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With the revised SOPs, shoppers will now be allowed a maximum of two hours inside shopping malls to get their essentials and leave. This is to avoid overcrowding inside enclosed spaces, in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. But according to Malaysia Shopping Malls Association, this time limit isn’t nearly enough and needs to be revised yet again.

Whenever a massive social or political crisis occurs, furor tends to be directed with helpful intention at trying to support whichever cause or whoever is the target of the crisis. One way in which this manifests are boycotts of brands who are accused of supporting the oppressing party, whether the accusations are true or not. But is this really the most effective way of fighting for social justice? What is the actual effect of a boycott?

What is the difference between cognitive intelligence and emotional intelligence? How can emotional intelligence be measured? How does gender factor into the equation? And how can leaders become emotionally effective? Elif Malmqvist, director at Talentum EQ Consulting, answers these questions and more.

GoKudos is an all-in-one smart office platform that promises big company savings; 8% on document searching, 25% on follow ups, 5% on payment collections and 12% on internal communication. But just how did they come up with these figures, and how exactly does the platform reduce redundancies and wastages in operations? We speak with the founder of 6Biz Group, Dato Vimmy Yap.

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), the largest print media publisher on the island-state, announced that it would hive-off its media segment into a non-profit company before the end of the year. How will this shake-up impact the media environment in Singapore? We discuss the implications with media expert and academic Cherian George.

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Varun Mittal gives some context behind the roller-coaster price movements of Bitcoin amid regulatory pressures but also helps explain how its long-term future is contingent on its ability to evolve and adapt.

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The oil and gas services and equipment (OGSE) sector contributed RM65 billion to the Malaysian economy in 2019. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated structural flaws in the industry, which the government aims to address via the National OGSE Blueprint launched in April. Is this enough to revitalise Malaysian OGSE? We sit down with Mohamed Yazid Ja'far, the CEO of the MPRC, the coordinating agency for the oil and gas industry, to find out.

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Putrajaya announced new and tighter restrictions in a redoubled efforts to cut the spread of Covid-19 with reduced working hours and a shift for more to work from home. Calvin Cheng, Analyst in the Economics Programme, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia tells us what this impact will have on the economy and also what needs to be done for the most economic vulnerable in the country.

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With an exponential increase in Covid-19 cases we ask Paul Huang, from the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation to explain how did the current situation reverse so significantly, its vaccination programme and how the restrictions have impacted the economy.

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As covid cases in Malaysia surpass 500,000, the race to vaccinate accelerates. Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, at Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy gives us the details of the progress the country is making and the interplay between the private sector, states and the federal government.

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