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Bridget Welsh: “Very Possible” That PAS Could Govern Malaysia One Day 
Bridget Welsh is an independent American scholar who has lived in (and analysed) ASEAN and Malaysian social, political and economic developments for over three-and-a-half decades, writing books and advising companies and NGOs how to navigate one of the world’s most important and exciting regions. 
Welsh's views on Malaysia and ASEAN’s future are explosive and troubling. They are also truthful and nuanced. This could be one of the most important discussions anyone can consume in this era of great change, risk and opportunity. 
Listen with an open heart and a constructive mind. It might yet help you navigate an uncertain future.
CONTENTS 
00:02:18 - Who’s Bridget Welsh? 00:04:08 - What Foreign Companies and Other Countries Want to Know About Malaysia 00:05:10 - What Welsh Tells Them 00:06:40 - ‘Unseen Forces’ and ‘Drivers of Change’: Explain 00:10:01 - How Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Is Responding to these Forces 00:13:25 - How Anwar’s Govt Has Failed on Corruption, Reform and Inequality 00:16:20 - Are Coalition Politics to Blame for these Failures? 00:17:43 - The Link Between a Failed Govt and the Black Market 00:20:10 - What Most Malaysians Don’t Know About Malaysia 00:21:39 - What Drives Voting Behaviour in Malaysia? Including the So-Called ‘Green Wave’ 00:24:50 - What and Why Are the Drivers Behind the Green Wave? 00:28:57 - The Green Wave Hit Penang Hard 00:31:04 - How Did DAP Lose So Much Ground In Penang?00:32:55 - Who’s to Blame? 00:35:25 - What Happens Next in Penang? Will the LRT Alleviate the Wealth Divide? 00:40:26 - Secession: Possible for Johor? Penang? Sarawak? Sabah? 00:43:55 - The Tinder Box that is Malaysia .. KK Mart .. etc 00:49:20 - What Do Foreign Investors Do With Malaysia: Buy? Sell? Hold? 00:52:27 - Who’s the Most Effective of the Ten Prime Ministers Malaysia Has Had? 00:54:25 - Media Freedoms: Regression, Concern? 00:56:40 - Independent Thought and Racial Harmony: An Inconvenience to the Powers That Be? 00:58:09 - Transnational Crime and the Black Market (aka ‘Dark Economy’)01:04:54 - Missing Aeroplanes, Murdered Bankers and Assassinated Brothers of Korean Dictators - Malaysia is a Daily Hollywood Script 01:12:01 - What Does Malaysia Look Like in 10 Years Time? 01:14:05 - Political Stability As a First Key Theme in Malaysia, PAS as Malaysia’s Next Govt: Chances Out of 10? And in How Many Years? 01:15:02 - Are PAS More Honest and Responsible Than the Others? 01:18:25 - The Youth As a Second Key Theme in Malaysia 01:19:59 - Economic Restructuring As a Third Key Theme in Malaysia 01:21:06 - Racial & Religious Issues / Concerns As a Fourth Key Theme in Malaysia 01:22:06 - What Are the Chances of Another Race War?01:22:56 - Were the 1969 Race Riots Planned? 01:26:03 - Where Malaysia and ASEAN Figure in the Greater Global Discussion 01:33:16 - Malaysia’s Stance on Palestine-Middle East: And Malaysia’s Choice of China over the US. What They Both Mean. 01:36:43 - How Indonesia is Handling the Middle East Issue 01:40:31 - There Is a Serious Lack of Leadership and Statesmanship All Over the World 01:42:42 - What Are the US’ and China’s Appetite for Participation in a World War? Can Malaysia Stay Neutral? 01:44:25 - Unlike their Elders, Israel’s Younger Generation Don’t See the Value of Peace 01:47:10 - Simultaneously, there are Conflicts Simmering Elsewhere: Myanmar, Thailand are Examples .. 01:48:28 - Social Media Reinforces Hate and Discord 01:49:09 - What is the Possibility of a Third World War?01:53:05 - ASEAN Has Been ‘Pathetic’ In Terms of Solving its Own Problems and Taking A Stand 01:54:01 - China. Taiwan. What’s Next? Escalation? 01:54:33 - US Elections. Foreign Policy. What’s Next? 01:57:30 - A Trump Win Will Result in an Escalation. 01:58:17 - Advice. To Navigate an Uncertain Future 
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#education  #philosophy  #morality --- Dr S. Munirah Alatas and Adzhar Ibrahim: Malaysia’s Education System Has Failed Us, So What’s Next? 
The Trust Deficit has never been wider where Malaysia’s education system is concerned. So where do parents and children turn to, to prepare them for a future that has never been more uncertain? 
