While the oil & gas related pipe-coating business is still the mainstay of Wah Seong, substantial resources are also being deployed to and vested in plantations and associate companies. The exposure of revenue to global sources is also a double-edged sword since this removes leverage to the robust local oil & gas sector. We discuss impact of these factors on long term share price performance and returns on equity (ROEs).

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Chief Executive Officer, Mohd Farid Nawawi joins us on the Breakfast Grille to explain if there is still space in the property market for a mid-tier player fresh from its delisting. He also sheds light on its plans in Penang as well as balancing its resources to unlock value for its landbank.

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Andrew Sill, Country Executive, Royal Bank of Scotland Malaysia, offers a business update since the sale of its regional investment banking businesses to CIMB in 2012, discusses its "back to basics" business model, debt capital market issues and pipeline, its exit from the Ringgit sukuk market, its size in Malaysia (two branches, 100 people), the impact on business of the Scottish referendum on independence, his vews on the proposed CIMB-RHB-MBSB merger and its implications on RBS' business. 

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Law King Hui, managing director of Sasbadi Holdings Bhd comes on the Breakfast Grille to talk about the company's upcoming listing on the Main Board and the direction of the company going forward. The company aimed to raise some RM25 million from the exercise in order to grow its business. Law talks about the future of print, its plans to diversify and what they are doing to future proof their business. 

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Through AirAsia BIG, AirAsia is effectively giving budget travellers a redemption programme that doubles up as a prepayment mechanism. The C$17m acquisition of a small stake in AirAsia BIG by Aimia, a Canadian global leader in loyalty management, notionally values AirAsiaBIG at over RM1b. We explore trends in the loyalty progamme industry as well as how AirAsia balances the low-cost philosophy with the costs and benefits of a loyalty program.

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James Yap, director of Rayford Migration comes on the Breakfast Grille to talk about the business of migration, Rayford Migration, as its name suggests is in the business of helping people cross borders. A fully fledged migration service based in Malaysia for over 10 years. They provide migration services to Australia, NZ, the US, Canada. We ask him about trends, whether applications spike after general elections and whether he really does send thank you cards to politicians who make careless comments

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Leong Seng Keat, Chief Executive Officer of Nam Cheong Ltd, talks about its business model in offshore support vessels (OSV), the outlook for orders, global supply and demand drivers, Petronas' capex program, the interplay between deep- and shallow water OSV demands, its orderbook, vessel charter business, its cashflow and cash position and market liquidity.

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Zulkarnin Bin Ariffin, Group Managing Director of Seacera Group Berhad, discusses its tile industry market share, its competition, cheap Chinese imports and their impact on their financials. He also discusses plans to reduce dependence on the tile business and exit its plastics packaging business to enter construction, property development and trading of building materials. He also discusses Seacera's role in Warisan Merdeka and the 506km electrified fence project on the Thai-Malaysia border.

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Behind every major news and every personal update is the ubiquity of Twitter. At 2% market share of social media views since its inception, we explore how relevant Twitter is in the face of not only Facebook but also emerging forms of social media like Instagram, Pinterest and the like. New forms of technology like wearables will also have bearings on how this 140-character medium that captures the zeitgeist of the moment is accessed

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A trained lawyer and career diplomat, the Thai Ambassador explains, as he has done many times with representatives of other governments, the “necessity of military intervention”.  He casts the junta that first announced martial law, only to declare two days later that they had failed to reconcile the opposing forces and so needed to stage a coup. The Ambassador explains the roadmap that the junta has announced, as well as take questions on Thai-Malaysia trade relations

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