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A meet up between our current Youth and Sports minister Hannah Yeoh and Khairy Jamaluddin, who formerly held this position, is getting some attention from the Twitterverse. We dive into it.

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日本维持了近10年的大规模宽松货币政策，在12月20日的日本央行年度最后一次货币政策会议出现了变化。日本央行将过去0.25%左右的长期利率变动容许幅度上调到0.5%，等同于升息，引发全球风险资产跳水，美元兑日元一度大挫3%。

日本紧缩政策出现拐点，对欧美市场的影响多大？访谈来宾如何看待这轮修正对日本通胀降温、提升景气所能带来的效益？

The holidays are here, and lots of us have made plans to travel and spend time with our family. However, reports of heavy rain and flooding continue to come in nationwide. We discuss how to plan and stay safe during this time.

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One the world's best loved musicals - The Sound of Music - is set to be staged in Kuala Lumpur, featuring a cast of local and international performers. We speak to Chantal Prudhomme, the Group Chief Executive Officer of Tremendous Entertainment, about what's in store for this brand new international production, coming to us from Broadway.

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The Dancebox series is an ongoing project that has been run in partnership by MyDance Alliance and The Actors Studio since 2001. This informal performance platform presents short works of Malaysian dance in a variety of genres, and by both established and emerging choreographers. This December 2022 edition of Dancebox promises eight short dance works that range from the humorous to the dramatic, promising physical feats to romantic moods. We find out more from the show's producer, Bilqis Hijjas, and one of the featured choreographers, Mohd Nuriqram Bin Azhar.

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中国放松防疫管制截至20日，官方公布死亡人数只有个位数。全国各地仪馆却出现冷冻柜不够、火化来不及等情况，不少没有就医在家中病故死亡的患者，家属更被迫只能自己用棉被包裹送到殡仪馆。医院内更传出医护确诊，却仍被要求继续照顾病患，医疗体系濒临崩溃。而民众接种追加剂的意愿低，多半宁可自购药物因应，也让感冒药缺货，有海外代购业者就趁机加价赚取暴利。美国和德国纷纷表示愿意提供疫苗，但是都被北京拒绝。 

The Morning Run crew condenses the top conversations from the week, and keeps you clued in on the stories you might have missed. In this episode, we discuss the World Cup finale and impact for the host country Qatar; President Volodomyr Zelenky's first trip overseas to Washington D.C.; the Batang Kali landslide tragedy; and crucial Parliamentary proceedings.

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The FBM KLCI Index has been range bound over the past few weeks and is unable to break the psychological barrier of 1500. This is in spite of a new government in place and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim winning the confidence vote in parliament. What does 2023 hold for the Malaysian equity market and what sectors and stocks will be in focus? For answers, we speak to Tushar Mohata, Head of Equity Research at Nomura Malaysia.

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Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Anwar Ibrahim is considering scrapping the National Centre for Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption (GIACC), the overseer of the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) that was launched in 2019. Would the government’s anti-corruption efforts be hindered by the abolishment of this agency or can existing agencies fill the vacuum? Cynthia Gabriel, Executive Director of the C4 weighs in.

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It has been more than 1 year since the floods that affected eight states across the peninsula, and left 55 dead. The Disaster Risk Reduction Team from the Netherlands shares expertise with governments in order to find the best possible solution to tackle urgent water issues. Marco Hartman and his team recently submitted the final flood mitigation report to the Ministry of Environment and Water and shares with us the urgent steps needed.