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Milan-listed Leonardo SpA is the 12th largest defence contractor in the world. It has been in Malaysia since the early 2000s and in the past ten years, has also set up a helicopter training academy headquartered in Malaysia, the only one not located in one of its own domestic markets. Salvatore Ritrosi, Leonardo Malaysia's GM, shares the company's plans to be more involved in Malaysia's aerospace industry.

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Children under the age of 18 make up 27% of Malaysia’s total population, accounting for over 9 million individuals, and every single one of them is protected under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Malaysia acceded to in 1995. Do our national policies live up to the obligations we subscribe to under the treaty? We assess this with the Chief Children's Commissioner, Dr. Farah Nini Dusuki and find out the priorities of her mandate.

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Recent results, saw Paramount Corporation Bhd's revenue surpass RM1 Billion. What then is their target for 2024 and will property still remain the main focus of the company? Questions we pose to Jeffrey Chew, their Group CEO, whilst asking him why the share is relatively unloved when the valuations are undemanding.

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CTOS Digital Berhad's FY2023 saw its revenue rise 34% y-o-y to 261 Million whilst net income rose 65% to 118 million ringgit. CEO Erick Hamburger Barraza, shares with us how much growth can investors expect, justification for its share price, and their recent acquisitions in Philippines and Indonesia.

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This year marks 50 years since Australia became ASEAN's first dialogue partner and it will be celebrated with a special summit in Melbourne to expand that cooperation. Danielle Heinecke is Australia's new High Commissioner to Malaysia, beginning her tour of duty in December 2023. She sits down to share what she plans to do while in office from facilitating business linkages to easing people-to-people movement and more.

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Phison Electronics is a global leader in chip designing and manufacturing, and 1 out of every 4 Solid-state drives in the world is Phison’s.

Malaysian-born CEO Dato’ Pua Khein Seng joins us to share their diversification efforts, the impact of US-China tensions and plans to re-establish an integrated circuit (IC) design hub in Malaysia.

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Global outstanding sukuk is approximately 850 billion US dollars at end-2023 and is expected to reach tremendous growth as shariah compliant financial instruments become increasingly mainstream. Bashar Al Natoor, Global Head of Islamic Finance at Fitch Ratings shares with us what the sukuk pricing trend will be as we enter rate cut cycle, and how Malaysia can retain its edge in this market.

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The 7th Bumiputera Economic Congress or BEC 2024 will begin on Thursday, the latest government attempt to revamp the long-running, and contentious, bumiputera economic empowerment agenda. Will the congress critically examine the discrepancy between aspiration and reality in the bumi agenda, and how might it chart new ground? We discuss with our panel of experts.

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The present war in Gaza is only the latest in a long history of violence in the occupied Palestinian Territories. What lessons does the past shed about the path forward towards resolving the long-standing crisis in the Middle East? We speak to Prof. Dr. Ian Lustick of the University of Pennsylvania on the geopolitical dynamics driving stakeholders in the region and the viability of the two-state solution. He is the author of Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality that was published in 2019.

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Malaysia's Hernan Corporation is in the durian business, marketing and distributing its products to Australia, the US, the EU, Hong Kong and of course China. Its founder and CEO is Datuk Anna Teo and she checks in with us on how the company has been balancing high demand for the king of fruits with the challenges coming from climate change and rising input costs.

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