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Scaling a highly capital-intensive and technically demanding semiconductor manufacturing business from scratch is famously difficult—especially for a female founder with zero initial technical background and no bank track record. Yet, CG Global managed to crack the global supply chain, successfully expanding its manufacturing backbone to serve the stringent medical, aerospace, and automotive sectors.
In this episode of Do More, we sit down with Siti Padillah, Founder of CG Global, and Faizal Jalaluddin from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), to dissect the playbook of how a local SME transformed into a globally certified manufacturing powerhouse.
Siti shares her gritty entrepreneurial journey: from starting with used machinery and manually recording warehouse stock, to securing critical government intervention grants that fully digitized her operations. She also breaks down the relentless war for talent in Penang, her unique strategies to train non-engineering graduates to survive the MNC poaching squeeze, and the absolute necessity of securing high-level global certifications.
Faizal pulls back the curtain on MIDA's "Invest Local" mandate, proving that government agencies do much more than just chase foreign direct investment. He outlines how MIDA acts as a crucial bridge—providing unbanked SMEs with intervention funds, connecting them to global giants like Infineon, and pushing vendor development programs to build Malaysia's industrial resilience.
Follow CG Global and MIDA here:
(MIDA): https://www.mida.gov.my/
(CG Global): https://cgglobal-cem.com/
Traditional pharmaceutical distribution models operate under thin margins, fixed government fees, and highly capital-intensive storage metrics. When public-listed legacy giant Pharmaniaga hit a sudden PN17 classification due to a massive RM552 million vaccine provisioning write-down, the market braced for a long, drawn-out restructuring. Instead, they executed one of the fastest regularization turnarounds in Bursa Malaysia’s history.
In this episode of Do More, we sit down with Dato' Zulkifli Jafar, Managing Director of Pharmaniaga Berhad, to dissect the exact corporate playbook driving their institutional recovery and structural reset.
Dato' Zulkifli clears the air regarding widespread public misperceptions surrounding their national concession agreement—clarifying that Pharmaniaga essentially functions as the high-capacity, nationwide "Lalamove or Shopee" logistics grid for healthcare, while product selection and volumes are tightly dictated by the Ministry of Health.
We pull back the curtain on the granular unit economics of their rapid recovery: from bringing in 19 private placement investors to raise over RM500 million and paring down debt, to integrating dynamic S&OP demand planning frameworks. He explains the exact operational mechanics behind automating inventory blocks—successfully optimizing their government stockpile requirements from RM400 million down to RM250 million, saving RM7.6 million a year in interest costs alone. Finally, we explore their strategic 2030 roadmap: shifting resources away from legacy distribution grids and executing an aggressive pivot into high-margin upstream manufacturing, fill-and-finish capabilities, and proprietary biologics to protect Malaysia's sovereign drug supply.
Follow Dato Zulkifli Jaafar here:
URL: https://pharmaniaga.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/datozulkiflijafar/
Most people think Pokémon cards are toys for kids.
Adlin Yusman says that's exactly why most people don't understand the collectibles market.
After spending years collecting, trading, and building Collektr, he's witnessed the rise of an entirely new asset class—one powered by nostalgia, scarcity, culture, and community.
What started with sneakers, watches, and comic books has evolved into a global collectibles economy worth billions. Today, rare Pokémon cards can sell for more than luxury watches, while collectors compete worldwide for items most people once threw away.
In this episode, Adlin breaks down the psychology, economics, and business behind collectibles. From a Pokémon card that jumped from USD8,000 to USD44,000 in just months, to the rise of live-stream commerce and auction platforms, this conversation explores why people are willing to spend RM200,000—or more—on a single card.
Because the real value isn't cardboard.
It's culture, scarcity, and belief.
Adlin Yusman Co-Founder of Collektr Follow Adlin here: Collektr: https://collektr.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collektr.co/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adlinyusman/
Most people spend their entire lives trying to enter the corporate world.
Tunku Alizakri already reached the top of it.
From leading major institutions to operating at the centre of Malaysia’s financial ecosystem, he has spent decades understanding how power, systems, and large organisations actually work behind closed doors.
But instead of staying comfortable, he stepped into a completely different world: startups.
Why would someone leave stability for uncertainty?
In this episode, Tunku Alizakri breaks down why younger generations are walking away from traditional career paths, why large corporations are struggling to adapt to the speed of technological change, and why AI is forcing entire industries into a state of confusion.
From the future of work to the psychology of ambition, this conversation explores what happens when experience collides with reinvention.
Because in a rapidly changing world, staying still might be the biggest risk of all.
Tunku Alizakri bin Raja Muhammad Alias Board Member; Chairman of Collektr Follow Tunku Alizakri here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alizakri-alias/
Most people think digital banking is just a traditional bank on a smartphone. Pei Si Lai, who leads the regional business for GXBank across Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, says that way of thinking is exactly why the old guard is failing.
After years inside the traditional banking world, she’s seen the truth: the system is bogged down by a "friction" problem that traditional banks refuse to fix. From endless paperwork to 5-day wait times for simple loans, the "Big Boys" have built a world that works for them, not for you.
GXBank isn't just an app. It’s a faster, more responsive, and more innovative ecosystem designed to dismantle the status quo.
In this episode, Pei Si breaks down why the future of finance belongs to those who can move at the speed of life. By leveraging proprietary data and a "Scale Mandate," GXBank is serving the millions that traditional banks deemed "unreachable."
From approving loans in minutes to the reality of making money on an RM500 micro-loan, this conversation is a look at a banking system that people actually love.
Because the real disruption isn't the technology. It’s the end of the wait.
Pei Si Lai, Group Chief Executive Officer of GXS Bank
Most women influence a massive portion of global spending, yet they receive a tiny fraction of investment capital. Rejina Rahim believes the problem starts with a fundamental lack of "money ownership".
After nearly 30 years in the financial world, including serving as Managing Director for Nomura Asset Management, Rejina walked away from the corporate C-suite to launch Wahine Capital. Her mission? To bridge the gap between women and wealth.
In this episode, Rejina breaks down the cultural and psychological barriers with Anabelle that stop women from taking charge of their finances—from the "someone will take care of me" trap to the hesitation in negotiating salaries.
What she reveals is a wake-up call for every woman.
Financial independence isn't just about the numbers.
It’s about rewriting your "money story" and having the courage to ask for more. From the dangers of "liquid-only" investing to the reality of why many smart professionals see their savings disappear, this conversation provides a roadmap for financial confidence. Because you can't manage your future if you don't own your money.
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - The "Ownership" Gap: Why Women Don't Control Their Wealth
00:07:11 - The "Motherhood" Awakening: Why Desperation Breeds Courage
00:09:43 - Becoming MD at 34: Overcoming the "I'm Not Ready" Lie
00:15:30 - The Danger of "Frittering": Why Even Ex-Bankers Lose Their Savings
00:28:45 - From Cost-Centre to Front Office: Branding Yourself for Value In
Rejina Rahim, Founder of Wahine Capital
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URL: https://www.lifeofw.com/about
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rejina-rahim/
Most people dream about leaving — seeing the world, starting over, doing something different. Fabian Fernandez actually did it. As the fourth Malaysian to complete a full round-the-world circumnavigation, covering 30 countries and about 40,000 nautical miles, he made a decision most people never make — to walk away from comfort and commit to the unknown.
In this episode, Fabian shares what it really takes — not just to sail across oceans, but to face isolation, uncertainty, and himself. Because the hardest part isn’t the journey. It’s choosing a life where there’s no safety net, no distractions — just you, and the decision to keep going.
CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:26 - Who Is Fabian Fernandez
00:01:30 - Sailing Around the World (The Decision)
00:06:40 - Leaving Everything Behind
00:14:30 - Life at Sea (Expectation vs Reality)
00:22:50 - Isolation, Fear & Mental Challenges
00:35:20 - What Keeps You Going
00:46:10 - Freedom, Comfort & Final Reflections
Follow Fabian here:
URL: https://asianyachtingacademy.com/uncategorized/fabian-fernandez/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabian-fernandez-21b21871/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/dawnsailing
Most people think trading is about strategy, indicators, or timing the market. Kathlyn Toh disagrees.
After 17 years at Intel, earning a high income with stock options, she made a decision that most wouldn’t — to walk away and pursue trading full-time.
What she discovered isn’t what most expect.
Trading isn’t about being right. It’s about managing risk, discipline, and psychology.
In this episode, Kathlyn breaks down why most traders fail — even when they have the right knowledge — and what actually separates those who make money from those who don’t.
From risk-reward frameworks to emotional control, this conversation goes beyond theory into how trading really works in practice.
Because the real edge in trading isn’t strategy.
It’s how you think.
TL/DW of the episode:
→ Why trading is 90% psychology, not skill
→ The biggest mistake most traders make (and don’t realise)
→ Why you don’t need to be right to make money
→ The risk-reward framework that changes everything
→ How to actually pick and time good stocks
→ What it takes to trade consistently over time
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:32 - From Intel Engineer to Full-Time Trader
00:02:10 - The Moment She Realised Salary Isn’t Enough 00:05:00 - Why RM3 Million Still Falls Short
00:09:45 - The Hidden Cost of Financial Stress
00:13:10 - Why Trading Is 90% Psychology
00:17:50 - The Truth About Winning in Markets
00:20:00 - Buy & Hold vs Active Trading
00:23:00 - How to Actually Pick Good Stocks
00:27:15 - Why “Cheap” Stocks Keep Falling
00:29:00 - The 40/30/30 Rule of Market Movement
00:34:20 - How Much Money You Need to Start
00:38:15 - Can You Live Off Trading? (Reality Check)
00:41:00 - How to Split Investing vs Trading
00:45:30 - What Intraday Trading Actually Looks Like
00:48:30 - The 300x Student Story (And Why It’s Rare)
00:54:20 - The One Trait That Separates Winners
00:56:40 - Why Most People Can’t Handle Losses
00:57:00 - Final Thoughts on Financial Freedom
Follow Kathlyn here:
URL: https://www.beyondinsights.net/
LinkedIn: / kathlyn-toh
FB: / kathlyntoh
IG: / beyondinsightseducation
Over the last 12 months, Eric Tan — Group CEO of Catcha Digital Berhad — led the acquisition of eight companies across digital media, trade exhibitions, and software.
