Morning Brief

EPF launched the Belanjawanku Expenditure Guide, which provides estimations of minimum monthly expenditures. So should we stop talking about minimum subsistence wage and move the narrative to Living Wage? We speak with Director of Social Wellbeing Research Centre of Universiti Malaya (SWRC) Professor Datuk Dr Norma Mansor to understand the research, the issues, and the objectives of the whole Belanjawanku program.

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Countries in the ASEAN region have been seeing a change of pace on their tightening cycles this year. So amid a challenging macroeconomic backdrop as well as volatility in the global banking markets, Rena Kwok of Bloomberg Intelligence shares with us whether banks are seeing deterioration in asset quality and the credit outlook for the rest of the year.

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EPF launched the Belanjawanku Expenditure Guide, which provides estimations of minimum monthly expenditures. So should we stop talking about minimum subsistence wage and move the narrative to Living Wage? We speak with Director of Social Wellbeing Research Centre of Universiti Malaya (SWRC) Professor Datuk Dr Norma Mansor to understand the research, the issues, and the objectives of the whole Belanjawanku program.

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The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, or Suhakam, is getting a boost as the government motioned to amend the Suhakam Act to give the commission more power. But over its 23 year history, the Suhakam annual report has only been tabled to Parliament twice. We get former commissioner of Suhakam, Jerald Joseph, views on making Suhakam more independent and how past annual reports have been altered and meddled with.

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In early June, the US Securities & Exchange Commission filed lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase, the world's 2 largest crypto exchanges, causing more volatility in an industry that is already accustomed to it. Juan Correa Ossa, Associate Vice President at BCA Research helps us understand if cryptos are a security like a stock, a commodity or neither, and are they a viable investment option?

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The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, or Suhakam, is getting a boost as the government motioned to amend the Suhakam Act to give the commission more power. But over its 23 year history, the Suhakam annual report has only been tabled to Parliament twice. We get former commissioner of Suhakam, Jerald Joseph, views on making Suhakam more independent and how past annual reports have been altered and meddled with.

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The Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill which has been 13 years in the making is facing a critical juncture as it has now been referred to the Parliament Special Committee after its first reading instead of being debated and voted on. We speak to former Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin for this thoughts on this development and should the GEG be decoupled from the bill

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Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in a Miami Federal Court, after facing 37 charges including willful retention of national defence information. Is this enough to dent his Presidential campaign, where he faces off 9 other candidates including former allies Mike Pence and Ron De Santis? We speak with Dr Adrian Ang of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies on the road to the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

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The Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill which has been 13 years in the making is facing a critical juncture as it has now been referred to the Parliament Special Committee after its first reading instead of being debated and voted on. We speak to former Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin for this thoughts on this development and should the GEG be decoupled from the bill

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Local Government Development minister Nga Kor Ming aspires to reach 100% home ownership. But with almost 600 sick and abandoned projects, Ministry of Local Government Development Deputy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir seeks to revitalise all these projects. We speak with Datuk N.K. Tong, President of REHDA, on his views of the projects and discussions to amend the HDA 118 Act.

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