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We ask Tim Mulholland on the gyrations on markets and what it means for USD and commodities following the Fed's more hawkish tone and get his perspective on the surprise decision by the Bank of England. Image credit: Unsplash.com

Banks have announced that the RM1 fee for interbank ATM withdrawals will be reinstated in February next year, but Opposition MPs say this isn’t the right time. We look into this.

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A recent viral video claimed that some hospital staff prevent unmarried women from getting pap smears. We unpack this by asking: are medical staff making it difficult for women to access sexual and reproductive health services? First, we speak to an OBGYN to understand where this attitude comes from. Then, we speak to a sex educator about the impact of discrimination on women’s health.

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This month’s open clinic segment features audiologist Ngiow Jen Sen to answer all your questions about hearing and its related problems.

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At long last, The lowering of voting age from 21 to 18 and automatic voter registration has been gazetted and was officially implemented yesterday, December 15th. This means that the upcoming Sarawak State Elections will be the last time Malaysian youths aged 18-21 will miss out on. 

Today, we catch up with Qyira Yusri, Co-Founder of UNDI 18 to discuss how she’s feeling after tirelessly pushing for this for 5 years, and also what this could mean for the future of our political landscape. But before that, we revisit a conversation we had with the two co-founders of UNDI 18, Qyira and Tharma Pillai, back in April, on how they started this movement 5 years ago while they were still students in the US.

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We squeeze in one more episode of Law & Behold this year, a series meant to arm Malaysians with constitutional literacy, and done in collaboration with The Malaysian Bar, the University of Malaya's Faculty of Law and the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR). In this episode, we do a recap of important court decisions in 2021, discussing cases involving gender issues in relation to citizenship, media freedom and protection of human rights defenders, and also freedom of religion, while also reflecting on the state of human rights in Malaysia. Joining us to do this are Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Hj Shad Saleem Faruqi (Holder of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Chair, at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya), Firdaus Husni (Chief Human Rights Strategist, Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR) and Kee Hui Yee (lawyer, Kanesalingam & Co).

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Daniel Wong, Analyst at Hong Leong Investment Bank shares the 2022 outlook of the automotive sector and whether government goodies will help the industry that was badly hampered by the pandemic. Image credit: Pixelbay.com

Founded in 2014, Ally Logistic Property is Taiwan’s first and largest institutional logistic property developer and is setting up their first SEA logistic park in Malaysia. We speak to Charlie Chang, CEO about their business model, competition as well as their investment worth US$ 1 billion in Malaysia.

Thomas Daniel, Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Security Studies Programme, ISIS Malaysia shares whether the recent short trip by the US Secretary of State will elevate US-Malaysia's relations moving forward. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Electric vehicles are poised to become mainstream amid a global push towards electrification and green energy. EVs currently make up just 3% of total vehicles, but this is estimated to grow to 10% in 5 years. The anticipated surge in consumer demand has seen electric vehicle makers become investor darlings. We discuss the factors driving the bullishness in EVs with Daniel Ives of Wedbush Securities. Image credit: EPA-EFE