Independent scholar Dr S Munirah Alatas and ex-Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) Adzhar Ibrahim offer their thoughts on some possible ways forward, even as Malaysia’s politics and policies goes ever-further backwards.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS 
00:02:42 - Introductions: Adzhar  00:05:05 - Introductions: Munirah 00:07:55 - What’s Going Well With Malaysian Education 00:10:45 - But What Does Education MEAN? 00:16:11 - The Politicisation of Malaysian Education 00:20:55 - Philosophy Has Disappeared: Is This Because Thinkers Are Inconvenient? 00:24:00 - Let’s Not Forget Eastern Philosophers Too! 00:24:55 - The Deterioration of Local Graduates 00:26:57 - The Leader That Adzhar Admired Most: Where Did He Learn Those Attributes? 00:28:31 - The Importance of Informal Education 00:31:34 - Life at Columbia University 00:32:45 - Corporatisation and University Rankings Have Jeopardised Malaysian Universities 00:36:28 - How Should New Parents Think About Educating Their Children? 00:42:00 - Can One Entirely Bypass School and University? 00:47:55 - Why Aren’t Parents Teaching Their Kids About Resilience, Humility, Independent Thought? 00:52:54 - You Can’t Expect the Government to Dispense Good Sense When it Does Not Itself Have Good Sense! 00:54:49 - How Do Young Parents Gain More Wisdom and Perspective Without Relying on an Inept Government 00:59:41 - How Adzhar’s Parents Helped Mould Him 01:01:46 - And for Munirah .. ? 01:07:57 - What Is a Successful Individual? 01:16:45 - Let’s Ditch Language Colonialism! Language is Wealth 01:20:09 - How is Malaysia Doing Overall? 01:22:41 - Are Malaysia’s Social Policies Here to Stay? 01:28:00 - Berdikari: Standing On One’s Own Two Feet 01:30:03 - The Most Unsustainable Thing About Malaysia Is .. (Hint: It’s Not the Environment) 01:31:30 - Change Will Come From Borneo 01:34:45 - Life’s Conclusions 
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#bitcoin #solana #blockchain 
Luno’s Aaron Tang - The Bitcoin, Crypto Bull Market Has Begun, But It’s Early Days Yet
The Bitcoin and crypto market is in a clear bull run right now, making it an excellent time to be talking to Aaron Tang, the Regional General Manager of Luno, where he oversees the Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian crypto markets for the global cryptocurrency platform. 
I get deep into the weeds with him on how early we are in the current crypto bull run, question him on some of the assumptions about cryptos (such as self-custody and blockchain safety) while getting his views on how strict or market-friendly the regulators are. 
CONTENTS 00:02:05 - Who’s Aaron Tang? 00:02:38 - What Are Cryptocurrencies? 00:03:24 - Attributes of Cryptocurrencies?  00:05:01 - Self Custody, Private Wallets - You Don’t Need Banks Any Longer 00:06:10 - Why People Are Flocking to Crypto 00:07:15 - How and What Drives Crypto Prices 00:09:38 - Not All Coins Are Finite Like Bitcoin 00:11:08 - Why People Remain Cynical About Bitcoin 00:13:35 - What Triggered the Crypto Bull Market? 00:16:32 - But the REAL Crypto Bull Run Has Not Yet Begun 00:17:45 - What Drives Crypto Mania? 00:20:03 - What is Proof of Work, Blockchain Immutability? 00:21:55 - Satoshi’s Code is Open Source and Constantly Improved 00:23:16 - Not All Coins or Tokens Have the Same Network Reliability as Bitcoin 00:24:44 - What Are Gas Fees? How Are They Charged? 00:26:25 - Why Do Gas Fees Differ So Much on Different Networks 00:28:07 - What Are the Biggest Drivers of Crypto Prices? 00:30:07 - Why Have Ethereum Prices Not Surpassed Their All-Time Highs But Bitcoin Has Not? 00:31:40 - What Are the Differences Between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cardano and Other Coins? 00:34:44 - There Are Pitfalls, Like Lack of Network Operability, ie: You Can Lose Your Coins! 00:37:18 - There’s No Need to FOMO .. 00:39:00 - How Do Cold Wallets Work? Are They Really That Safe? 00:41:56 - How Do Professional Investors Self-Custody? 00:42:47 - What About Demi-Serious Investors? How Do They Self-Custody? 00:44:43 - Luno’s Court Case When a Customer Alleged They Lost Their Coins 00:47:46 - Luno Security Measures - What’s Needed 00:50:01 - What Happens When You Lose Your Phone? 