Law & Behold #16: Are Vernacular Schools Constitutional?

Recently, a lawyer sought to pursue a challenge on the constitutionality of the existence of vernacular schools. In a motion filed on October 23rd this year, he sought a declaration from the Federal Court that it was unconstitutional for Parliament to pass an amendment to Sections 17 and 28 of the …

When I Grow Up

A survey by Lego® and Harris Poll earlier this year found that almost one-third of children in the US, UK and China want to be YouTube influencers when they grow up. That’s three times more than the kids who want to be astronauts. How do children develop their future career interests, and what role…

Interwoven Artforms

The Shantanand Festival of Arts is back for its 5th edition, and this year, the theme of the festival is “Interweaving”. We speak with Kumar Karthigesu and Prakash Kandasamy from The Temple of Fine Arts about how the festival brings together a diverse array of art forms to reflect on the uniqueness…

Can't Touch This

Malaysian NGO Friends of the Orangutans has alleged that the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Sabah is flouting rules which dictate best practice for great ape tourism in their centre. Wildlife tourism is great, but are we causing the wildlife more harm than good?

Don’t Call Me, Maybe?

More and more people seem to avoid phone calls in favour of messaging or emails. We discuss why.

Interwoven Artforms

The Shantanand Festival of Arts is back for its 5th edition, and this year, the theme of the festival is “Interweaving”. We speak with Kumar Karthigesu and Prakash Kandasamy from The Temple of Fine Arts about how the festival brings together a diverse array of art forms to reflect on the uniqueness…

What Does It Mean to be a Healthy Workplace?

AIA recently released its Healthiest Workplace by AIA Vitality 2019 Survey, which surveys the health and well-being of employees around Asia Pacific including Malaysia. In today’s show, we speak to Dr Christian van Stolk, Executive Vice President of RAND Europe, to find out what the results show, a…

Building Traits To Address Youth Unemployment

At the recent Social Wellbeing Conference 2019, Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mentioned in his speech, that the demands of the current working world had evolved, and workers need to be creative, adaptable, agile and prepared to expect the unexpected. However the Prime Minister ad…

Facebook and Google a threat to human rights?

A new report by Amnesty International has warned that Facebook and Google’s omnipresent surveillance of billions of people poses a systemic threat to human rights. Is it time for a radical transformation of the tech giants’ core business model?

The KonMari Con?

Fancy a RM300 tuning fork? A RM100 crumb brush? It comes with the KonMari stamp of ‘sparking joy’. But why is the Japanese guru of decluttering trying to sell us more things?