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Prime Minister Ismail Sabri announced the new cabinet, scheduled to be sworn in next Monday. We look at what we can glean about political alliances.

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The 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, has just announced his new Cabinet, with YB Khairy Jamaluddin as the Minister of Health. While there is no news about a Coordinating Minister for Vaccination (a post previously held by YB Khairy), the portfolio of Science, Technology and Innovation has gone to former Health Minister Dato’ Sri Dr Adham Baba. We look at these appointments, and explore what it could indicate for Malaysia’s management of the pandemic, which is at its worst point since it began, with Dr George Lee, consultant urologist, Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, CEO of Seri, and Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO  of Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy.

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Nalini Elumalai is an activist who has been fighting tirelessly for about 15 years. If you’ve not heard of Nalini, she’s a relentless and fearless human rights defender, someone who’s there at almost every single progressive rally and protest. Whenever activists/journalists get hauled in by the authorities, Nalini is always there until every single one of them is released. 

Today, Nalini joins us to discuss her journey in activism -- including her experience organising the ISA rallies -- and her hopes for the future.

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We're continuing our collaboration with the Freedom Film Network, and featuring their past films, which are being specially curated and re-released under the “Weekend Watch with FreedomFilmFest' banner, on their Youtube channel. With Merdeka around the corner, this weekend's playlist will feature stories about independence, and one of the featured films is 2012's The Silent Riot by Nadira Ilana, which gives us a rare insight into riots that erupted in March 1986 in Kota Kinabalu, Tawau and Sandakan in Sabah, following a turbulent state election the previous year.. Nadira joins us to share more.

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When the pandemic made it necessary for large groups of employees to work from home, it became clear that culture isn't tied to an office. Organisations found that culture not only kept a sense of community in the virtual workplace alive, but has also made a difference between companies surviving or thriving. We explore some of the findings from PwCs Global Culture Study 2021.

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Although the travel and aviation industry has been severely impacted by the pandemic, stakeholders within the sphere are confident that the industry will bounce back when the time comes.

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One of the first signs of what to expect from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri as the leader of Malaysia was his cabinet appointment. Finally, when all was revealed, the PM set out KPIs for the first 100 days of this new cabinet with 3 broad principles.

And it was mainly an announcement of familiar names with many retaining their old posts although there were some changes.

*CORRECTION: There are 5 female ministers in the new cabinet, namely Women, Family and Community Affairs Minister Rina Harun, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Nancy Shukri, Higher Education Minister Noraini Ahmad and National Unity Minister Halimah Sadique.

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With the long hold on the travel industry, the industry has been adapting in order to survive. GoQuo is a platform that helps airlines manage their flight tickets and create dynamic travel bundles. We speak to Ron Ramanan, CEO and Founder to find out how they are adapting and their journey ahead.

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On today's property show, with the last Friday of the month we have the Property Legal Clinic. Philip See speaks to lawyer, Chris Tan of Chur Associates on some of your property problems, like Liquidated Ascertained Damages.

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Lim Guan Eng, Secretary-General of DAP discusses his proposed bipartisan National Economic Turnaround Plan to assist distressed Malaysians and businesses, and under what circumstances would he withdraw support for Budget 2022.

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