The Breakfast Grille
The Breakfast Grille
Featuring the cream-of-the-crop as well as the controversial, the Breakfast Grille is the flagship show of BFM. Expect no-holds-barred interviews to get to the truth and into the minds of business leaders, policymakers and changemakers.Social links:
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Best of the Breakfast Grille 2025 : Higher Education
Universities may face different challenges, but they’re all aiming for the same result. This episode reflects on conversations throughout the year about the challenges facing higher education from costs to ensuring graduate employability. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com
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Best of the Breakfast Grille 2025: Politics
2025 has seen major shifts in Malaysia’s political landscape, from government reforms and cabinet reshuffles to key events like Budget 2026 and the Sabah state election. On today’s Breakfast Grille, we reflect on our conversations about these developments and their implications for the country. …
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Best of the Breakfast Grille 2025: Trade & Tariffs
2025 was the year global trade was thrown into turmoil, thanks largely to US tariffs and geopolitical tensions. How are countries and economic blocs around the world navigating the currents? We revisit conversations on trade and tariff issues that dominated the year. Image Credit: Shutterstock.c…
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2026 Outlook : ASEAN and the World
As 2025 draws to a close, the world faces unresolved wars, intensifying great-power competition and growing economic uncertainty. Dr Prashanth Parameswaran, fellow at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Security and founder of the ASEAN Wonk newsletter talks about what 2025 revealed, and what 2026 could…
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University of Nottingham Malaysia; World Class Education In Semenyih
The University of Nottinghan Malaysia just celebrated their silver jubilee. We speak to their Provost & CEO, Prof. David FitzPatrick, about how the university has impacted Malaysia economically, whether our government’s policies support its aims, and if there is any disparity between its UK and M…
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Migrant Workers: What Malaysia Gets Right, and Wrong
On International Migrants’ Day we look at how migration has shaped the economy of Malaysia which relies heavily on foreign labour, while laying bare the gaps between policy, law and lived reality. Sahain Puthucheary of the law firm, Xavier & Koh Partnership and Adrian Pereira, Executive Director o…
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Siemens Malaysia’s High-Tech Plans
On the Breakfast Grille this morning, Philip See is joined by Tindaro Danze, President & CEO of Siemens Malaysia to talk about the company’s involvement in the country’s data center industry, automation in manufacturing plants, the adoption of Industry 4.0, and more.
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Healthcare: Malaysia’s Pressing Issue
In conjunction with International Universal Health Coverage Day, Philip See speaks to Dr Khor Swee Kheng, CEO, Angsana Health & Specialist in Public Policies about the most pressing healthcare issues in Malaysia right now - affordability, overworking and inconsistent contracts of public healthcare…
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What Is The Future for Futurise
Futurise, a wholly-owned company under the Ministry of Finance, is a key driver of the National Regulatory Sandbox. We ask Shafinaz Salim, Acting CEO what the company does, how it works with other Ministries and agencies, how it is funded, and have they achieved commercialisation with any of their …
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Malaysia's Fight Against Corruption, More Talk Than Action
This week was International Anti-Corruption Day, a good reminder of Malaysia’s ongoing struggle with high-level corruption as we aspire to be amongst the top 25 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index by 2033. How will that be achieved when we currently rank 57th? A question we pose to Push…
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