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Malaysia has been at the crossroads of cultures since its inception as a country. Because of that, we’ve been deemed as Asia’s cultural melting pot; we are the destination with the most delicious selection of food. The founder of Amboi, Jenny Gracia, discusses her speciality of Indonesian cakes, how she got her recipes, and how she plans to grow the Amboi brand.

In its recent BNM’s Financial Stability Review for Second Half 2020 report, Bank Negara has warned that unsold properties in the country have remained at an elevated level as at end-2020. Sim Wie Boon talks to Cha-Ly Koh of Urbanmetry on the issue of overhang, pricing and just what is needed to be done to address the situation we’re in.

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Richard Teo, Managing Director of Teladan Setia, a Melaka-based property developer discusses why Teladan opted to list on ACE instead of the Mainboard, economic prospects in Melaka and the rationale for expanding to Kuala Lumpur.

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Alexander Wong, Managing Editor and Co-Founder of the tech news portal, SoyaCincau discusses the government’s plan to accelerate 5G rollout, and the implications of the merger between Celcom and DiGi.

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Once upon a time, Southeast Asia was one of the most promising regions in the world for economic growth. But that was a pandemic ago. With Covid-19 vaccination rollouts happening across the world and vastly different economic responses seen even within our neighbouring countries, we speak to Joseph Incalcaterra, HSBC's Chief Economist for ASEAN, about what a recovery will look like for ASEAN in 2021.

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The water pollution incidents of 2019 and 2020 have shone a spotlight on the inadequacies of the legal framework for environmental crimes. Environmentalists and policy commentators have long-called for an overhaul of the Environmental Quality Act 1974, the cornerstone of Malaysia’s environmental conservation policy. How should the law be updated to take into account the current climate crisis and modern-day environmental problems? Lawyer Kiu Jia Yaw argues for a more holistic and wide-ranging revamp of the law.

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has come out to say that he thinks the US boom could last until 2023- but that equity valuations are "quite high". We ask Tim Mulholland, President of TJM Limited, for his thoughts on this, as well as what investors should look to for optimum returns.

We get you out of bed, to your first cup of coffee or to your first destination of your day with thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping all our lives.

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17:31 - International headlines

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There are a lot of historical buildings in KL that are vacant and underutilized, with the powers that be and industry players not really knowing what to do or how to deal with them. Demolish or renovate? A conundrum that we ponder in this episode with our resident heritage conservation expert, Elizabeth Cardosa.

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From Mad Max to Blade Runner, dystopias and post-apocalyptic ruins may be common in films about the future, but they're not the only depictions of the world to come. Some movies and TV shows take place in utopias, while others happen in familiar spaces, many decades from now. We talk about our favorite, and least favorite, versions of the future in pop culture, what makes these imaginative concepts work, as well as what we'd like to see more of.