00:50:59 - Malaysia AND Indonesia LOVE Crypto. Why? 00:54:00 - Most Crypto Adoption is Asia-Based And Many HODL it. Why? 00:56:15 - Why is Crypto So Darned Volatile? 00:57:51 - Should You Lock in Gains Before the Market Crashes (Again?) 01:00:18 - There Are Only One, Maybe Two Bull Runs Left 01:02:54 - Buying Crypto Is Like Buying Amazon or Tesla at $10 a Share  01:05:57 - The US SEC Bitcoin ETF Was Bitcoin’s IPO Moment 01:07:28 - Crypto, A Decentralised Asset, is Re-Centralising. What Gives? 01:09:09 - What Black Swans Exist for Crypto? 01:10:46 - What Happens to Crypto If the US Dollar Collapses? 01:13:00 - Bitcoin Hasn’t Really Surpassed Its All-Time High Because of Inflation: T/F? 01:14:25 - What Other Factors Will Drive the Crypto Bull Run? 01:16:00 - Will Luno Lower Its Rates? 01:17:44 - How Does Luno Add More Coins to Its Platform? 01:19:16 - How Knowledgeable Are the Securities Commission (SC) About the Crypto Market?01:20:43 - How Luno Assesses Coins to be Added to its Platform 01:22:40 - Algorand is Coming to Luno, What Else is Coming? 01:24:57 - How Regulators Think About Crypto Markets01:26:00 - Are Crypto Gains Taxable? Is a Digital Assets Tax Coming? 01:28:04 - How Tokenization Works and Are Central bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Coming? 01:31:05 - Is a Digital Ringgit Coming? 01:33:19 - Where is the Crypto Market Going? 
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This health-related podcast, like my earlier one on cancer with Dr Teo Soo Hwang (see link below) is also a personal one, as I have lost a number of friends and close acquaintances to heart disease in recent months. 
In some cases, the deaths were shocking, since they happened to seemingly healthy, fit and well-adjusted people. Not at all – at least superficially – that fell within the definition of ‘high-risk’.
I resolved to attempt to better understand the Whys and Wherefores of heart disease, which meant there was only one person I could speak with: Dr. Suren Thuraisingham, an old family friend from back home in Penang. 
Dr. Thuraisingham is a very experienced and highly respected cardiologist, having practised medicine in this field since 1990. He very kindly agreed to answer my questions about why even young and seemingly healthy people are dropping dead from heart attacks, among a whole host of related issues, including whether a link exists between Covid vaccinations and heart diseases. 
(Dr. Thuraisingham is a Consultant Cardiologist at CVSKL (Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur), an integrated cardiac and vascular hospital in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. He has been a practicing cardiologist since 1990.)
-- CONTENTS 00:02:04 - Why Are So Many Apparently Healthy People Dropping Dead From Heart Attacks 00:03:48 - Even Teenagers, Athletes Seem to Be Passing Away? 00:06:09 - Can You Inherit a Heart Condition? And What Ratio Can Be Attributed to It? 00:08:07 - What Were the Reasons Behind the Recent Spate of Sudden Deaths  00:09:46 - How Much of Your Heart Health Can You Directly Control? 00:11:24 - Being Trim and Fit Is No Indicator of Perfect Heart Health 00:13:01 - Recommendations? 00:14:37 - What Treatment and Medicines to Consider 00:16:18 - How to Avoid Diabetes? 00:17:28 - Symptoms of Heart Disease 00:22:43 - Is Bad Cholesterol Due to Diet?00:23:28 - Can You Intervene in the Body’s Formulation of Cholesterol? 00:25:21 - What If There Is No Family History of Heart Ailments 00:27:14 - So. How Useful is Exercise? 00:28:55 - Do Hearts Have a Finite Number of Beats?00:30:40 What’s the Link Between Heart Rates and Heart Health? 00:32:05 - How Useful is Data on Heart Rate Variability? 00:33:10 - Keep Healthy if No Family History of Heart Conditions 00:33:36 - Is There a Link Between the Covid Vaccination and Heart Attacks? 00:35:00 - What Have You Learnt From 34 Years of Treating Heart Patients? 00:38:16 - Are There Any Age, Race or Gender Categories That Make You More Vulnerable to Heart Conditions00:41:46 - Last Remarks, A Summary  
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Former EPF CEO Tunku Alizakri: Facing Up To An Uncertain Retirement and Financial Future
 
