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思乡的情谊；创业的灵感，从生活中观察到市场的供需关系，是创业至关重要的元素。不过，罕见且特别的供应，未必能够收获蜂拥而至的需求。所以，在基于当地人文风情、生活习性而会产生不同的餐饮业，就需要有因应当地市场的经营之道。本期节目，疫情期间思乡情切的嘉宾，将会跟我们说一个在狮城经营「巴生肉骨茶」的故事。

KPMG’s biennial Survey of Sustainability Reporting 2022 provides analysis of the sustainability and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) reports from 5,800 companies across 58 countries and jurisdictions including Malaysia. Is it an adequate benchmark of a company's ESG reporting and disclosure? Or are there still gaps that make consistent, comparable and reliable sustainability disclosure distorted? For insights, we speak to Phang Oy Cheng, KPMG's Head of Sustainability Advisory.

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How can the Federal Territories be better managed? We discuss the decision to park the Federal Territories portfolio under the Prime Minister’s Department with Koh Cha-Ly, CEO of Urbanmetry and whether DBKL can shift from being an effective execution entity to a more strategic policy setting.

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Despite hopes that 2022 would see the global economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, the year threw a curveball with the outbreak of the Ukraine as well as the prolonged closure of China's borders, among others. We revisit discussions on how these events have impacted the Malaysian and global economy at different stages of the year.

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The technology heavy Nasdaq index is down 34% year-to-date, trading at close to year lows. Even Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management has lost almost $50 billion in assets from its stable of exchange traded funds since its 2021 peak. With the market expecting interest rates to peak in the US in 1Q23 with a Fed Funds rate of just above 5%, does this mean that the worst is behind us and funds could start to flow into the sector in 2023? For insights, we speak to Dan Ives, Managing Director of Wedbush Securities.

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2022 began on a high note for China with the successful hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, despite the strict zero-Covid policy in place. In contrast, as the year comes to a close, China is going through a rocky period following the loosening of pandemic restrictions this month; as a result Covid-19 infections are skyrocketing and impacting economic productivity. How will President Xi Jinping navigate these challenges and more in the year to come? Dr. Pradeep Taneja of the University of Melbourne weighs in.

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How aggressive will the Fed be in 2023 in light of an impending recession and will Asian Central Banks be able to decouple or will it have to resort to being price takers? China has further eased its Covid-19 restrictions by scrapping quarantine for inbound travellers. But will this be met by higher infections and has this been somewhat priced in by markets. For answers, we speak to Vishnu Varathan, Head of Economics & Strategy, Mizuho Bank.

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原文报道： 第15届全国大选经过一番纷纷扰扰后终于落下帷幕，内阁部长们也开始打卡上班了。

但过去的1个月，却让我们看到不少尴尬与扭曲，由于之前大选成绩出炉后，各大阵营皆无法取得过半席位来单独执政，许多当初为了推翻国阵政权而把票投给希盟的选民，突然得面对两阵营结合的现实。

同样的情况也发生在国阵支持者身上，他们得自我催眠，努力漂白希盟领袖过去在他们认知中的形象。这样的情况更在内阁名单宣布后，出现另一个新局面。只是，我们可能没意识到，在这个“政治联姻”过程中，社会正出现微妙变化……

报道原文：

政治联姻激起万般情绪

打破幻想理智监督 选民重新认识选举

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 hits from the 60s to 80s.

Join Othniel Ting & Daryl Ong as they delve into an album of our chosen artist of the week, running you through the stories & history of the album track by track. Rounding off the year with The Weeknd's 5th studio album, Dawn FM, one of our favorite albums of 2022.