Morning Brief

As state borders are now open and many are taking a vacation after being stuck at home for months, hotels are struggling to cope with the surge of booking due to a shortage of workers. We speak to Yap Lip Seng, CEO of Malaysian Association of Hotels to find out what are the causes and solutions for this issue.

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Travel vaccinated lanes will reopen between Singapore and Malaysia. How critical is this travel lane. Dr Mustafa Izzuddin, Senior International Affairs Analyst, Solaris Strategies Singapore gives us his answer while weighing in on the current ties between the two governments.

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One year out from the 2022 midterm elections, according to multiple polls, a majority disapprove of the way President Joe Biden is handling his job as the President. To get some insights on the political developments taking place in the United States we speak toAdrian Ang, Research Fellow in the United States Programme S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.

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112 candidates will battle it out in the Melaka 28-seat election but which coalition will come out on top?

Ibrahim Suffian, Programme Director at Merdeka Center tells us the voter profile in the state, which are the politicians to watch and what issues will determine the outcome.

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We ask Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Norma Mansor, Director of Social Wellbeing Research Centre of Universiti Malaya on how labour markets will be transformed  as we contend with an ageing workforce with little social protection and debate how to cater for the needs of this new group of older workers.

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Angeline Tan, Researcher in the Foreign Policy and Security Studies at ISIS gives us a good insight on how President Xi Jin Ping's plans to cement his legacy and how this plenum will chart social policies and intra-party plans.

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We ask Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Norma Mansor, Director of Social Wellbeing Research Centre of Universiti Malaya on how labour markets will be transformed  as we contend with an ageing workforce with little social protection and debate how to cater for the needs of this new group of older workers.

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Angeline Tan, Researcher in the Foreign Policy and Security Studies at ISIS gives us a good insight on how President Xi Jin Ping's plans to cement his legacy and how this plenum will chart social policies and intra-party plans.

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The Sarawak state legislative assembly was dissolved on November 3rd, paving the way for polls to be held before January 2nd. However, over 100,000 young Malaysians could be disenfranchised as Undi18 would not have kicked in yet. Will GPS’ strategy of rushing the elections backfire? We discuss the likely campaign issues and political dynamics ahead of state polls with political commentator Dr. James Chin.

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With Budget 2022 allocating a whopping RM52.6 billion for the education sector, we ask former Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching whether this huge allocation will help in improving the quality of education in the long run. 

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