But this isn’t about a shopping spree.
It’s about building a permanent home for market-leading businesses — and helping founders move from Chapter One to Chapter Two.
From integrating acquisitions to navigating AI disruption, Eric shares what most entrepreneurs misunderstand about scaling, selling, and surviving in today’s chaotic digital economy.
This conversation reveals:
→ Why you should never build a business just to be acquired
→ What actually happens in the first 100 days after selling your company
→ Why most SMEs waste money on digital marketing
→ The difference between awareness and actual sales
→ How AI is quietly eliminating entry-level “boring work”
→ The real hiring traits that matter in 2026
→ The hidden risk of founder personal branding
→ Why “be kind and help people” might be the most underrated business strategy
If you're building a business, thinking of exiting, or trying to understand where digital media is heading — this episode is for you.
00:00 – Intro
01:20 – Why Catcha Digital went on an acquisition spree
04:10 – The 3 pillars of Catcha Digital Berhad
06:45 – What happens in the first 100 days after acquisition
10:30 – Digital media trends heading into 2026
14:20 – AI, interns & the future of hiring
18:40 – Advice for founders who want to be acquired
22:50 – Why online must connect with offline
26:30 – Eric’s failed startup & lessons in humility
30:10 – Why SMEs struggle with digital marketing
32:50 – Awareness vs conversion: What brands misunderstand
35:40 – Should founders build personal brands?
36:45 – The billboard message to Malaysia
Follow Eric Tan here:
URL: https://www.catchadigital.com/our-team/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rictan0/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/rictan0/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/rictan0/
Tzu Kit Chan left Malaysia at 18, landed in Palo Alto, and now works on one of the most uncomfortable problems in tech: preventing catastrophic risk from advanced AI.
While Malaysia debates AI tools, productivity hacks, and startup funding, the real danger isn’t ChatGPT replacing jobs — it’s unprepared institutions racing toward systems they don’t fully understand.
After advising the Malaysian government, leading ISO AI standards discussions, and working on AGI security projects near Stanford, Tzu Kit is sounding a warning most policymakers don’t want to hear.
This conversation reveals:
→ Why Malaysia is focused on AI adoption — but not AI containment
→ The dangerous gap between AI capability growth and regulatory maturity
→ Why talent, not funding, may be our biggest bottleneck
→ The uncomfortable truth about AGI risk most Southeast Asian leaders ignore
→ What happens when AI safety becomes reactive instead of proactive
If we wait until it’s obvious, it may already be too late.
00:00 - Intro
01:45 - From Malaysia to Palo Alto: Tzu Kit’s journey into AI safety
04:27 - Why AI risk is bigger than most Malaysians think
06:52 - Adoption vs regulation: Is Malaysia preparing fast enough?
11:21 - What “catastrophic AI risk” actually means
13:11 - Inside AGI security: What experts are worried about
19:44 - Why government policy is struggling to keep up
21:45 - The talent gap problem in Malaysia
23:41 - AI standards, ISO 42000 & global governance
25:27 - The race dynamic: Why slowing down is hard
30:10 - The uncomfortable message for Malaysian leaders
31:48 - Tzu Kit’s personal warning about AI timelines
32:35 - What Malaysia must do before 2026
39:15 – The Infrastructure We’re Not Hardening
47:20 – The Chicken Analogy: What Happens When We’re No Longer Apex
52:10 – Sudden White Collar Collapse
57:45 – Should Your Kids Still Go To University?
1:03:40 – Asset Security in an AI World
1:10:15 – Can AI Replace Leaders?
1:21:00 – Final Warning: The Timeline Is Shorter Than You Think
Follow Tzu here:
URL: https://tzukitchan.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tzukit/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/tzukit.chan/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/tzukitchan/
Markets look strong on the surface — but underneath, things may be changing.
In this episode, Jonathan Quek returns to break down why he believes markets are entering a capital rotation phase, why he is currently holding 80% cash, and why crypto may face further downside before the next opportunity appears.
We discuss the contradictions in today’s macro environment: rising unemployment, strong stock markets, AI-driven productivity shifts, and why defensive sectors are quietly outperforming.
Is this the late stage of a cycle — or the setup for the next big move?
This conversation covers macro trends, equities, and crypto positioning from a trader’s perspective.
(This discussion is for educational purposes only and not financial advice.)
00:00 — Why Markets Feel Different Right Now
02:18 — Capital Rotation: Tech Down, Energy & Materials Up
04:18 — Macro Contradictions: Strong Markets vs Weak Confidence
07:45 — AI, Jobs & Why Stocks Keep Rising
10:10 — Why Jonathan Is Holding 80% Cash
12:09 — What Would Make Him Buy Aggressively Again
14:01 — 2026 Outlook: Volatility, Elections & Global Risks
16:04 — Late Cycle Signals & Smart Money Behavior
18:20 — Why Defensive Stocks Are Quietly Rising
20:05 — Why Many Market Commentators Stay Bullish
21:55 — Short-Term Bearish, Long-Term Bullish on Crypto
22:18 — Bitcoin Levels & What He’s Watching Next
Follow Jonathan Quek
FutureTrends: https://futuretrendsacademy.com/about_us LinkedIn: https://my.linkedin.com/in/jonathanquek360 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanquekcw360/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanque
Ray Chou burned through capital in five countries before learning a brutal lesson: regional expansion feeds your ego while starving your bank account.
After building and exiting 19 businesses and coaching founders across Southeast Asia through Malaysia's growing entrepreneurship ecosystem, he's exposing the uncomfortable patterns keeping business owners permanently stuck.
This conversation reveals:
→ Why your loyal Day-1 employees might be the reason you can't break your revenue ceiling
→ The "Who Moved My Cheese" principle that separates founders who scale from those who stagnate
→ How to profile your future buyer years before you're ready to sell
→ The generalist trap: why hiring people who "do everything" is killing your growth
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:45 - Biggest mistake Southeast Asian founders make when scaling
04:27 - Growth vs profitability: why growth can kill your business
06:52 - When is the right time to scale a business? (Key fundamentals)
11:21 - The 3 principles behind scalable businesses: repeatability, consistency, predictability
13:11 - When should founders get a business coach? (The real role of a coach)
19:44 - How to prepare your business to sell in 3–5 years
21:45 - Founder syndrome explained (and why buyers hate it)
23:41 - How to think about your future buyer before you sell
25:27 - Why founders get stuck at revenue plateaus (and how to break through)
30:10 - One brutal message every entrepreneur needs to hear
31:48 - Ray’s personal founder “warning label”
32:35 - One rule every founder should follow going into 2026
Follow Ray here:
Owners Circle: https://ownerscircle.asia/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theraychou
LinkedIn: https://my.linkedin.com/in/theraychou
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raychoukl/
Bloom Growth: https://www.bloomgrowthcoach.com/coaches/ray-chou/
Malaysia talks endlessly about tolerance, unity, and 'Satu Malaysia'. Yet it remains fractured. Shahril Hamdan's insight after a decade in politics: the problem isn't that Malaysians are intolerant. It's that we have no shared story.
America has the American Dream. Singapore has meritocratic excellence. Malaysia has... what?
This conversation deconstructs what a national narrative should look like when you can't rely on meritocracy, when ethnicities will always matter, and when resentment runs deep.
The TL/DW of the episode:
→ Why every ethnicity in Malaysia feels like a victim (and why that matters)
→ The 10-year project to reform UMNO from inside and why it collapsed
→ What "group advancement" policy should really look like beyond race
→ The one narrative Malaysia desperately needs but refuses to build
Follow Shahril Hamdan here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shahrilh
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shahrilhamdan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shahrilsufianhamdan
LinkedIn: https://my.linkedin.com/in/shahril-hamdan
The Keluar Sekejap Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@keluarsekejap
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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:52 - Why People Assume I’m Privileged
00:05:04 - How Race Shaped Me as a Kid
00:07:04 - Why I Joined a Malay Nationalist Party
00:09:13 - Merit or Privilege? The Uncomfortable Truth
00:13:10 - You Never Escape Affirmative Action
00:14:09 - Why Malaysia Can’t “Graduate”
00:16:19 - Why Political Reform Always Fails
00:17:53 - The Truth About Malay Resentment
00:21:38 - Trying to Reform UMNO From Inside
00:27:31 - The Moment UMNO Turned Back
00:30:13 - The Siege Mentality in Malay Politics
00:32:00 - Malaysia Has No National Story
00:34:36 - What Should Malaysians Believe In?
00:39:34 - Why I’ll Never Be a Populist
00:44:35 - How Our Podcast Accidentally Took Off
00:48:53 - Getting Malaysians to Hate Less
00:54:36 - Malaysia Is Stronger Than We Think
00:58:31 - If I Had the PM’s Ear
01:03:45 - Why We Don’t Celebrate Entrepreneurs
01:07:17 - When GLCs Must Let Go
01:10:16 - The PM Is Stronger Than You Think
01:17:21 - Three Things I Want for 2026
Vietnam is cheaper. Indonesia has scale. Thailand has labor. So why would a semiconductor, biotech, or aerospace company choose Malaysia in 2026?
