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Today's discussion on Twitter revolves around ministers being on time for events, or rather the lack of this happening. We get into it.

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"Extreme creator" Angela Nikolau and her partner have caught flak for illegally climbing the Merdeka 118 tower. Was it a harmless stunt or are there larger questions around security and the wanton pursuit of social media attention? We explore.

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英国哈利王子的回忆录Spare，将于1月10日出版，未问世就引起轰动。有英国媒体抢先取得回忆录的副本，哈利在书中爆料哥哥威廉王子对他动粗，原因与他的妻子梅根（Meghan Markle）有关。CNN皇室特派记者佛斯特表示说不懂哈利为什么想把这些事情公诸于世，这位皇室特派记者也批评哈利的行为是很“笨拙”的。

Malaysia is losing our doctors. It’s a fact that we’ve known for years, as we’ve seen and heard stories of doctors leaving the public healthcare system not just for the private sector, but moving abroad as well. What is driving this and what toll is it taking on our healthcare system? Consultant urologist Dr George Lee is joined by Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman, infectious diseases expert and former dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, and Dr Khoo Yoong Khean, scientific officer at the Duke-NUS Centre for Outbreak Preparedness in Singapore, to shed more light on this matter.

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美联储最近发布会议纪要指出，今年还是会继续升息下去，而还要维持高利率一段时间，加上美国经济衰退脚步声也是越来越逼近，在这样不利的大环境底下，投资者到底还要怎么投资呢？域锋环球董事林卓锋将在节目中展望今年市场中值得关注的事情，并分析在高利率环境底下，投资者的资产该如何做适当的配置。

Shahar “Shaq” Koyok is an artist from the Temuan Orang Asli tribe of Selangor. An activist as well, Shaq has long been combining art and activism to shine an often missing light on Orang Asli culture and traditions, but also to speak up about the struggles and challenges faced by the various OA communities, here in Malaysia. Shaq joins us to share more about his passion for art and activism, and why he believes that his artworks are an important medium of activism for the Orang Asli community.

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With China facing a new outbreak following the end of its zero COVID policy last month, many countries are concerned that this could see the beginning of a new global wave. So what is Malaysia doing to keep an eye on the COVID-19 situation globally, but more importantly, locally as well? We get a quick update from Dr Tan Seok Hong, Public Health Medicine Specialist, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia.

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"Her Story" and "His Story" are a collection of twenty insightful monologues, described as being colourful, surreal, humorous, and deeply introspective, and which will be staged in two instalments, over January and February this year. We find out more about the productions from playwright, director and columnist Fa Abdul, who started it all as an online playwriting project during the height of the pandemic, and who is now directing a cast of revolving actors who will take the monologues from page to stage.

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Encounter: Anime - Echoes from the ACG World is a brand new music show which marks AOrchestra's debut concert, and features an ensemble of 100 musicians, 10 soloists and three conductors, who are set to bring the audience on an aural journey across vast fictional realities. With a repertoire comprising soundtracks from a dozen popular anime works such as Genshin Impact, Demon Slayer and Violet Evergarden, the orchestra will entertain listeners with 20 songs during the concert. We find out what's in store from Alvin Ong, the producer of the concert, and founder of AOrchestra.

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According to a recent ECA International research, while we deal with the rising cost of living - our soy sauce, fuel, rice and cooking oil, Malaysia is in fact one of the cheaper places for expatriates to work at. We speak to Lee Quane, Regional Director for Asia at ECA International to understand more about being a relatively cheaper country to work in and what this means to our country.

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