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A study by Vehicle Theft Reduction Council of Malaysia Berhad (VTREC) revealed that a vehicle is stolen every 1 hour 15 minutes in Malaysia, with 20 vehicles taken each day in 2020. Mas Tina Abdul Hamid gives us a better understanding the findings and shares how we can prevent our cars from being stolen. We then go through some of the most frequently stolen cars in Malaysia with Danny Tan.

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Berjaya Corp Bhd recently announced that its group of companies will be implementing batik as its official attire opening up a conversation of promoting the use of batik clothing. Shawn Tanis tells us more.

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With puasa set to begin next week, we look at what some of the best practices at Ramadhan Bazaars are and how consumers can stay safe.

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The Ministry of Health has reported several local COVID-19 cases involving a more contagious variant that was first detected in South Africa. Not only that, some vaccines are said to be less effective against this variant as well. To find out what we’re doing to keep track of different variants and how this will affect ongoing COVID-19 vaccinations, we’ll be speaking to Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation-cum-Coordinating Minister, National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, together with consultant urologist Dr George Lee.

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Rimbun Dahan is the beautiful sprawling home of Hijjas Kasturi and Angela Hijjas, which is set on fourteen acres in Kuang, Selangor, and is described as a centre for developing traditional and contemporary art forms. Rimbun has also been a temporary home for visual artists, dancers, choreographers, writers, arts managers, curators and researchers, through various residencies, and has provided educational opportunities for students of architecture, ecology and botany. So what pushed Angela and Hijjas in the direction of cultural and environmental philanthropy? Angela and her daughter Bilqis Hijjas, who are both Directors of Rimbun Dahan, join us to share more.

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Since it was kick-started in 2016, the ECRL or East Coast Rail Link project, is now the ECRL 3.0, after the Transport Ministry announced that it’s been realigned, the second time the route has been changed. And while it’s nearly 21 percent complete, the final route that connects the Klang Valley to Kelantan is still being negotiated, and the cost of the project is now expected to cost more. We follow up with Azam Wan Hashim from IDEAS, after the think tank expressed their concerns on the latest changes to the ECRL, asking Putrajaya to improve transparency when it comes to development.

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No one likes wearing face masks but we do it out of necessity, to keep ourselves and those around us safe during the pandemic. However, the US government is taking things up a notch by offering a massive reward for anyone who can invent a “less annoying” face mask. Now imagine one day having a mask that feels like it’s not even on your face.

Atari has divided itself into two parts, with one division that will focus on games and another that will be focused on blockchain.

WOBB has released its pandemic edition of the annual Malaysian Work Culture Report, highlighting the experiences of Malaysia’s labour force during the pandemic, as well as the job search and application behaviour of job seekers during/post-Movement Control Order (MCO). The report highlights a few interesting key trends that could help employers understand the behavior of the post-pandemic employee.

The future development of 5G will not be limited to mobile communication technology - it will grow into a technology platform, that will resonate with cutting-edge technologies including AI and cloud. 5G will develop and change in ways beyond imagination and provide countless possible technological futures.

In our first episode of the Tech of Tomorrow, we speak with Henry Tang, the Chief 5G scientist for Oppo, and Matt Armitage from Kulturpop about the future development of 5G.

How will it transform tech and the mobile experience? How much faster is it?

Listen back to find out more.

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