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去年12月连续多日的暴雨引发多州大水灾，而掌握着我国“命脉”的巴生谷，不但有无数的民众遭受冲击，作为经济重镇的地区，其防灾的能力也引发民众的诟病。当然，雪兰莪也不是唯一受创州属，霹雳、吉隆坡、彭亨、森美兰和马六甲，灾黎超过10万人和3万多户家庭，罹难人数也超过48人。此次水灾不但是全国性的灾难，更引发大家不得不自问，到底我国的预警系统出了什么问题？面对日益恶化的气候问题，我们还能自认马来西亚是没有天灾的国家吗？

这期节目，我们请来了柔佛州居銮国会议员黄书琪来和我们聊一聊到底政府防灾体系出现了什么问题?我们又能够做些什么来应对薄弱的预警系统。

With increasing raw material prices and labour shortages, Jeremy Lim, Vice-President, Persatuan Pemilik Restoran dan Bistro gives his perspective on how the F&B industry has fared in 2021 and what's in store for 2022 as the industry seeks to recover from the past 2 years. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is the biggest international trade agreement to date, covering nearly a third of the global population and about 30 percent of global GDP. The agreement officially came into force on 1 January for 10 of the 15 signatory states. However four countries have yet to ratify the agreement, namely Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar and Malaysia. What do countries stand to gain from RCEP, and conversely how might countries lose out if they’re not part of the club? We discuss the implications of RCEP for regional trade with Rajiv Biswas, Chief Economist at IHS Markit. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Dr Mahesh Appannan, Head of Data of the Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre, Ministry of Health allays our concerns about the MySJ Trace app as this voluntary tool helps us detect and exchange proximity information with another activated user.

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With our eyes set on unearthing the freshest flavors from unexpected places, we widen our scope with hand-picked musical gems from all across Asia. As we're approaching the end of the year, here are some of our favorite local releases of 2021.

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Monkey Boots - Dimensi 

Leah Navarro - Kahit 

Bad Math - 別 

South Penguin - Fancy 

Leah Dou - SUPERSONIC WONDERLAND 

Babychair - Cross The Line 

Exactesy - Till I Die

Astral Angels - PUTRA HEIGHTS #FREESTYLE (feat. Nonsenselaaa, Demoncriest, 5haf & Irys) 

Loner - Cut To The Chase

Pearl & The Oysters - Soft Science (feat. Kuo) 

Youra - RAL 9002 (feat. HEIZE)

Lust - Fields of Grey 

Fayzz - People In Cycle 

It’s been more than a year since the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077 and while the game’s fall from grace has long been documented and repeated, we wonder whether it is in a better state, after multiple hotfixes and patches meant to fix the game. The short answer: not really, but tune in to find out.

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Malaysian artist Kok Yew Puah, who passed away in 1999 at the age of 51, had his start as a printmaker in the early 1970s before leaving the art scene to run his family business. Upon his return, he began a new practice as a figurative painter and is known for producing honest, human and subjective representations of the country’s visual landscape in the late 1980s and 90s. We review this retrospective of his life and works.

Everyone's A Critic is jointly presented with CENDANA. For updates on Malaysian arts and culture, visit BASKL.  

A dad in Singapore discovered his daughter had made online transactions worth RM61, 936 to upgrade her avatar in the mobile game Genshin Impact. We look at the details of this discovery and the larger questions around microtransactions in games that this brings up.

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