We ask Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Norma Mansor, Director of Social Wellbeing Research Centre of Universiti Malaya on how labour markets will be transformed  as we contend with an ageing workforce with little social protection and debate how to cater for the needs of this new group of older workers.

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Angeline Tan, Researcher in the Foreign Policy and Security Studies at ISIS gives us a good insight on how President Xi Jin Ping's plans to cement his legacy and how this plenum will chart social policies and intra-party plans.

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US equity markets hit new highs again but will this rally continue with inflationary pressures? Michael Lai, Executive Director of OCBC Bank Malaysia tells us what other headwinds equity markets will face even in this region.

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With our eyes set on unearthing the freshest flavours from unexpected places, we widen our scope with hand-picked musical gems from all across Asia. Joining us this week is Nur Wahidah, vocalist and songwriter for Singaporean band Subsonic Eye. We find out more details about writing in Malay for the first time, the joy of playing live shows, recording vocals at home and more.

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wave to earth - surf.

Faye Webster - Overslept (feat. Mei Ehara)

LUST - Hedonist

Subsonic Eye - Fruitcake

Subsonic Eye Interview

Subsonic Eye - Dijangka

Mondo Gascaro - Dan Bila..

Alien Lipstick Fire - 8-bit Sadness

Matahara - Alas, Alas

Deca Joins - 黑暗之中閉上眼

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

A weekend that sees the end of the road for Dean Smith at Aston Villa & Daniel Farke at Norwich City. Manchester is blue as City breeze through the derby. Arsenal move into the Top 6 whilst Conte draws a blank with Spurs at Everton. West Ham hand Liverpool their 1st defeat of the season. A lookback at Gameweek 11.

This digital performance is a collaboration between two Malaysian dancers - Sooraj Subramaniam who is based in Belgium, and January Low based in Kuala Lumpur. It has its beginnings in the global lockdown, as an effort to overcome distance and separation, and results in a work that depicts the connections that are possible through technology - and the relationship they’ve created through the classical Indian dance form of odissi. We review the performance, and discuss the possibilities of collaborative work.

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

In this week’s episode, we sit down and ponder about how grinding in video games has changed slightly and whether we will still see the old-school grinding persevering in the future, especially in RPG and offline games.

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The nominations for the Melaka state elections came in today, and it looks like it’s going to be a three-cornered fight at least, all round. We unpack the political dynamics ahead of the polls.

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Tonight, we dive into the ongoing COP26 - first, what big decisions have been made so far, and why are activists saying it’s simply not enough? Secondly, we examine whether there’s still value in these sorts of diplomatic conferences. Lastly, the voice of youth activists has been loud and clear - we look at what they’re calling for.

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We break down the trending hashtags of the day. In today's segment, we discuss the situation surrounding the #SaveNagaenthran campaign, which was sparked by the fast approaching execution date of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam in Singapore.

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