Because MIDA is explicitly steering capital toward complexity & not assembly lines. MIDA's Masni Muhammad breaks down how the New Investment Incentive Framework rewards R&D spending, high-income job creation, and domestic supply-chain integration in ways that turn Malaysia into a destination for actual innovation, not just manufacturing.
The TL/DW of the episode:
→ Why the government is deliberately pushing away "low-value assembly" and betting on high-complexity sectors
→ How the six-pillar scorecard (complexity, jobs, integration, inclusivity, clustering, ESG) makes innovation profitable, literally
→ The "domestic integration" play: how MIDA connects multinational supply chains with Malaysian suppliers to build ecosystem resilience
→ Less-developed states getting better incentives: how Kelantan's specialty chemicals beat Penang's overcrowded semiconductor corridor
Malaysia isn't competing on cost anymore. It's competing on what you can build here that you can't build anywhere else.
Follow MIDA here:
Official Website: https://www.mida.gov.my/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialMIDA/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialmida/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MIDATVChannel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/malaysian-investment-development-authority
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/officialMIDA
The formative years are 7 to 11. The irony? That's when fathers are busiest climbing corporate ladders.
Jason Leong (Co-Founder of Better Dads Malaysia) has sat with thousands of men; CEOs, paupers, engineers, laborers and discovered something radical. The problem isn't income inequality. It's presence inequality.
And it's destroying an entire generation of boys.
Between 2019 and now, Malaysia has seen mass stabbing, suicides on university campuses, and a prison population that's 94% male. The through-line? Absent fathers. Not just physically, but emotionally.
The TL/DW of the episode:
→ How prosperity creates weak men (and why hard times create strong ones)
→ The one job no other man can replace you in
→ Why your son will remember the bicycle lesson at age 5 for the next 60 years
→ The exact framework to transform from corporate drone to intentional father
The solution exists. It just requires sacrifice.
Follow Jason / Better Dads Malaysia here:
Official Website: https://www.betterdadsmalaysia.my/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/betterdadsmalaysia/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterdadsmalaysia
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@betterdadsmalaysia4967
Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:22 - The Shocking Truth About Planned Violence Among Young Men
00:02:21 - The 4 Hidden Factors Destroying Boys Before They Become Men
00:04:18 - Why Fathers Are Failing Their Sons (And Don't Even Know It)
00:07:00 - How the Industrial Revolution Stole Fathers From Their Children
00:09:39 - The Toxic Masculinity Trap That's Radicalizing Your Son
00:13:28 - The One Gift That Prevents Your Child From Becoming Violent
00:16:59 - Why Good Intentions Aren't Enough to Save Your Family
00:19:20 - The Brutal Choice Every Father Must Make
00:22:45 - How to Redefine Success Before It's Too Late
00:26:12 - The Memory Test That Reveals If You're a Good Father
00:30:58 - The Job Only You Can Do (That No One Can Replace)
00:38:24 - The I.C.A.N. Method: How to Become the Father Your Child Needs
00:46:06 - Why Malaysian Fathers Are Finally Waking Up
00:53:17 - The 3.8x Suicide Crisis Among Malaysian Men
00:58:18 - The 3 Words Every Child Must Hear From Their Father
When someone owes you money in Malaysia, most people send a demand letter and pray. Rudi Cheu has spent a decade recovering debts, and he's discovered something uncomfortable: less than 10% of cases are actually solved that way.
Most people think debt recovery is about sending letters or going to court. The reality is far more psychological. It's about understanding how debtors prioritize payments, and making sure you're NOT on the bottom of their list.
The TL/DW of this episode:
→ Why being "nice" is the #1 reason creditors never recover their money
→ The three-pronged strategy that forces prioritization (without being brutal)
→ When to sue and when it's actually smarter to take a tax write-off
→ How a woman recovered alimony using the most obscure legal tool in Malaysia
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:06 - Is a Letter of Demand Actually Powerful?
04:04 - Malaysia's Criminal Code: Can You Get Jailed For Owing Money
07:03 - Three Tactics To Reduce Bad Debts Dramatically
11:03 - How Small Are Small Debts Worth Pursuing?
15:01 - What Makes Creditors Never Get Paid
16:41 - The True Cost of Going to Court
19:03 - Judgment Summons: Jailing People For Debt (Legally)
Follow Rudi here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rudicheu/
LinkedIn: https://my.linkedin.com/in/rudi-cheu-82548342
Threads: https://www.threads.com/@rudicheu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rudicheu/
For decades, Malaysia's policymakers have been analyzing inequality with the wrong lens. Dr Lee Hwok-Aun , a political economy researcher at ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute unpacks how lumping rural and urban together, ignoring regional divides, and oversimplifying ethnic categories creates policies that miss the mark (and fuel division instead of solving it).
This conversation explores:
→ Why comparing all Bumiputeras to all Chinese obscures the real gaps (and ignores Indians entirely)
→ How B40 inequality between ethnic groups is actually narrowing, but nobody's talking about it
→ What universal basic pensions could mean for Malaysia's elderly crisis
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Follow Dr Lee here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hwok-aun-lee/
ISEAS: https://www.iseas.edu.sg/about-us/researchers/lee-hwok-aun/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n_UUp7oAAAAJ&hl=en
More writing at Fulcrum: https://fulcrum.sg/contributors/lee-hwok-aun/
Articles mentioned in video:
NEP:
https://www.ehm.my/publications/articles/interethnic-income-inequality-in-malaysia-revisiting-old-records-exploring-new-narratives
Happiness:
https://fulcrum.sg/all-that-money-cannot-buy-patterns-of-satisfaction-in-malaysias-happiness-index/
Aging:
https://fulcrum.sg/malaysia-must-address-ailing-security-of-its-aging-society/
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CHAPTERS
00:45 - Stepping back from the "for or against" trap
03:27 - Defining group advancement vs. need-based policies
07:31 - The data deception: why national averages lie
15:40 - How to explain inequality to your 17-year-old
21:55 - The real scandal of housing discounts and scholarships
25:47 - A balanced approach: merit + need + identity in universities
35:04 - Malaysia's happiness paradox & why Terengganu beats KL
43:04 - Can Malaysia afford universal pensions?
52:59 - The future of work, AI, and group advancement policy
Malaysia's federal model just entered its most unstable period yet. After Sabah's election shock, political analyst Bridget Welsh reveals why East Malaysia's demand for autonomy is a fundamental restructuring of how power flows in this country. The 40% revenue dispute, the kingmaker role of Borneo, and what happens when neglected regions suddenly have leverage.
The TLDW of this episode:
→ Why the "Madani moment" is actually a fragmentation moment disguised as stability
→ How autonomy becomes independence in slow motion (and why that matters)
→ The decentralization decade that West Malaysia didn't see coming
The uncomfortable truth: Malaysia's one-party dominance era is dead. What replaces it will determine whether we compete with Vietnam or become a cautionary tale.
Chapters
0:16 - Three Things Sabah's Election Revealed About Malaysia
2:44 - The 10-Year Decentralization Nobody Noticed
5:36 - The Catch-22 Anwar Can't Escape
12:28 - Why Position Deals Won't Fix This
14:33 - The 40% Revenue Question That Could Break The Federation
20:14 - East Malaysia vs West Malaysia: The Competitiveness Crisis
24:14 - Energy, Resources & Who Controls Malaysia's Future
26:52 - The Xenophobia Problem Hiding in Migration Policy
31:00 - Geopolitics: Why China Matters More to Sabah Than KL
35:02 - Autonomy Isn't Independence (But It's Getting Close)
38:46 - AI Governance: Southeast Asia's Next Fault Line
43:31 - Does Malaysia Have Leaders for the Next Decade?
FOLLOW BRIDGET HERE:
URL: https://bridgetwelsh.com/bio/
Podcast: www.straighttalkseasia.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bridget-welsh-424691a0/
X: @dririshsea
MalaysiaKini articles: https://www.malaysiakini.com/en/author/Bridget%20Welsh
Most Malaysians own fire extinguishers they've never touched, sitting expired in corners while new fire threats such as EV batteries, power banks & lithium devices, multiply in their homes.
Brian Soo reveals why traditional fire safety thinking fails and how the Mont Kiara fire exposed critical gaps in how we protect our property investments from catastrophic loss.
The TLDW of this episode, though we recommend you to watch it :)
→ Why smoke kills more than flames & where fatalities actually occur in home fires
→ The RM50-100 investment that protects your property wealth (and what makes cheap ones dangerous)
→ New fire threats from EV cars and lithium batteries that traditional extinguishers cannot fight
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Most Malaysian IPOs fail before they start. Not from bad businesses, but from founders who treat the listing as a finish line instead of a starting gun.
Stephanie Ng has spent years translating complex enterprises into 300-page prospectuses that unlock billions in capital. Yet she's discovered most investors never read past the financials, and most companies exhaust themselves reaching debut day, then go silent.
