Do you know how much your MPs receive in their monthly pensions? A new special report from Malaysiakini sheds light on the substantial sums MPs earn and how their pension schemes differ from those of regular civil servants. We speak with Aidila Razak and Ooi Choon Nam from Kini News Lab about the process behind analyzing the data and developing the story.



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Do you know how much your MPs receive in their monthly pensions? A new <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://newslab.malaysiakini.com/mp-pension/en/">special report</a> from Malaysiakini sheds light on the substantial sums MPs earn and how their pension schemes differ from those of regular civil servants. We speak with Aidila Razak and Ooi Choon Nam from Kini News Lab about the process behind analyzing the data and developing the story.Image Credit: most wanted, Shutterstock

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Scrutinising Pensions for MPs

With Paramount Global pulling the plug on MTV News and it's 20-year archive, netizens are starting to worry about the internet disappearing. In fact, a study by Pew Research Centre says 38% of webpages from 2013 are have already disappeared from the web. With that, we asked listeners about how they preserve their most precious memories to withstand the test of time.



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With Paramount Global pulling the plug on MTV News and it's 20-year archive, netizens are starting to worry about the internet disappearing. In fact, a study by Pew Research Centre says 38% of webpages from 2013 are have already disappeared from the web. With that, we asked listeners about how they preserve their most precious memories to withstand the test of time.Image Credit: WiP-Studio,Shutterstock

Preserving A Life Offline

That's exactly what an article in The Cut addressed. In short, the author asked whether they were better off forgetting things, and went on to talk about the existential differences between forgetting and remembering. This, of course, got us wondering: Which side of the fence do our listeners fall on? Is ignorance really bliss, or are there merits to having acute memory?

That's exactly what an article in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.thecut.com/article/memory-people-who-remember-vs-forget.html">The Cut</a> addressed. In short, the author asked whether they were better off forgetting things, and went on to talk about the existential differences between forgetting and remembering. This, of course, got us wondering: Which side of the fence do our listeners fall on? Is ignorance really bliss, or are there merits to having acute memory?

Are You a Rememberer or a Forgetter?

In the world of penguins, pebbling is when one penguin gives a pebble to express its desire to mate and build a nest. In the human world, pebbling is when we share social media posts with our loved ones as a form of kinship or affection. So tonight, we asked our listeners if they pebble and how they share affection online.



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In the world of penguins, pebbling is when one penguin gives a pebble to express its desire to mate and build a nest. In the human world, pebbling is when we share social media posts with our loved ones as a form of kinship or affection. So tonight, we asked our listeners if they pebble and how they share affection online.Image Credit: champlifezy,123RF

Scrutinising Pensions for MPs

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