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Yesterday, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong unveiled the plan to contain Covid-19 and support the economy. Selena Ling, Chief Economist at OCBC discusses the economic impact as well as how realistic the plan is to ease restrictions from 14th June, and that every adult resident could be vaccinated by 9th August, National Day.

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On today's world market watch The Morning Run speaks to Song Seng Wun, economist with CIMB Private Banking, about Asian markets decoupling from the US, Pemerkasa+ , and The People’s Bank of China's decision to direct banks to hold 7% of their foreign exchange, and OPEC+ meeting expectations.

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. Indonesian singer-songwriter Rifan Kalbuadi joins us to share details about his latest single 'Depakote', the joys of reverb, and the yet to be named forthcoming EP. We also caught up with local indie pop artist, NYK, to find out more about using voice memos as a journal, tapping into the chinese market, and exploring new sounds with his latest single 'On Me'.
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Walk The Waves - Running Around You (feat. John Waugh)
Rifan Kalbuadi Interview
Rifan Kalbuadi - Depakote
Nakalness - SSLIDEE (Prod by. Aali3.gp)
RAPKEYS - LCW (Prod. By Franco.$)
Park Hye Jin 박혜진 - 'Y DON’T U (feat. Clams Casino & Take A Daytrip)
NYK Interview
NYK - On Me 

It's all eyes on Pep Guardiola as the guys tell you where the Champions League was won and lost. How will City strengthen in the summer? Also, Brentford finally win a playoff final to join the Premier League. How and where will Thomas Frank's bees need to strengthen for next season? There is a lookback at Malaysia's recent dfeat to Bahrain as they guys give their thoughts on the upcoming tie against UAE.

The folks at Shakespeare Demystified have been presenting the Bard’s works for years, specifically with the aim of making the plays more accessible to a wider audience. Their latest “staging” takes on an additional challenge: being presented in real-time virtually. We review the Zoom iteration of Shakespeare’s tragedy, which tells the tale of a king who decides to step down from his throne and divide his kingdom between his three daughters.

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On Friday, the Federal Court dismissed an appeal by an 11-year-old boy to obtain Malaysian citizenship, saying that he was "illegitimate" at his time of birth. He was born to a Malaysian father and a Filipino mother. We examine the verdict and talk about whether our citizenship laws need to be changed to better protect the rights of children.

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On the eve of the full nationwide lockdown, we focus on MCO 3.0 - the final version. First, we look at what this means for businesses, and the hard decisions that need to be made when it comes to cash flow and staying open. We then talk about mental health, discussing the importance of checking in on yourself and the people around you, and managing stress and worry.

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In the UK, there have been an increase in demand for offices in a shed, or shoffices, as most employees continue to work from home. Dhanya Nair gives us more details.

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Over the past few days, there have been many updates to our vaccination programme including the possibility of mobile vaccination trucks, the opening of mega vaccination centres, and Sarawak's vaccination supply. We hear from Dr Kelvin Yii on how our vaccination rate can be sped up.

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Many of us would associate hypertension with adults, but it is a condition that can also affect children, and that could be worrying for parents. But is childhood hypertension a growing problem? How do other conditions like obesity and kidney disease factor in, especially as childhood obesity rates are high in Malaysia? To find out more, we speak to Dr Yiaw Kian Mun, consultant paediatric nephrologist from Sunway Medical Centre.