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Who do you think will be an interesting figure in GE15? That's what Hadi Azmi, Malaysian Correspondent for South China Morning Post Asia asked Twitter. We look at the responses.

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According to the Malaysian Institute of Estate Planners, only 20% of Malaysians have written a will. We speak to a lawyer about why so few of us have a will, what goes into estate planning, and some of the factors that are often overlooked in will writing.

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In conjunction with Merdeka and Malaysia Day 2022, Health & Living features healthcare heroes - individuals and organisations on a mission to make healthcare accessible to marginalised communities across Malaysia. REACH Sarawak, which stands for Rural Expeditions Assisting Community Health, is a team of mostly healthcare professionals, who volunteer their time to provide healthcare services to rural communities in northeast Sarawak who otherwise can’t easily access healthcare. One of the founders of REACH Sarawak, Dr Xavier Sim, joins us to share more about the work that his team does in the almost 20 years since they started in 2003, and why healthcare is only one of the many challenges that the communities they serve face.

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Criminal Breach of Trust or CBT is a term we’ve been hearing a lot lately, in light of various corruption charges involving high profile politicians. But what exactly is CBT and why is money laundering always mentioned in CBT-related reports? Raymon Ram who’s a certified fraud consultant and the secretary general of Transparency International - Malaysia, joins us to discuss. 

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特拉斯在胜选演说中表示，将在未来两年内兑现竞选承诺。她表示将会提出关于减税以及发展英国经济的大胆计划，并且兑现对于能源危机的承诺，处理民众的能源帐单，并且解决能源供应上面临的长期问题。但是， 金融业对特拉斯的经济政策充满质疑，甚至认为可能会为英镑带来潜在危机。 

Two refugee rights organisations - the Alliance of Chin Refugees and Beyond Borders - recently highlighted their concerns that the Immigration Department may be planning to deport 135 Myanmar nationals, a group which may include asylum seekers who would be in danger if they were to return to Myanmar. Mahi Ramakrishnan, President and Founder of Beyond Borders, joins us on the show today to discuss why deporting asylum seekers and refugees is problematic, and the obligations that Malaysia has towards this group of people. 

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Jenn, Jon and Shaleen join Ceddy on our second episode of Net Balance and Chill to sembang about emotional spending!

Watch our full video podcast on YouTube as we uncover everybody's most memorable emotional spending stories. We also get some tips from our wonderful clinical psychologist Shaleen, on what we can do to recognise and regulate our feelings, and perhaps (?) successfully stop relying on spending to feel better.

Backstory: When we reached out to Jenn, her first few words were: "I see it, I like it, I buy it" and shared a video of the sushi conveyor belt she bought on a whim. ????

What does emotional spending look like to you? Tell us.

What is the metaverse? To many of us, it’s a virtual universe in which we can shop, play games, or even work. To big tech companies and businesses, it is a market of untapped potential that everyone is jumping into. It’s also been called the next iteration of the internet which will change the web as we know it. We speak to Khalid Gibran, Co-founder and CEO of Meta Universe to learn more about the metaverse and how it is being positioned to change the way we work in the future.

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According to Adyen’s 2022 Retail Report, Malaysian consumers are amongst the most discerning in the world. We have a taste for technology, and we want a big bang in our shopping experiences. So what does this mean for retailers? What kind of experiences do they have to create to engage and retain customers moving forward? Priyanka Gargav from Adyen gives us the deets.

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YesHello is a software that built for the SMEs, benefits the employees and customers with a shared team inbox and manage all Customer Service and Sales WhatsApp conversations in one place without using regular Whatsapp on personal phones, hence the SMEs are not missing any business opportunities. We speak to Carliff Rizal Carleel, the brainchild behind the solution.

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