information, visit theroyalaward.com

With the date for GE15 set for 19th November, how will coalitions strategize to win the hearts and minds of voters? Dr Bridget Welsh, Honorary Research Associate at the University of Nottingham Malaysia gives a preview of the themes and narratives that could take centre stage.

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Malaysia’s 15th General Election will be held on Nov 19th, 2022, and political parties are ramping up their preparations. DAP Youth Chief and Pakatan Harapan Youth Chairman, Dr Kelvin Yii, shares his insights into how the coalition plans to face the upcoming national polls after striking out four times in state elections for Sabah, Johor, Malacca and Sarawak.

MAVCOM is inviting public feedback for amendments to improve the Malaysian Aviation Consumer Protection Code, which was introduced back in 2016. What should be included to better protect consumer rights? Baskaran Sithamparam of the National Consumer Complaints Centre weighs in.

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A-share Chinese stocks listed in New York and Hong Kong are at all-time lows amid concerns over the economy, the continuation of the zero-Covid policy and common prosperity theme. This coincides with China’s ruling Communist Party Congress where Xi Jinping is expected to continue a third term. Should investors start nibbling China equities or is there no near term visible catalysts? For answers, we speak to John Lau, Portfolio Manager, Affin Hwang Asset Management.

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Another down day for US Equities while Treasury Yields are at the highest level since the Global Financial Crisis. What spooked markets? Tim Mulholland, President of TJM Limited in Chicago tell us whilst giving us the best investment strategy to adopt.

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