This TL/DW:
→ Why 50% of IPO attempts fail (and it's not the business model)
→ The "marriage analogy": why debut day is just the wedding, not the relationship
→ What minority shareholders actually need to read in those intimidating documents
→ How social media storytelling could save Malaysia's overlooked mid-cap companies
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:12 - Why IPO Is Like Marriage: One Shot, Years of Consequences
06:43 - The 1999 Certificate That Can Kill Your Listing & Why Half of Companies Quit Halfway
16:32 - The Fastest IPO Takes a Year... If Nothing Goes Wrong
19:01 - The Risk Factors Chapter: Where Companies Confess Everything
26:00 - The Secret Weapon No One Reads (Independent Market Research)
38:00 - Public Bank's 30-Minute Early Habit That Explains Everything
46:22 - Why Strong Companies Go Silent After Debut Day
50:08 - Your Prospectus Has $500K of Ready-Made Content Just Sitting There
55:01 - Why Young Investors Buy Shitcoins Instead of Your Shares
56:22 - Last 7 Days: TV vs TikTok—Where Capital Markets Are Really Happening
01:02:00 - Core Values on Walls vs Real Culture: What Predicts Who Survives Crashes
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Most professionals treat LinkedIn like an online resume: updated once, then forgotten. Crystal Lim, one of LinkedIn's Top 20 creators, reveals it's actually career insurance. She went from corporate marketer to B2B storyteller through one insight: people don't buy products, they buy the stories behind them. Her "toifie" (toilet selfie) strategy accidentally became her personal brand, proving that authenticity beats perfection.
The TL/DW of this episode:
→ Why your LinkedIn profile matters more than your CV when recruiters decide your salary → How "toilet selfies" taught Crystal that noticing what others notice reveals your hidden strengths
→ The corporate storytelling framework that turns employees into company ambassadors without being cringe
→ Why starting with zero followers today is actually an advantage in 2025
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:14 - The Accidental Path: From Employee to LinkedIn Creator
07:17 - The “Toifie” Philosophy: When Toilets Reveal Corporate Culture
14:08 - LinkedIn as the New CV: Why Recruiters Check Your Profile First
18:18 - Career Insurance for Regular Employees
23:45 - The Employer's Dilemma: Why Companies Fear Active Employees
29:08 - Starting From Zero in 2025
33:43 - Employee-Generated Content: The UGC Strategy Companies Miss
36:32 - The "I Don't Know What I'm Doing" Connection
39:47 - For the Technical Founders: Bridging Product Excellence with Storytelling
42:19 - Social Capital Over Virality
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Most analysts see chaos in Trump's tariffs and Fed threats. Michael Every sees calculated statecraft, a deliberate strategy to remake both the US economy and the global order.
The question isn't whether Trump has a plan, but whether the world can survive it. Michael reveals how stablecoins, Bitcoin reserves, and supply chain warfare form pieces of a grand strategy that either secures American hegemony for decades, or, forces a confrontation no one wants.
This conversation explores:
→ Why Trump's "chaos" is actually economic statecraft with a specific endpoint
→ How dollar stablecoins and a Bitcoin reserve could reshape global finance entirely
→ The coming Fed transformation that will redefine what "independent" central banking means
→ Why commodity supply chains in Africa and Latin America may become the next battlefield
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:37 - The Method Behind Trump's Apparent Madness
06:09 - From Consumer Nation to Industrial Powerhouse
08:07 - The US Debt Problem Nobody Understands
10:09 - What's Coming Next: The Real Transformation Begins
11:10 - The Federal Reserve's Coming Revolution
14:10 - Asset Prices in the New Paradigm
16:10 - The Fatal Flaw in "Just Buy US Assets"
18:55 - Stablecoins: The Weapon You're Not Watching
22:10 - Bitcoin's Role in the Grand Strategy
24:23 - When Economic Statecraft Becomes Military Statecraft
26:10 - Can the Republican Vision Survive Beyond Trump?
27:13 - The US-China "Peace" That's Actually an Arms Race
28:58 - How to Position Yourself for What's Coming
MOST Malaysians believe 5.5% EPF returns mean they're building wealth. Victor Liew shows why you're actually losing purchasing power. While official inflation sits at 2-3%, your nasi lemak costs 90% more than a decade ago—that's your real inflation. Add policy drags like SST, subsidy removals, and healthcare premium spikes, and middle-class Malaysians face a 10-15% annual hurdle rate their savings can't clear.
The TLDW:
→ Why your RM1 million at 55 will only buy RM300K worth of goods by 75
→ The "shadow inflation" eating 7-10% of your wealth annually while governments report 3%
→ How a 31-year-old should invest differently than someone at 51 and why renting beats buying
Link to download the ‘How Many Days Till End of Money’ spreadsheet
(as referred towards the end of the conversation)
https://bit.ly/HowManyDaysTillEndOfMoney
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction: Malaysia's Middle Class Under Siege
00:49 - The Shadow Inflation Truth: Why Official Numbers Hide Real 10-15% Costs
04:09 - The Retirement Math Nobody Tells You: 1 Million Becomes Worthless
07:10 - Investment Strategy: Why Global Diversification Is Non-Negotiable
13:10 - Finding The Right Funds: 15% Returns Over 50 Years Is Possible
18:25 - Life Stage Investing: From Age 21 To Retirement Planning
27:44 - How Much You Really Need: The 2 Million Ringgit Reality Check
29:27 - Investment Psychology: Why Dead Investors Outperform Everyone
33:04 - The Forgotten Middle Class And What To Do Now
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Malaysians trust private insurance to be a safety net until a cancer diagnosis exposes fine print, denied claims, and a broken system. Dato Dr. Ibrahim, oncologist and past president of the Malaysian Oncology Society, reveals how rising premiums, profit motives, and regulatory gray zones have left even the well-insured without care.. and why this crisis burdens both families and the nation.
This conversation explores:
→ Hidden gaps in health insurance even with million-ringgit coverage
→ When profit beats patients: how industry loopholes are exploited
→ The regulatory vacuum: who is really protecting Malaysians?
→ Collective action for change and the surprising role of doctors, lawyers, and consumers
Link to the Minister of Health’s statement on doctors to adhere to duty of care
(as referred to by Dato Ibrahim)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JvFY9tDPcmWJJMqH4c09MgD2XYCU5tkp/view?usp=sharing
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Reality Check: Are You Really Covered?
04:06 - How Insurers Deny Standard Care
09:38 - Profit vs Patient: How Motives Changed
11:18 - Regulatory Gray Zones: No One's in Charge
16:05 - Healthcare Inflation: Who's to Blame?
19:13 - Systemic Consequences: Burden Shifts to Public Hospitals
21:05 - Conflicts of Interest & Profits Before Patients
26:05 - Overriding Doctors: Insurers Dictate Treatment
32:00 - Why Malaysians Don't Speak Up and Why That Must Change
40:22 - What You Can Do: Practical Steps and Legal Advice
54:54 - The Urgent Call for Regulatory Action
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When cancer strikes Malaysian families, they face two crises: medical survival and financial ruin. Jonathan Teoh created Kelsis to solve this; converting home equity into healthcare funding while families keep living in their homes. This is impact investing that makes Malaysia's RM4.2 trillion capital markets work for ordinary people.
This conversation explores:
→ Why 1 in 10 Malaysians will face cancer & and why even the insured are going bankrupt
→ How a "reverse annuity" lets you unlock your home's value while staying in it for life
→ The future of tokenization: how everyday Malaysians could invest with as little as RM50
Chapters:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:03:11 – Why Are So Many Malaysians Getting Cancer Younger?
00:07:56 – When Good Health Insurance Isn’t Enough
00:10:59 – The Birth of Kelsis: Turning Homes into Lifelines
00:17:19 – Can Profit and Compassion Actually Work Together?
00:21:18 – Malaysian Healthcare is Broken. Can We Really Fix It?
00:25:45 – How the Kelsis Solution Actually Works
00:33:24 – What If You Want Your Home Back? Kids, Inheritance & Options
00:35:36 – Can Ordinary Malaysians Join as Investors?
00:38:54 – Malaysia’s “White Flag” Spirit: Can We Institutionalize Kindness?
00:42:11 – Tech, AI & The Future of Affordable Healthcare
00:49:42 – What’s Next: Shariah Compliance & Doing the Right Thing
00:53:36 – Can One Radical Idea Really Change the System?
01:04:00 – Closing Thoughts
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Most people drift into midlife following rules that no longer work, but this episode exposes why playing safe with money and career often leaves you stuck.
We unpack the real reasons smart people end up behind: outdated financial advice, loyalty to companies that won’t protect you, and mistaking busyness for progress.
Walk away with a new mental playbook to build freedom, master your money, and make your next move your best one yet.
John Huo of VUCA Insights returns to the show to share his perspective on navigating today's rapidly evolving investment landscape. With markets more dynamic—and demanding—than ever, John emphasizes why it’s critical for individuals to actively explore and diversify their investment opportunities.
In this episode, he breaks down his fund’s strategic approach to adapting in a high-pressure environment and offers practical insights into building long-term financial security. Whether you're just getting started or rethinking your path to retirement, John shares actionable ideas on how to position yourself for a comfortable and confident future — and reveals why he strongly discourages people, especially young adults, from investing in real estate.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - The necessity to invest money
02:00 - The issue of inflation
05:33 - Money is constantly losing value
11:13 - The importance of working with credible partners
15:53 - The risks of investing in mainstream outlets
23:03 - How drawdowns can induce panic
33:56 - Meta earnings are growing exponentially
38:07 - How VUCA insights ensures consistent returns
43:18 - Desktop research is not enough
46:21 - Market forecasts
50:53 - 3 things to do to ensure a comfortable retirement
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In this week’s episode, we sit down with Wallace Yu and Chris Chia from DARA (Digital Asset Rating Agency) — two experts on a mission to bring structure, transparency, and trust to the wild west of digital assets.
With the digital asset space evolving at breakneck speed (and often without a rulebook), DARA is working to build a much-needed framework to evaluate and rate these assets — giving investors the tools and insights they need to navigate this volatile landscape with confidence.
