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As part of our 64th Merdeka Day celebrations, we’re taking a look this week at Malaysia: The Next Chapter - companies and people who exemplify the potential in Malaysia’s future. Kien Fatt Medical Store has been dispensing Chinese herbs in Petaling Street for nearly 80 years. The father and daughter duo, Ng Chee Yat & Vanessa Ng, discuss their takeover from Mr Ng’s father, their journey thus far, and how they plan on adapting with times to come.

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In conjunction with our country’s independence, Datin Mazrina, Vice President of the Malaysian Institute of Planners and Imran Clyde, Director of City Expo Malaysia help us understand the challenges and opportunities the pandemic presents in designing the cities of the future.

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Singapore’s GDP projection has been adjusted upwards to 6.6% this year as analysts are banking on reopening borders to international travel, and the effective containment of the Covid-19 outbreak. Geoff Howie, Market Strategist at the Singapore Exchange tells us what sectors might benefit.

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Newly minted Minister of Health, Khairy Jamaluddin held his first press conference where he outlined a number of things his ministry will be carrying out. Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO of Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy gives us his views on these initiatives.

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The United Nations projects that 70% of the world’s population will reside in urban settlements by the year 2050. Additionally, the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have underscored the need for sustainable urbanization if cities are to remain thriving centers of growth. We discuss with Dato’ Sri Paduka Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat how cities can be designed to better withstand crises, as well as lessons learned in urban planning from the pandemic.

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As Malaysia's turns 64, we ask if GLCs and GLICs still have a role to play in Malaysia's economy. Dato' Rauf Rashid, Managing Partner at Ernst & Young Malaysia tells us how and why.

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Angeline Tan, researcher for ISIS Malaysia, helps us understand President Xi Jin Ping's Common Prosperity agenda and what it means to China's broader society and economy as children from primary school age will begin learning “Xi Jinping Thought” as part of the national education syllabus.

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China’s Manufacturing PMI figures for August hint that economic growth might be slowing down on the Mainland. We ask Carlos Casanova, Senior Economist at UBP, why.

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As a country with a melting pot of cultures and influences, Malaysia has always grappled with its identity. This bleeds into architecture too, where a lot of experts are still struggling to define what Malaysian architecture is. In this episode, we retrace the history of our architecture and how it has evolved over time, and whether progress has gotten us closer to finding the answer to that very pertinent question.

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Dramedies are a truly unique bunch. These films and TV shows sit in the narrow space between drama and comedy, with many of them serving as cult classics and fan favourites. On this Supercut, we discuss how dramedies strike that fine balance between genres, the directors that have perfected the art of making them both hilarious and poignant, as well our favourite films and TV shows in this fairly niche category.