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Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan, Executive Director, Malaysian Employers Federation sheds some light on the implementation of PIKAS (Public-Private Partnership Covid-19 Industry Immunisation Programme) from the employers’ perspective which enables employees of key economic sectors to be prioritised for vaccination. PIKAS will start tomorrow, 16th June.

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Dr James Dorsey, James Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies & the Middle East Institute discusses the implications of Benjamin Netanyahu being ousted as Prime Minister of Israel and what to expect from his successors, Naftali Bennet and Yair Lapid from Yamina and Yesh Atid parties respectively.

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As the S&P 500 hit another record high on the back of a boost in tech, Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist with the US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management, doesn't think its time to move on from cyclical. He also gets into his expectations of the Fed's talking about tapering, inflation, and US CPI, as well as his outlook on Europe.

马来西亚再次进入全面MCO，公司和产业再次停止运作，很多企业老板就趁着这个机会来学习，为自己和企业增值。当然现在市面上也有很多企业课程，因应疫情也有很多网课的开设。但是是否身为老板的你选择的课程是适合你的呢？今天我们邀请到我们开门见商的的其中一位嘉宾主持-颜生建博士，和我们针对企业加的进修的方向和趋势。 

颜生建博士累积了超过二十年的企业管理实战经验，曾经是马来西亚著名上市集团子公司的CEO，也是国际认证的CEO (澳洲The CEO Institute) ,三家欧洲大学及商学院客座教授以及马来西亚人力资源部认证培训师，常年在大马与中国授课、提供培训及战略咨询。

颜生建2015年创立创世纪商学院，颜生建博士曾经是本地著名上市集团子公司的CEO，出于对教育的热诚与使命，他毅然地放下上市公司CEO的光环，投身企业管理教育领域，因为他相信教育能改变世界、增值生命！随着时间发展，创世纪商学院的课程已经帮助了来自全球不同地区的企业家与专业经理。

With our eyes set on unearthing the freshest flavours from unexpected places, we widen our scope with hand-picked musical gems from all across Asia. This week, we are joined by Kuo – guitarist and vocalist for Taiwanese jazz synth pop outfit Sunset Rollercoaster. We learn more about his guitar preferences, importance of getting a good sound guy and the writing process of their latest release 'Soft Storm'.
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問題總部 (It’s Your Fault) - 心臟痛

椅子乐团 (The Chairs) - 巴黎德州

Sunset Rollercoaster - Overlove

Sunset Rollercoaster - 小薇

Sunset Rollercoaster Interview

Sunset Rollercoaster - Under The Skin

Hyukoh - Help (Sunset Rollercoaster Remake)

緩緩 - 夢露

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In collaboration with Taiwan Asean Music Action (TAMA), an initiative by The Ministry of Culture of Taiwan and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia. Head to www.taiwanaseanmusicaction.com for more information.    

We sat down with Jonathan Leo from Kakuchopurei.com to summarise some of the announcements made at the Summer Game Fest 2021 and E3 2021 last week. From the long-awaited gameplay reveal of Elden Ring, to Starfield’s release date and Square Enix’s Guardians of the Galaxy game.

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Into Day 4 of the rescheduled EURO 2020. The guys lookback at 3 days of action and excitement including that opening ceremony, Italy playing slik football against the Turks, Wales getting a point againt the Swiss, all the emotion from the Denmark v Finland tie, Belgium roaring into action, England and their new midfield diamond, Austria, Holland plus a preview of the midweek action.

The title really says it all - this virtual play is a dark comedy where Seth, a guy with an axe, breaks into a family home during prom night, where teenager Nancy is stressing about the “most important night of her life”. To add to the complication, there’s Nancy’s mother Cherie and their obnoxious neighbour Edgar. We review the play and discuss whether its merging of horror and comedy hits the spot.

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Leaders from the G7 nations met last weekend in England, and discussed economic and international policies on matters like Covid vaccines, taxes on multinational corporations, and climate change action. We go through some of the key developments from the meeting.

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The newly announced Phase 4 of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme will see employers in critical sectors applying for their workers to get vaccinated, starting June 16th. We look at how this impacts the vaccine rollout for groups prioritised in earlier phases. Then, we find out how SMEs are feeling about this, and the costs it will involve.

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