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Deputy Health director-general Datuk Dr Chong Chee Kheong says that despite the political developments, his ministry's mission of vaccine rollout and testing is on track. We also ask him about the vaccine progress in NRP Phase 2.

Facebook and Google have just unveiled a new undersea cable project, called Apricot. This will connect Singapore, Japan, Guam, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia but Malaysia is absent. Is our cabotage policy the reason? Nabila Hussain, Policy Communications Lead at Social & Economic Research Initiative (SERI) gives us her view.

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We speak to Joel Neoh, CEO and founder of Fave, on how one of the pioneers of the Malaysian mobile wallet space navigates these difficult waters with its recent Indian expansion plans and its new BNPL product Fave Now Pay Later?

Amidst rising covid cases, parliamentary and public censure on the Prime Minister, and a weakening economy, we speak to Marcus Wong, Emerging Market Macro Strategist at Bloomberg on Thailand's grim outlook.

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VFS Group's Jack Kouzi has been buying select China tech stocks following weeks of declines due to govt regulatory clampdowns. We also ask him about Apple shares and if a correction is due.

国家银行上周发布最新数据显示，我国今年第二季GDP按年上涨16.1%，远胜市场预期。虽然当季经济受到国内需求改善和出口持续强劲的支撑。但随后我国因为疫情恶化，而退出更严格的封锁措施，导致我国经济第二季比上一季衰退了2%，整体经济增长态势依然不明朗。

同时，国家银行也下修全年经济成长目标，介于3%到4%的区间。而且随着我国接种计划不断加速进行，国行乐观预测，全部州属最快将在10月步入第三阶段的复苏计划，11月步入第四阶段的复苏计划。

对比国行乐观预测，国际市场却不看好我国经济前景。其中，国际评级机构惠誉却在近日大砍我国经济增长目标至零，震惊国内市场人士，忧虑外资恐怕将加速撤离我国，进而对疲蘼的经济局势造成雪上加霜的局面。

本期的嘉宾东姑阿都拉曼大学经济学副教授黄锦荣博士来为解读这份重磅的经济报告，并为我国未来经济展望进行点评。

With Tokyo 2020 - an Olympic Games like no other - done & dusted, we review the Malaysian contingent's performance who managed to achieve two-thirds of the medal targets with a silver and bronze. Will Paris 2024 be the year the elusive gold finally reaches our shores?

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A delightful autobiography from famed naturalist Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals is many things: whimsical comedy, lovely family story, and loving ode to the flora and fauna of Corfu, which is where Durrell's family find themselves in the 1930s. We're joined by Wong Siew Lyn, Macaranga editor, to talk about the experience of reading this book, and the beauty of the writing. And then in Footnotes, we discuss the importance of reading books and writers in the context of their time.

Often hailed as one of Denzel Washington’s finest performances - and that is a high bar - Malcolm X holds the distinction of bringing together a number of African-American cultural icons. Besides starring Washington, the 1992 film is directed by Spike Lee, and of course centres around the life and struggles of African-American activist Malcolm X. We revisit the movie, and discuss how it, in many ways, went on to define Malcolm X for a whole new generation.

We explore how the events around Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's resignation are impacting, and will be impacted by, decisions made in Sabah and Sarawak.

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