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Migrant Workers: What Malaysia Gets Right, and Wrong

Migrant Workers: What Malaysia Gets Right, and Wrong

Adrian Pereira, Executive Director, North South Initiative | Sahain Puthucheary, Senior Associate, Xavier & Koh Partnership

Consistent and Clear Migrant Worker Policies Needed

Consistent and Clear Migrant Worker Policies Needed

Dato’ Foo Yong Hooi, President, Association of Employment Agencies Malaysia (PAPA - Persatuan Agensi Pekerjaan Asing)

The Key Factors that Drive Exploitation of Migrant Workers

The Key Factors that Drive Exploitation of Migrant Workers

Adrian Pereira, Director, North South Initiative (NSI)

Top 5 at 5: The Floods Ravaging Southeast Asia

Top 5 at 5: The Floods Ravaging Southeast Asia

Associate Professor Camelia May Li Kusumo, Head of School of Architecture, Building & Design, Taylor's University

Top 5 at 5: UN Raises Alarm on Exploitation of Bangladeshi Workers

Top 5 at 5: UN Raises Alarm on Exploitation of Bangladeshi Workers

Adrian Pereira, Director, North-South Initiative

How Can Malaysia Fix Its Migrant Labour System?

How Can Malaysia Fix Its Migrant Labour System?

Adrian Pereira, Executive Director, North-South Initiative

Top 5 at 5: Getting Into Aeroline's Suspension

Top 5 at 5: Getting Into Aeroline's Suspension

Wan Agyl Wan Hassan, Founder, MY Mobility Vision

Top 5 at 5: Femicide on the Rise in Malaysia

Top 5 at 5: Femicide on the Rise in Malaysia

Tamyra Selvarajan, Advocacy Officer, Women’s Aid Organisation

Rethinking Labour Justice For Migrant Workers

Rethinking Labour Justice For Migrant Workers

Dr Asha Rathina Pandi, Head of Research, North South Initiative

Top 5 at 5: The $2 Billion Aid Gap in Southeast Asia

Top 5 at 5: The $2 Billion Aid Gap in Southeast Asia

Grace Stanhope, Research Associate, Lowy Institute

Expensive And Costly Flaws In Our Immigration Systems

Expensive And Costly Flaws In Our Immigration Systems

Alex Ong, Country Representative, Migrant CARE

Your Kidneys Can Be Damaged By Heat Exposure

Your Kidneys Can Be Damaged By Heat Exposure

Dr George Lee, Consultant Urologist | Dr Sunita Bavanandan, Consultant Nephrologist | Dr Abed Onn, Occupational Health Physician

Top 5 at 5: Crossroads in Bangladeshi Foreign Worker Agreement

Top 5 at 5: Crossroads in Bangladeshi Foreign Worker Agreement

Harun Al Rashid, migrant rights activist

Top 5 at 5: Malaysia-Bangladesh Migrant Worker Dispute

Top 5 at 5: Malaysia-Bangladesh Migrant Worker Dispute

Charles Santiago, co-chair, Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights

How Colonialism, Labour, and Hinduism Became Entangled in Malaya’s Rail Network

How Colonialism, Labour, and Hinduism Became Entangled in Malaya’s Rail Network

Vineeta Sinha, Author, Temple Tracks

Ongoing Challenges In Migrant Worker Treatment

Ongoing Challenges In Migrant Worker Treatment

Alex Ong , Country Representative of Migrant CARE

 
 




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Opening Bell

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Dato’ Ganesh Chinnappan, Managing Director of Raine & Horne International Zaki + Partners Sdn. Bhd., discusses the concept and reality of Build-to-Sell houses.

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Shareen Ramli on building Siti Li Dining & Foodhall, food as culture, and the realities of growing a sustainable F&B business.

11:00 AM

The Workplace

Hybrid work, leadership fatigue, and rising expectations around trust and wellbeing have changed what it means to lead and belong at work. In 2026, building a strong team is no longer about individual performance alone and rather, it’s about connection, safety, and collective clarity. We speak with Dr. Jamie Shapiro, Founder and CEO of Connected EC, organisational psychologist, CEO coach, and author of Connected Culture, about what it really takes to build thriving teams in today’s workplace.

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Enterprise Explores

The Ministry of Education’s Education Blueprint 2026-2035 has officially landed with a clear, mandatory mandate: a Grade C floor for English, BM, Mathematics, and History. But as we enter a decade defined by generative AI and automation, is a static grade on a paper certificate still a valid currency for the Malaysian workforce? Or is the national curriculum benchmarking for a world that no longer exists?

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The Breakfast Grille Repeat

Anand Pathmakanthan, Head of Regional Equity Research at Maybank Investment Banking Group, and Patrick Chang, Chief Investment Officer for Affluent Product & Proposition at CIMB Bank Berhad, discusses market strategies for 2026.

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Is Waste-to-Energy the answer to Malaysia’s waste problem? Researcher Yuenmei Wong breaks down the misconceptions, impacts, and possible alternatives.

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