If you’re curious about the future of crypto, blockchain-based assets, or just want to understand what makes one project more credible than another — this conversation is for you.
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0:00 - The need for a digital asset rating agency
8:08 - The growth of the digital asset space
10:12 - What goes into setting up a rating agency in Asia
15:30 - The nature of the current crypto bull run
23:55 - How to assess a crypto asset
27:46 - DARA bitcoin products and the Asian crypt market
36:24 - Wealth protection for digital assets
40:36 - How does DARA assess the risk of AI to digital assets?
44:35 - What might convince the Malaysian government to invest in digital assets
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EPISODE CHAPTERS;
00:00 - Why investing in a necessity
01:56 - Sharia-compliant wealth growth
04:31 - The appeal of investing globally
07:02 - How do you know if an investment is Sharia-compliant?
10:09 - Are digital assets Sharia-compliant?
12:21 - Thoughts on over-diversification of an investment portfolio
14:45 - Assessing investment risks
18:06 - Investing in digital assets
21:06 - Digital vs Physical assets
26:31 - How are advisors preparing for the future
31:41 - The sandwich generation handling finances
36:11 - Markets always moving is not healthy
42:30 - Is a 15% hurdle rate sufficient?
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Chapters
00:00 - The current AI landscape
02:57 - How AI is increasing cybercrime
08:00 - Who is most at risk of online scams?
11:13 - What can I do to protect myself against online scams?
14:53 - How hackers steal your data
18:00 - How hackers exploit banking loopholes
25:15 - How secure is your EPF?
26:48 - How common are online scams now?
28:56 - AI evolution vs Human evolution
32:11 - Causes for concern
35:48 - A crazy deepfake scam that took place in Hong Kong
40:41 - Conclusion
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It’s earnings season once again, and with an anticipated interest rate cut from the US Federal Reserve on the horizon, there’s a lot at stake for investors and the broader economy. To help break it all down, we sat down with our good friend and regular contributor Stephanie Leung, CIO at StashAway.
Chapters
00:00 - What's in store for the second half of 2025
05:27 - How will the imminent Fed rate cut affect investments
10:20 - Which assets perform well during a rate cut?
15:05 - What does this mean for Bitcoin?
17:48 - Mag 7, AI and Crypto
20:06 - How to use Stashaway to prepare for a rate cut
20:54 - Can Apple drop out of the magnificent 7?
24:35 - Final thoughts on how to use Stashaway
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The game has changed, and not in your favor.
In this episode, Professor Guy Standing talks bout how rentier capitalism is quietly eating away at your future, turning workers into disposable pieces while the top stack cash just by owning things. He breaks down why the “precariat” is growing fast, and why most of us are way closer to it than we’d like to admit.
We also get into how tech, AI, and automation are reshaping who gets security and who gets left behind.. and no, the market won’t fix it on its own.
Basic income, political pressure, and a total rethink of power? It’s not idealism. It might be survival.
Chapters
00:00 - How the Rich Get Richer Without Working
08:57 - Are You Part of the New Invisible Class?
16:10 - Why Global Power Is Shifting Fast (And What It Means for You)
21:20 - Is AI Taking Jobs or Just Making Billionaires?
25:16 - Could Free Money Actually Fix the Economy?
28:32 - Why Real Change Starts at the Bottom
33:43 - What Killed Social Democracy?
41:55 - The One Political Shift That Could Change Everything
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Tradeview Capital Founder and CEO Ng Zhu Hann tells the story of how he began his fund management company in an ultra-competitive Malaysian market and in so doing, shares the secrets of how some people make money from shares but the vast majority lose money.
Zhu Hann also shares advice and tips about how to start investing plus how he is thinking about how the financial markets will perform over the next 1-2 years.
Chapters
01:05 - The Transition From Employment To Starting A Business in Asset Management
03:41 - Fundraising For The Fund .. How Difficult?
05:41 - What's The Pitch? How Will You Make Money For Investors?
07:45 - What Do Older Investors Look At For Returns?
10:45 - How Tradeview Tries to Beat Index Returns and Inflation
15:55 - How EPF Addresses The Challenge of Having A Massive Fund Size
17:33 - Let's Talk About FEES ..
22:40 - How Robo-Advisories Can Offer Low Fees But What Are The Challenges?
25:20 - How Are You Thinking About the Malaysian Share Market?
28:40 - Retail Investors Need to Be Aware of 'Hot Tips', Pump 'N Dump Schemes, Syndicates
31:50 - Are The Young Coming to the Share Market?
33:37 - Malaysian Investing Faces Structural Challenges
38:50 - Rule No.1: Don't Lose Money!!
40:15 - How Would You Invest RM10,000 Today?
44:36 - Is There An Ideal Allocation Sequence or Strategy?
46:50 - Where Will Tradeview Invest in the Next 1-3 Years?
48:40 - Which Sectors Does Hann Like?
53:30 - What About Public Markets? Hann Talks HK, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan
1:02:10 - How Would You Advise A 50-Yr-Old To Invest His Money To Retire in 10 Years Time
1:05:53 - How Much Money Do You Need To Retire?
1:07:52 - Why Not Digital Assets Like Bitcoin?
Bitcoin as "digital gold" is either the most brilliant rebranding in financial history or complete nonsense.. and we're not sure which yet.
Gold has been around for thousands of years. It sits there, does nothing, and somehow maintains value. Bitcoin? It's basically a teenager having mood swings every few hours. Calling them equivalent feels like comparing a Rolex to a smartwatch; sure, they both tell time, but one's going to need a software update next week.
Whether Bitcoin actually becomes the stable store of value everyone keeps talking about depends on whether it can shake off its reputation as digital gambling chips. The smart money says it will. The skeptics say it's all just very expensive speculation with extra steps.
Either way, we're watching something historic happen, or, the most expensive bubble in human history slowly deflate.
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We sat down with Stashway's Chief Investment Officer to talk about his winding path from coding to calling the shots on investments. Turns out, making the jump from computer science to finance gave him a pretty unique lens on the whole game - one that becomes especially valuable when markets stop making sense.
That tech background really shows when he walks us through what it's like trying to invest during those black swan moments that make even the smartest strategies look foolish. His approach to these unexpected events naturally led us into discussing why getting your asset allocation right matters more than ever when nobody knows what's coming next.
This is where things get interesting. To make sense of today's investment landscape, he's conceptualized what he calls the FAT framework (Fiscal Dominance, AI, and Trump); basically the three big forces he thinks are shaping where money should go right now. The first piece of this puzzle, fiscal dominance, had him spending considerable time explaining how America's massive debt problem isn't just a political talking point, but something that's actually changing how smart money thinks about investing.
From there, our conversation naturally shifted to practical implications. We dove into why gold keeps coming up in serious investment conversations (hint: it's not just for doomsday preppers), which connects directly to how interest rates and the whole AI revolution might completely reshape economic growth.
///Chapters
00:00 - From Tech to Finance: A Journey of Discovery
02:54 - Navigating Black Swan Events in Investment
05:47 - Asset Allocation Strategies for Uncertain Times
08:59 - The FAT Framework: Fiscal Dominance, AI, and Trump
12:01 - US Debt and Its Implications for Investors
14:50 - Gold as a Safe Haven: Long-Term Perspectives
17:55 - The Role of Interest Rates and AI in Economic Growth
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What happens when the guy writing the rulebook decides to tear it up and start his own game?
We caught up with Mohammad Ridzuan Abdul Aziz, who's had one hell of a career arc. He went from watching over Malaysia's markets at Bursa to jumping headfirst into the startup world - insurtech, digital banking, compliance tech, you name it. But this isn't your usual "I quit my corporate job to follow my dreams" story.
Ridzuan's got this unique angle: he thinks like a regulator when he builds companies, and it turns out that's actually a massive advantage. We talked about why he's convinced B2B is the way to go in Malaysia (spoiler: B2C is brutal here), why everyone's obsession with becoming the next unicorn is kind of missing the point, and how things like AI and tokenization are not just creating more noise but genuinely changing the game.
The conversation gets real about what it's like building in smaller markets, how easy it is to get trapped thinking too locally, and why Malaysian entrepreneurs might actually have more going for them than most people realize.
Chapters
00:00 - Who Is Mohammad Ridzuan Abdul Aziz?
02:56 - Why Doing Business in Malaysia Feels Like Running in Sand
05:45 - From Regulator to Risk-Taker: How He Bridged Both Worlds
09:05 - What It Really Takes to Scale a Startup
12:14 - The Business Rules Ridzuan Actually Lives By
15:04 - Tech Isn’t Everything, But It’s Close
17:55 - Building Trust in a Distrustful Market
20:52 - What Malaysia Can Learn from Global Business Culture
24:04 - Digital Banks and AI: What’s Coming and Who’s Ready
26:57 - Going Global: Why Thinking Local Will Kill You
35:49 - Why First-Principles Thinking Separates Winners from Noise
38:22 - The Talent Problem No One in Innovation Wants to Talk About
40:53 - EVs, China, and Why Germany Lost the Plot
44:12 - So You Want to Start a Business? Read This First
48:58 - How AI is Reshaping Business Faster Than You Think
52:09 - Digital Assets Are Coming for Traditional Finance
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Everyone’s either ignoring crypto or pretending they understand it. So I brought in Fuad from Halogen Capital to unpack what’s real, what’s hype, and what might be the biggest financial shift since... well, ever.
We get into why inflation is eating your savings alive, why fixed income isn’t as “safe” as you think, and how Bitcoin keeps creeping into boardrooms no one’s talking about.
