Morning Brief

Days after Thailand’s elections and the shock win of the Move Forward party, what’s the status of talks to form a government? We speak to political analyst Dr. Termsak Chalermpalanupap of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute for insights into the negotiation process and potential scenarios.

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Tech stocks have been rallying as investors anticipate the Fed Fund Rate to peak in the near future. We discuss the outlook for US tech with Jonathan Curtis of Franklin Templeton

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Extending highway concessions for another 30 years and opening up the toll payments systems beyond Touch n Go. It looks like tolls are here to stay. To give us an understanding of the complexity to move forward to a multi-lane free flow (MLFF) system, we speak with Sharim Tamrin, Senior Journalist, The Vibes & former MIROS board of directors member

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Extending highway concessions for another 30 years and opening up the toll payments systems beyond Touch n Go. It looks like tolls are here to stay. To give us an understanding of the complexity to move forward to a multi-lane free flow (MLFF) system, we speak with Sharim Tamrin, Senior Journalist, The Vibes & former MIROS board of directors member

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Extending highway concessions for another 30 years and opening up the toll payments systems beyond Touch n Go. It looks like tolls are here to stay. To give us an understanding of the complexity to move forward to a multi-lane free flow (MLFF) system, we speak with Sharim Tamrin, Senior Journalist, The Vibes & former MIROS board of directors member

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Six states - Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Penang, Kelantan & Terengganu - are set to dissolve their respective state assemblies by end-June, paving the way for elections to be held. Thomas Fann, Chair of Bersih, shares his concerns on how a low voter turnout might impact the outcome and what can be done to address this.

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Extending highway concessions for another 30 years and opening up the toll payments systems beyond Touch n Go. It looks like tolls are here to stay. To give us an understanding of the complexity to move forward to a multi-lane free flow (MLFF) system, we speak with Sharim Tamrin, Senior Journalist, The Vibes & former MIROS board of directors member

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Six states - Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Penang, Kelantan & Terengganu - are set to dissolve their respective state assemblies by end-June, paving the way for elections to be held. Thomas Fann, Chair of Bersih, shares his concerns on how a low voter turnout might impact the outcome and what can be done to address this.

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Pakistan is no stranger to political unrest, but the current situation differs from the past due to the strange dynamic between former Prime Minister turned political firebrand Imran Khan and the military establishment. We discuss what’s happening in Pakistan with Dr. Zahid Ahmed of Deakin University.

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A Khazanah Research Institute survey has revealed that women in Kuala Lumpur spend 1.4 hours more unpaid homemaking each day than men and with around 2.4 million housewives in the country not in any formal employment, they aren't covered by any form of social protection. Anis Farid, Research Project Manager, Women's Aid Organisation, tells us unpaid care work transcends gender and is also under-reported, suggesting that social protection efforts need to be more wide ranging.

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