Hot Issue #whats4lunch by ACTnow

Industry players warned, THE cost of consumer goods may rise again.

This trend is expected to continue into next year, which may see food prices rise by 10% to 30%, while the prices of daily necessities and household products have increased by 5% to 10%. 

Grocery stores have no time to adjust prices and will suffer losses because they cannot keep up with reorganising shelves in tandem with the rising costs. 

What do you think?

Hundreds of testimonies reveal patterns of abuse in schools.

Sexual harassment alone constitutes 75 percent of 1,495 violations. The top three forms of sexual harassment were verbal (36.9 percent), physical (35.2 percent) and gestural (13 percent), comprising 85.1 percent of all sexual harassment violations.

Alleged rape consists of 2.7 percent of all physical sexual harassment violations. 

Why do you think these things are still happening?

Started on the 19th of July 2021, where ACTnow Hot Issue was born. 

After discussing on all the hot issues that has happened in Malaysia and the world, today we celebrate our 100th episode. 

It's been a long journey for us; and let's talk about more hot issues today. 

People are still getting scammed even though plenty of awareness and precaution have been mentioned throughout the nation. Scammers hack into mobile phones to get personal information, six such incidents with RM480k losses. Why do you think this is still happening? 

The Transport Minister says, almost 3,000 people will travel between Malaysia and Singapore under the land Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL-Land). In addition, there would be up to 32 bus trips to ferry 2,880 vaccinated travellers across the border both ways. What do you think of the land Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL-Land)?

ATA IMS Sdn Bhd, where it was alleged by Dyson of it's practises, thus terminating its partnership. Living in the year 2021, Malaysian companies are still allegedly using forced labour in their factories. Allegations of forced labour in Malaysia, is this even true? 

Reported that a new variant, which is more potent, more spreadable, more deadly, it the Omicon variant of Covid-19. Foreign countries are taking early actions to curb the spread. What about Malaysia?

Since the world is going through the pandemic, mobile phones are considered essentials, even to school children. Moreover, the Minister of Education is giving it a green light for kids to bring their gadgets to school, with proper supervision and restrictions. Is this a good idea?

The Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) President Mohideen Abdul Kadir said for the past two weeks, prices of some vegetables have increased to almost 200% due to the bad weather and strong demands. How are we going to cope with this sudden inflation?

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will launch the i-Sayang facility in the first quarter of 2022, as part of its on-going efforts to improve the livelihood of the people. The facility will allow for the voluntary transfer of 2.0 per cent EPF contributions from the husband's to the wife's account. Will this facility be enough to help out the people throughout?