Fuad breaks down how digital assets are quietly becoming a hedge for the smart money—while the rest of us argue about whether it’s “too volatile.”
If you think crypto’s still just a fad, you need to hear this. If you're already in? Might be time to rethink how you're playing the game.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Digital Investing
03:50 - Understanding Fixed Income vs. Digital Assets
09:44 - Client Concerns and Misconceptions about Digital Assets
12:44 - The Value of Infrastructure in Digital Finance
15:07 - The Appeal of Limited Supply Assets
18:55 - Diversification in Investment Portfolios
21:54 - The Role of Risk in Investment Decisions
24:34 - High Net Worth Individuals and Crypto Management
27:38 - The Evolution of Asset Management in Crypto
32:52 - Investment Hurdles and Real Returns
34:38 - The Shift to Digital Assets
36:42 - Institutional Interest in Cryptocurrency
39:05 - Corporate Treasury Strategies
40:50 - Risks of Leveraging Bitcoin Investments
43:38 - Bitcoin's Utility and Market Dynamics
45:35 -Tokenization and Market Efficiency
48:02 - The Future of Bitcoin's Price Dynamics
51:09 - Exploring Cryptocurrency Products
56:16 - Government and Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets
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What if playing it safe is your biggest risk? In this episode, Ian Reynolds pulls back the curtain on his leap from the safe world of traditional finance into the wild ride that is crypto.
We get into why Bitcoin matters way more than most people think. Not just some magic internet money, but a hedge against a shaky global economy. We talk market cycles, why gold still holds its place, and what’s coming with tokenized real-world assets.
And here’s a twist you probably didn’t expect: older generations are jumping onto Bitcoin faster than you’d guess. Ian also shares why now is not the time to sit on the sidelines if you care about where your money’s headed.
This one will challenge what you think you know about money, risk, and the future of investing.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
02:54 - Transition from Traditional Finance to Crypto
05:53 - Understanding Bitcoin's Role in the Financial System
09:08 - Investment Strategies and Market Predictions
12:01 - The Future of Tokenization and Real-World Assets
14:54 - Tokenization of Real Estate: A New Frontier
16:16 - Portfolio Management in Crypto Investments
18:05 - The Rise of Bitcoin Among Older Generations
19:08 - Bitcoin's Future: Predictions and Comparisons
20:51 - Investing Strategies for the Next Decade
22:09 - The Importance of Patience in Investing
23:34 - Impending Economic Changes and Geopolitical Implications
25:57 - The Future of Money and Cryptocurrency Adoption
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Are we misreading what it means to build something that lasts?
In this episode, we sit down with the former founder of Fave & KFit, Chen Chow, who’s walked through fire: broke, lost, doubted—but never boring. From hustling with broken English to pitching investors with nothing but brutal honesty, their story punches right through the clichés.
We talk about knowing when to fight for your startup and when to bury it with dignity. About staying real when everyone’s faking it. About why sometimes, the best kind of help is the one that shows up quietly, without fanfare.
You’ll hear the unfiltered truth on fundraising, founders burning out, and why Malaysia’s startup scene still feels like it’s waiting to grow up. We also dive into AI, shifting work culture, and why Gen Z just isn’t built for 9-to-5 obedience.
Chapters
00:00 - Embracing Strengths and Personal Growth
02:23 - Journey from Humble Beginnings to Advisory Role
05:07 - Overcoming Language Barriers and Building Confidence
07:47 - Navigating the Startup Landscape and Team Dynamics
10:28 - The Importance of Authenticity in Fundraising
12:53 - The Long Haul: Perseverance vs. Life Support
15:31 - Understanding the Signs of Business Viability
21:56 - The Importance of Silent Support
22:53 - Market Dynamics and Company Valuations
24:18 - Learning and Unlearning in Entrepreneurship
26:01 - The Role of Mentorship and Sharing Knowledge
28:07 - Fundamentals of Success and Learning
28:58 - Adapting to AI and Technological Changes
31:01 - Identifying and Solving Problems
32:16 - Challenges in the Malaysian Startup Ecosystem
33:51 - The Ripple Effect of Individual Impact
34:40 - Dreaming Big in Entrepreneurship
35:13 - Choosing Quality Over Quantity in Work
38:15 - The Future of Work and Individual Freedom
We’ve all heard politicians talk about helping people, but what happens when someone actually means it?
Dr. Michael Jeyakumar isn’t your typical politician. He’s not slick, not hungry for power, and definitely not here to sell you a dream. In fact, he stepped away from the noise because he couldn’t stand how broken the system is.. and how comfortable we’ve all become living in it.
In this episode, we talk about the messiness of politics in Malaysia. The lies we tell ourselves about progress. The strange obsession our leaders have with looking rich while the country crumbles quietly in the background.
But it’s not all doom. We also talk about hope; real, gritty, imperfect hope. The kind that lives in ordinary people doing quiet things. This one’s not for people who love the status quo. It’s for the ones who know something’s off, and are ready to think about what comes next.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
02:50 - Understanding Socialism in Malaysia
05:58 - The Evolution of Socialist Ideals
09:03 - Cuba and Venezuela: Case Studies in Socialism
12:12 - China's Unique Model of Socialism
14:54 - Vietnam's Approach to Economic Development
18:00 - The Threat of Socialism to Capitalism
21:00 - Corruption and the Human Condition in Politics
25:33 - Corruption and Wealth in Politics
28:39 - The Duality of Politicians
30:07 - Public Sentiment and Political Shifts
35:35 - Polarization and Voting Trends
40:49 - Principles of Life and Society
45:11 - Hope for the Future
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We dive into the wild, unpredictable jungle that is Malaysian politics, where East Malaysia (yep, Sabah and Sarawak) holds way more weight than most people realize. It's not just about policies anymore — it’s a chaotic mix of big egos, big money, and fragmented voices pulling in every direction. From the sway of the Malay vote to the structural mess nobody wants to fix, we unpack why political "stability" feels more like a myth.
Spoiler: real change might just come from the youth finally getting tired of the same old political drama.
Chapters
00:00 - The Political Landscape of East Malaysia
02:52 - The Fragmentation of Political Voices
06:06 - The Role of Personalities and Money in Sabah Politics
08:50 - The Future of Sabah Elections
12:04 - The Importance of the Malay Vote
14:56 - The Challenges of Political Stability
18:08 - The Structure of Malaysian Politics
20:52 - The Influence of East Malaysia on National Politics
24:05 - The Role of Young People in Politics
27:01 - The Future of Malaysia's Political Landscape
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Chandran Nair unpacks how global power shifts are reshaping trade, with China and the US at the center of it all. He shares why ASEAN can’t afford to play small anymore and how countries need to rethink prosperity in today’s unpredictable world.
This episode explores how economic models are evolving, the challenges within China’s governance, and why being adaptable matters more than ever. For anyone curious about what the future of global leadership might look like, this one’s worth tuning in to.
Chapters
00:00 The Impact of US Tariffs on Global Trade
05:17 China's Preparedness and Response to US Policies
10:20 Shifting Economic Models and Global Manufacturing
15:29 ASEAN's Position in a Multipolar World
20:55 Understanding China's Role in the Global Order
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Here’s a thought. What if playing it safe is the most dangerous thing you could be doing right now?
Kelvin Goh doesn’t pull any punches in this episode. He dives into why the typical fear-based investment strategies are falling flat, how to spot real resilience in a sea of uncertainty, and why blindly trusting AI or hoping for a China recovery might be wishful thinking at best.
He also talks about what his clients are actually worried about behind closed doors, and it’s not just market crashes. It's the fear of missing the next wave while staying too “safe.”
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Kelvin’s Background & Market Shifts
01:36 - Reading Market Sentiment Today
01:28 - Trump, Trade Wars & Market Impact
02:56 - Global Reactions: China, ASEAN & Europe
03:50 - Cash, Strategy & Sector Rotation
03:30 - Safe Bets: Costco & MercadoLibre
04:23 - From Big Tech to Safer Plays
05:12 - Tesla’s Fall: Fear or Fundamentals?
07:47 - What Clients Are Asking
08:42 - Playing It Safe: Capital Preservation First
09:01 - Tech Watchlist for When Clarity Returns
09:21 - ASEAN Markets & The Gold Move
10:52 - Crypto & Bitcoin Reserves? Not So Fast
12:00 - Waiting for Value to Re-emerge
12:58 - AI’s Role in Investing: Helpful, Not Replacing
13:31 - Are We Near the Bottom?
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Degrees don’t guarantee jobs anymore. So why are we still stuck with the same old education system? This episode takes a hard look at how universities are falling behind, why graduates are underpaid and underused, and what needs to change to fix it. It's not just about employability, it’s about whether our education system is preparing anyone for the world we’re actually living in.
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What if we just gave people money, no strings attached? This episode dives deep into Universal Basic Income as more than just a wild idea. With wage gaps growing and the rich getting richer, could UBI be the reset button Malaysia needs? The panel doesn’t shy away from tough questions like "Who’s gonna pay for this?" and "Will it actually work?" but they also throw out some bold answers that might just surprise you.
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Tariffs might seem like dry economic policy, but there’s a bigger story behind them. In this episode, Professor Geoffrey Williams unpacks how the US used tariffs as a strategic tool to address deeper issues in global trade. From trade imbalances to behind-the-scenes negotiations with Europe and ASEAN, this conversation offers a fresh perspective on how economic pressure shapes international relationships and future deals.
