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Several retail and business groups have called for individuals who have been fully vaccinated to be allowed back to work physically, without the need for a cap on those allowed on every premises. We discuss the pros and cons of the move, and if there’s a compromise for those who are not ready to go back to the office.

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It’s undeniable that the world and the skills needed to succeed in it have shifted, with this transition accelerated heavily by the pandemic. How do you keep up and continue to upskill and reskill? Juan Perellon, chief academic officer of Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, or EHL for short, discusses how the hospitality education institution prepares their students at any age or career stage, the importance of lifelong learning, and how hospitality and service skills are essential for professional development.

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Created by lawyers for lawyers, LXE is Malaysia’s first end-to-end digital platform that aims to improve communication and transparency between lawyers and their clients in the handling of litigation proceedings. We speak to the young lawyers behind the legal-tech startup about dabbling in tech, fundraising in their 20s, and their quest to digitally transform some aspects of the legal profession, for the betterment of the community at large.

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Malaysian women have long been denied the right to automatically confer citizenship to their children when they give birth overseas. A recent High Court ruling has reversed the injustice by granting mothers equal rights as fathers in these situations. We discuss the implications of this momentous decision with independent journalist and gender activist Tehmina Kaoosji.

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We speak to Alvin Tai, Bloomberg's Soft Commodities Analyst on the outlook of agriculture crops and what are the short term and long term challenges and opportunities across the region.

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The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is scheduled to officiate the opening of the 14th Parliament session later today. This will be the first session under the government led by new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Dr Hamidin Abdul Hamid, Research Fellow at Ilham Centre tells us what to expect from this session and will this MOU that is being signed by the government and PH hold?

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With a click of a button, sending money quickly is now an option and for less charges than before. We speak to one of the disruptors, WorldRemit as to how they plan to enter the Malaysian market and make a profit in this very competitive market. Ridzuan Aziz, Country Director for Malaysia and Head of ASEAN Business, tells us.

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Siti Aiysyah Tumin from Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) unpacks for us the recent SOCSO scheme for informal care workers and discusses what improvements can be made to broaden social protection coverage for those in the informal care economy.

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We speak to Gary Ng from Natixis about the recent China's private debt implosion with Huarong and Evergrande and will the Chinese Government bail out these corporates that are potentially too big to fail.

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Markets have taken a breather as delta variant crimps global growth. But one sector that remains in vogue is technology especially chip manufacturing which is facing global shortages that will last till 2022. Kingsley Jones, Chief Investment Officer, Jevons Global tells us where to put out money in this space.

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