Tunku Alizakri Raja Muhammad Alias is a highly experienced and respected corporate figure and a former CEO of Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund, among the world’s oldest provident funds and the 7th-largest in the world, with over a trillion Ringgit in assets under management. 
 
In today’s chat, we focus on one of Malaysia’s most pressing concerns: the lack of sufficient savings for many Malaysians, and the uncertain futures we all face, as we stay older for longer and the rising cost of housing, food and other basic necessities. 
 
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
 
CONTENTS 
 
00:01:31 - Introduction 
00:07:00 - Zakri’s Forced Retirement, Savings Sufficiency 
00:12:30 - Retirement and Pensions are Human Constructs 
00:16:37 - How Much is ‘Enough Savings’? 
00:20:20 - The Trouble with Financial Planners and Outsourcing Other Important Life Areas 
00:23:27 - Can the EPF be Trusted? And the Problem with Windfall Gains 
00:27:11 - How Zakri Thinks About His Own Retirement 
00:30:10 - Should People Even Buy Their Own Property?  
00:35:00 - Buying Life’s Little Luxuries .. Yea or Nay? 
00:37:05 - Different Races, Different Spending Patterns 
00:44:40 - Wealth and Sufficiency are Mindset Patterns 
00:47:14 - How Malaysia and China Differ, Policy-Wise 
00:49:00 - Rotten Heads and the Need for a New Model 
00:55:42 - How Malaysia Can be the Centre of the Impact Investing World 
01:00:25 - The Need to Redefine ‘Retirement’ Must Also be Discussed 
01:06:00 - How to Engage Property Developers to Help Nation-Build 
01:10:03 - Could the Private Sector Take the Lead? 
01:12:00 - What Role Can the Monarchs Play? 
01:15:01 - Who Manages the Monarchs? 
01:24:30 - The Role of Creativity 
01:31:30 - Where Does the EPF Go From Here? 
01:39:00 - Alizakri’s Three Thoughts for the Future 
 
ABOUT TUNKU ALIZAKRI 
 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alizakri-alias/
At Endeavor Malaysia: https://www.endeavormalaysia.org/people/tunku-alizakri-bin-raja-muhammad-alias
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Malaysia Needs Reforms. LOTs of Them.
Professor Terence Gomez, a former Professor of Political Economy at the University of Malaya and Dean of Economics, talks about the impact Malaysia’s politics have had on the livelihoods of ordinary folks and on the nation's economy as well.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
 
CONTENTS
00:03:00 - Where Malaysia Needs Most Improvement
00:08:15 - How and Why Governments Can Be Bigger and More Meaningful 00:14:28 - How Policy Can Change
00:19:37 - A Lopsided Privilege
00:24:40 - Why Has Malaysia Not Exploited its Vast Potential?
00:28:18 - Are Malaysians Happy? Are Singaporeans Happy?
00:37:57 - Where Does Change Come From?
00:44:32 - Institutional Repair, the Answer
00:52:59 - We Have to Go Back to Coalition Politics
01:00:44 - Execution?
01:02:35 - Why Did Pakatan Harapan 1.0 Fail?
01:05:00 - Why the Big Bang Approach Might Not Work
01:07:00 - Why Prof Gomez Is Not Worried for the Middle Class