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What if money wasn’t something you had to fight for just to survive? In this episode, we chat with Sarath Davala, a global advocate for Universal Basic Income, or UBI. He shares how he got into this movement and why UBI isn’t just another welfare idea. It’s about giving people a real shot at freedom, stability, and the space to live with dignity.
We talk about what UBI could mean for countries like India and Malaysia, how it challenges the old-school way of thinking about social support, and why treating income as a right might just be the mindset shift the world needs right now.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction to Basic Income Advocacy
00:27 - Understanding Basic Income Characteristics
02:55 - The Case for Universal Basic Income
05:48 - Challenges in Implementing Basic Income
11:39 - Mindset and Attitudes Towards Basic Income
15:08 - Debunking Myths About Basic Income
17:17 - Political Landscape and Basic Income
20:45 - Basic Income in Malaysia: Opportunities and Challenges
24:25 - The Role of Government in Basic Income Implementation
27:23 - Closing Thoughts on Basic Income
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In this conversation, Professor Terence Gomez discusses his book 'Misgovernance, Grand Corruption in Malaysia', focusing on the endemic corruption in Malaysia, particularly through government-linked companies (GLCs). He explores the political dynamics surrounding GLCs, the challenges of reforming corruption, and the implications for both foreign and domestic investment. The discussion emphasizes the need for political will and civil society pressure to drive meaningful change in governance and economic development.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction to Corruption in Malaysia
02:03 Understanding the GLC Ecosystem
06:24 The Role of GLCs in Wealth Distribution
10:27 Political Will and Corruption Reform
15:11 The Dilemma of Selective Prosecution
18:21 Foreign Direct Investment vs. Domestic Investment
22:58 The Future of State-Owned Enterprises
26:56 Public Sentiment and the Call for Change
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Anwar Ibrahim is in power, but does he really have the people's support? Malaysia’s political landscape is shifting, and the Malay community’s stance on Anwar, the rise of PAS, and the power of Sabah and Sarawak are shaping what happens next. In this episode, we break down why the Malays haven’t rallied behind Anwar, how economic struggles fuel political discontent, and why social media is rewriting the rules of the game.
But here’s the real question: Can Anwar deliver? With UMNO losing ground, Sabah and Sarawak demanding more control, and economic recovery tied to political survival, his leadership is on the clock. Will reforms and stability win him long-term support, or is Malaysia heading toward another political shake-up? Tune in to get the full picture.
Chapters
00:00 - Navigating the Malay Community's Political Landscape
03:08 - Anwar Ibrahim's Challenges and Strategies
05:53 - The Role of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysian Politics
08:52 - Key Demands from Sabah and Sarawak
11:59 - Economic Recovery and Political Reform
15:11 - The Future of Anwar Ibrahim's Leadership
18:13 - Concluding Thoughts on Malaysia's Political Future
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This conversation delves into the evolution of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) in Malaysia, exploring its historical context, leadership dynamics, and future strategies. The discussion highlights the significance of the recent DAP party elections, the challenges faced by the Lim political dynasty, and the emerging leadership of Anthony Lok. It also addresses the role of female leaders within the party and the importance of inclusivity and representation in Malaysian politics.
Chapters
00:00 - The Evolution of DAP: A Historical Overview
02:47 - The Lim Political Dynasty: Challenges and Changes
05:49 - Navigating Leadership: Anthony Lok's Role in DAP
08:53 - Lessons from the Past: DAP's Strategy Moving Forward
11:57 - The Rise of Female Leadership in DAP
15:00 - Future Directions: DAP's Vision for Malaysia
18:10 - Inclusivity and Representation: DAP's Challenges Ahead
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Addiction in Malaysia, what’s really going on? From substance abuse to social media addiction, the struggle is more complex than most people realize. In this episode, Dr. Prem Kumar unpacks the hidden layers of addiction, from its deep ties to mental health and ADHD to the way technology is shaping new forms of dependency. It’s not just about bad choices - socioeconomic struggles, brain chemistry, and even modern lifestyles play a role.
But where do we go from here? Dr. Prem breaks down harm reduction strategies, early intervention, and the urgent need for better awareness in families. He also shares why mental health professionals themselves need support, plus what Malaysia can learn from global trends in addiction treatment. Whether you’re directly affected or just curious, this conversation shines a light on the realities most people don’t talk about.
Chapters:
00:00 - Understanding Addiction in Malaysia
02:46 - Drivers of Addiction Trends
05:15 - Socioeconomic Factors and Addiction
08:17 - The Spectrum of Addiction
10:39 - Civil Servants and Addiction
13:26 - The Impact of New Substances
16:22 - Behavioral Addictions and Technology
18:54 - Digital Dualism and Mental Health
21:40 - Treatment Approaches for Addiction
24:04 - Creating Awareness and Early Intervention
25:53 - Understanding Addiction as a Disease
27:39 - ADHD and Its Connection to Addiction
31:05 - Preventing Addiction: Key Takeaways
32:28 - Global Trends in Addiction
33:22 - The Hidden Nature of Behavioral Addictions
35:21 - Coping with the Weight of Others' Distress
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Retirement isn’t what it used to be, so how do you actually prepare for it? In this episode, Robin Lee breaks down the reality of life after work - the money, the mindset, and everything in between. It’s not just about stacking cash; it’s about staying active, finding purpose, and making sure your golden years aren’t just… boring.
Robin shares what he’s learned from his own journey, from financial planning wins (and mistakes) to the emotional side of leaving the 9-to-5 grind. They also get into smart investing, startup culture, and why financial freedom isn’t just about having a fat bank account.
Chapters:
00:00 - Revisiting Retirement: A Personal Journey
03:05 - Understanding Retirement: Financial and Emotional Aspects
05:53 - The Reality of Financial Preparedness for Retirement
09:00 - Work-Life Balance: Finding Happiness in Retirement
11:55 - Practical Advice for Future Retirees
14:57 - Investing Strategies: Risk and Opportunity
17:59 - Navigating the Investment Landscape
20:59 - The Future of Startups: Lessons Learned
24:01 - Final Thoughts on Retirement and Life Balance
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Malaysia has so much potential - but what’s holding it back? Ex-Perdana Petroleum MD Shamsul Saad and Khoo Hsu Chuang get real about the Malay mindset, education, and the bigger forces shaping the country’s future. They talk about how culture and government policies play a role in success (or lack of it) and why critical thinking is a game-changer in today’s digital world.
But it isn’t just about education. They get into leadership, economic growth, and why shaking things up is long overdue. Automation is changing jobs, governance feels stuck in mediocrity, and bold leadership is needed to push Malaysia forward. They even compare Malaysia’s struggles with the U.S., showing how deeply rooted interests can hold progress back.
Looking back at Malaysia’s golden era in the 70s, they discuss how colonial history shaped the way people think and why the country needs a stronger sense of purpose. Inequality, talent, creativity—these things matter, and real change won’t happen without the right leadership. At the end of the day, it’s about breaking free from old mindsets and surrounding yourself with the right people to make real progress.
(Many thanks to CITYPlus for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. CITYPlus is Malaysia's first Chinese business radio station, dedicated to delivering in-depth analysis on local and international current affairs, markets, and businesses.)
CONTENTS
00:00 Introduction and Background
06:01 Education and Personal Growth
11:56 The Role of Government and Political Will
18:03 The Importance of Critical Thinking
23:52 Converging Interests in Society
30:06 Restructuring Malaysia's Education and Economy
35:54 The Need for Change in Mindset
47:05 The Journey of Professional Growth
51:05 The Pain of Improvement
56:15 Corporate Power Dynamics
01:01:51 Leadership and Empowerment
01:06:18 The Future of Work and Automation
01:10:25 Lessons from America
01:15:50 The Malaysian Dream and Economic Challenges
01:17:20 The Need for Bold Leadership
01:19:42 Restructuring for a Sustainable Future
01:22:12 Rethinking Education in Malaysia
01:24:52 The Shift Towards Conservatism
01:26:35 The Role of Political Leadership
01:28:08 Reflections on Malaysia's Golden Era
01:29:39 Colonialism's Impact on Mindset
01:31:57 Inequality and Upward Mobility
01:33:22 The American Dream and Opportunity
01:35:25 Creating a Fair System
01:37:50 The Power of Creativity in Malaysia
01:39:43 Comparing Talent: Malaysia vs. Singapore
01:41:41 Common Purpose and National Identity
01:43:31 Leadership and Excellence
01:45:45 The Culture of Mediocrity
01:49:07 Surrounding Yourself with Talent
01:52:51 Lessons from Global Leaders
01:54:33 Final Words of Wisdom
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epf #cpf #retirement #fire #property #realestate #entrepreneur #stocks #etf
Personal Finance YouTuber '1M65' Mr. Loo - Singaporeans Drool Over Malaysia's 'Insane' EPF Returns
In this conversation, Mr. Loo, a former corporate guy and now financial educator and entrepreneur from Singapore, shares his insights on retirement planning, comparing the CPF and EPF systems, and the importance of financial literacy.
He discusses the challenges faced by Malaysians regarding retirement savings and emphasizes the power of compounding in wealth building. The conversation also touches on cultural attitudes towards wealth, investment strategies, and the opportunities in the Johor property market.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction to Mr. Lu and His Journey
02:50 - Retirement Landscape in Singapore vs. Malaysia
06:02 - Understanding CPF and EPF: Liquidity and Accessibility
09:04 - The Power of Compounding in Retirement Savings
11:59 - Cultural Perspectives on Wealth and Spending
14:57 - Investment Strategies for Retirement
18:02 - Opportunities in the Johor Property Market
21:00 - Comparing CPF and EPF: Stability vs. Returns
23:58 - Diversity in Investment Strategies
29:58 - Conclusion and Future Insights
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Bitcoin, taxes, and market chaos - welcome to the wild world of crypto! In this episode, Hann Liew (Founder & CEO of Halogen Capital ) sharse his thoughts on Malaysia’s place in the crypto world, the impact of regulations and taxes, and why big institutions are starting to take Bitcoin seriously. With governments tightening the rules, what does this mean for everyday investors?
