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‪Dr. Le Dinh Tinh shares his assessment on Vietnam's latest Q3 GDP numbers, the country's linkages to the global supply chain, and how it tends to accelerate their current vaccination programme as it lags behind regional peers.

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2021 was supposed to be the year of recovery with vaccine optimism but the Delta variant showed otherwise. Will 2022 be a repeat and disappoint or will the global economy recovery and how should we position for it? Michael Lai, Executive Director, OCBC Bank (Malaysia) tells us.

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时隔一段时间，今天我们再次找来Tokenize Exchange的CEO，洪启育先生和我们分享加密货币的最新发展。

这一次的访谈中，我们谈到了中国禁止加密货币背后的缘由。美国监管局对于成立加密货币ETF的态度，以及近几个月非常火红的加密货币游戏Axie Inifinity的运作机制。

When stress, fear or sadness weigh on us, our hearts can suffer — even break. But there are ways to mend our broken hearts. This hour, TED speakers share stories and ideas about soothing heartache.

This week, 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 songs to remember from the 1960s to the 1980s.

A lookback at the midweek Champions League including goals for Messi & Ronaldo, a big win for Liverpool in Portugal and a shock for Chelsea in Turin. Also, West Ham & Leicester in the UEL and Spurs in the UECL and a preview of Gameweek 7 in the EPL which sees Liverpool welcome man City to Anfield.

As the world deals with issues of climate crisis, the oil and gas industry has been urged to amend its business model and prioritize renewable energy. We look into how this would affect us with Petronas.

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Today marks the International Day for Older Persons, and we're bringing that into the spotlight. First up, we look into how older persons contribute to the economy. Next, we dive into how seniors can remain independent, and the kind of systems that are needed to support that. Finally, the best ways for them to care about their mental and emotional wellbeing.

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This week in Parliament, Syed Saddiq raised the issue of how much politicians earn, and all their different income sources including gratuity pay and pensions. We discuss what goes into their pay, and what needs to be reviewed.

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A new app called Lumi News Malaysia was developed recently, aimed to start people off with a good news headline daily. We explore the effects that this way of news consumption could have.

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