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Dr. Oh Ei Sun, Principal Adviser, Pacific Research Centre gives us a run down of the political crisis taking place in Sabah after a majority of BN assemblymen led by Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar, withdrew support from Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor on Friday.

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History, geopolitics, chip war and the semiconductor industry. In the current world we live in, power be it military, economic and geopolitics is built on the essence of computer chips. The US has maintained its lead as a superpower due to its domination in advanced computer chips but this is in danger of slipping now. In early October, the US also announced a ban on the sale of high-end semiconductor chips to China. What does all this mean for the worldwide semiconductor industry? We speak to Chris Miller, economic historian and author of the book Chips War - The fight for the world's most critical technology. The book has won the Financial Times Business Book of the year.

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With inflation increasing by 4% year-on-year and food inflation continuing to be the main driver in November, we ask Firdaos Rosli, Chief Economist, Bank Islam Malaysia on the likely response by BNM and how will this impact the lower income group and ailing businesses.

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After three long years, checkpoints at the Hong Kong China border reopened yesterday. Businesses and residents are breathing a sigh of relief as the cost of separation has been huge. Natixis SA, an Investment Bank estimates Hong Kong’s economy lost $27 billion in potential growth. We speak to their economist, Gary Ng for an outlook.

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America's employers added a solid 223,000 jobs in December. Although it was a decent gain, it was the lowest monthly increase in two years. Does this mean the job market has begun to cool off and what does this mean for terminal Feds Fund Rate? Also, what does a China reopening mean for the Australian dollar and its currency? For insights, we speak to Clifford Bennett, Chief Economist, ACY Securities.

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Patrick Teoh takes you on another foot-stomping, hand-clapping ride down memory lane as he blows dust off his vinyl collection to bring you a selection of hits from the 60s to 80s.

Join Othniel Ting & Daryl Ong as they delve into an album of our chosen artist of the week, running you through the stories & history of the album track by track. This week, we celebrate New York rock band Vampire Weekend's 2nd release 'Contra', an album that dropped 13 years ago this month.

We kick off our first episode of A Bit of Culture in 2023 with Ong Kar Jin and Julian Yap joining Kam Raslan on the show. Together, they talk about mechanical keyboards (Kar Jin’s current obsession) and the rise of maker culture, things that Kam discovered about our society when he broke his ankle, and the owning of actual, physical things, after HBO recently decided to remove some shows from their streaming platform. It’s a conversation that you don’t want to miss.

No, we're not trying to sensationalise Everton's recent fortunes, but after they were humbled by high-flying Brighton at Goodison Park 1-4, we can't help but ask that question and look at whether they will genuinely be in trouble. Elsewhere, Man City closed the gap with a deserved 1-0 win against meek Chelsea, while Spurs recovered from their home defeat against Aston Villa to win away from home against Patrick Viera's Crystal Palace. We dissect these matches, and look forward to the weekend's actions, including Harimau Malaya's semi final first leg tie against Thailand in the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup, only on Just For Kicks!

We continue our mini-series on our 2023 resolutions for ministries with a focus on the Ministry of Communications and Digital. First, we’ll be discussing the digital aspects, in terms of infrastructure, security and access. And then after that, what should the focus be for the media, and media freedoms?

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