But it's not all smooth sailing. Market manipulation, fragmented platforms, and extreme volatility make crypto a tough space to navigate. Still, some see Bitcoin as a long-term strategic asset, while others remain skeptical. So, is it a smart investment or just another risky bet?
00:00 - The Rise of Crypto Custody and ETFs
02:32 - Malaysia's Hidden Crypto Market
05:38 - Taxation and Regulation in Malaysia
08:15 - Institutional Adoption and Market Dynamics
10:55 - The Future of Tokenization in Malaysia
13:44 - Bitcoin's Resilience and Market Manipulation
16:26 - Supply Crunch and Demand Dynamics
19:18 - The Divergence of Retail and Institutional Sentiment
22:01 - The Role of Bitcoin in Strategic Reserves
24:44 - Long-term Outlook for Bitcoin
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EVs are the future… or are they? In this episode, Yamin Vong breaks down the reality of electric vehicles in Malaysia, the roadblocks to adoption, and whether we’re really ready for a fully electric future - what’s hype, what’s practical, and what still needs work.
But it’s not just about swapping engines. We’re talking efficiency, safety, and the environmental impact of EVs, because while they seem like the greener choice, there’s more to the story. The tech is evolving fast, but so are the challenges.
At the end of the day, the big question is trust. Will consumers embrace EVs, or are we still in the trial-and-error phase? It’s a conversation about the realities of electric mobility, the trade-offs we don’t always hear about, and what it’ll take for Malaysia to truly go electric.
00:00 - The Rise of Electric Vehicles (EVs)
14:14 - Autonomous Driving and the Future of Mobility
32:52 - Safety Concerns and the EV Experiment
Yamin Vong is a veteran automotive journalist who started his career in 1980 and who’s now transitioned to digital platforms including a column in the www.freemalaysiatoday.com and his Facebook page as yamin.com.my and www.malaysiacaroftheyear.my
He’s a 4x4 enthusiast and his current mission is to promote to Peninsular Malaysians the great outdoors of Borneo Sarawak and Sabah.
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What does it mean to truly belong? In this episode, Dina Zaman shares her journey from corporate life to becoming a bold voice in Malaysian media. She reflects on what it means to be Malay and Muslim, the struggles of third culture kids, and how education and tribalism influence identity. Dina also talks about economic disparities and why unity in diversity is easier said than done.
The conversation touches on the evolving Malay psyche, looking at class, religion, and philosophy in shaping national identity. Dina questions whether the education system truly prepares young Malaysians for a changing world. More than that, she challenges the idea that success equals happiness, emphasizing the need for cultural awareness and personal growth.
So how do we reclaim our identity in a world full of expectations? This episode highlights the power of self-expression, the role of journalism, and why young Malaysians must lead the way. If you’ve ever felt caught between tradition and change, this one's for you.
00:00 - Dina Zaman’s Journey
03:00 - Identity & Cultural Experiences
06:00 - Malay Muslim Identity
08:58 - Education & Multiculturalism
11:54 - Third Culture Kids
14:51 - Tribalism in Malaysia
17:55 - Economic & Social Issues
21:01 - Malay Youth & Activism
24:10 - National Identity & Belonging
27:01 - Vernacular Education Challenges
30:03 - Unity in Diversity
33:10 - Young Malaysians & the Future
41:27 - Malaysia’s History
43:04 - The Malay Psyche
46:19 - Education & Identity
48:05 - Philosophy in Education
50:29 - Class & Religion
54:34 - National Identity & Economy
56:07 - Imagination & Life
01:01:40 - Life & Happiness
01:04:52 - Cultural Exposure & Growth
01:16:49 - Breaking Free
01:19:06 - Human Nature
01:20:58 - Cultural Identity
01:22:35 - Power of Expression
01:24:46 - Journalism’s Golden Age
01:30:44 Identity in a Changing World
01:34:00 Life Beyond Materialism
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In this conversation, Dr. Bridget Welsh discusses the complexities of Anwar Ibrahim's role as ASEAN Chair, highlighting the challenges he faces both domestically and regionally.
The conversation delves into key issues such as the Myanmar crisis, economic challenges, and the importance of clear priorities for ASEAN's success.
Dr. Welsh emphasizes the need for a collaborative approach among ASEAN members and the significance of aligning domestic interests with regional goals. The discussion also touches on the potential inclusion of Timor-Leste in ASEAN and the impact of economic coercion on the region.
Chapters
00:00 - ASEAN Chairmanship and Anwar Ibrahim's Role
03:48 - Key Challenges Facing ASEAN
08:11 - Domestic Issues and Regional Leadership
11:31 - Advisory Council and Regional Dynamics
14:57 - Aligning Domestic and Regional Interests
17:16 - Future Prospects for ASEAN
19:29 - Economic Coercion and ASEAN's Response
Key Takeaways* ASEAN's chairmanship is a shared responsibility. * Anwar Ibrahim’s leadership is under close scrutiny. * Clear priorities are essential for effective governance. * The Myanmar crisis demands a structured response. * Transnational crime is a growing concern. * Economic struggles are intensified by global tensions. * Domestic legitimacy influences regional leadership. * Advisory councils can complicate diplomacy. * ASEAN may expand to include new members. * A united ASEAN holds greater global influence.
fire #retirement #wealth
VUCA Insights’ John Huo – Hard Truths About Investing, Retirement and Living Well
A really frank and revealing conversation with my buddy and investment professional John Huo about retirement, wealth, money and investing.
Spoiler alert: more nuggets in here than a chocolate chip cookie.
(Many thanks to CITYPlus for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. CITYPlus is Malaysia's first Chinese business radio station, dedicated to delivering in-depth analysis on local and international current affairs, markets, and businesses.)
CONTENTS
01:17 - Where Markets Are Heading in 2025
05:31 - Malaysians Can’t Really Play The Large Global Macro Themes Like AI and MAG7 .. Can They?
11:40 - Active Fund Managers HAVE to Beat The Index
13:07 - That Time When Adobe Tanked ..
17:32 - Mispricing .. A Time to Buy
22:50 - What Happens When All PaperMoney Becomes Worthless?
29:30 – Stocks and Crypto Offer The Best Returns
30:30 - Tesla: Buy?
33:40 - How Does John Think About His Own Personal Portfolio?
38:52 - Is Apple Too Reliant On The IPhone?
40:25 - If Apple is So Good, Why Did Warren Buffet Sell His Shares?
42:26 - The Media is Bad For Your Portfolio .. !
45:04 - In Malaysia The Hurdle Rate is Maybe 20-25% !
46:17 - Fixed Deposit (FD) IS The WORST Place to Allocate Capital
49:50 - Investing and Psychology is Inextricably Linked - Read Morgan Housel’s ‘Psychology of Money’
50:20 - One of The Biggest Obstacles to Wealth? FOMO!
51:14 - How MYAirlines Took Advantage of Ignorant Investors
53:40 - Skills for Life Success .. ?
54:55 - How Robert Kiyosaki’s ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ Changed John’s Life
1:00:01 - What Does Retirement Mean?
1:04:15 - What’s John’s Retirement Number? (You Don’t Need That Much to Retire!)
1:05:00 - A Purposeful Life is Good. What About Generational Wealth?
1:10:20 - Overproviding For The Children Is a Problem
1:11:30 - Why Send Your Child To Study in a Failing Economy? Where ‘Education’ Is an INDUSTRY
1:13:10 - The Sandwich Generation Is a BIG Problem
1:16:30 - How To Not Be Poor When You're Old?
1:23:10 - That Time When Lululemon Dropped 60% .. And Apple Hasn’t Innovated - So What?
1:26:30 - So If You’re Starting Out, What Do You Buy, to Buy RIGHT?
(Case Study: Labubu)
(Case Study: On Holding AG)
(And Read: Peter Lynch’s ‘One Up On Wall Street’)
1:30:30 - EPF Is Great BUT It Has Some Serious Obstacles
1:34:50 - What Does It Take to be a Full-Time Investor?
1:38:38 - Big Picture, EPF Is REALLY Good. But Here’s Also Why Not
1:44:40 - Humans CANNOT Save!!! But They Also Don’t Want to Think About Their Financial Futures
1:47:55 - What About Bitcoin?
1:51:20 - Why John Doesn’t Like Property / Real Estate
2:00:01 - Why Doesn’t John Personally Invest in Malaysia
2:04:00 - How AI Impacts Investing
2:07:30 - Information is One Thing, Action Is Another
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geopolitics #trump #tariffs
Political Analysts Fui K Soong and Jason Leong - What a Donald Trump Presidency Means for ASEAN
Fui and Jason Leong discuss the ramifications for Malaysia and ASEAN, of a second Donald Trump presidency in terms of his proposed tariffs, the threats to the global supply chain, business in general and much, much more.
(Many thanks to CITYPlus for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. CITYPlus is Malaysia's first Chinese business radio station, dedicated to delivering in-depth analysis on local and international current affairs, markets, and businesses.)
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----more----#oxygen #longevity #antiaging
Dr Robert Lyons - How Oxygen Reverses Reverses Aging and Cures Cancer
Dr Robert Lyons is a former military man and martial arts exponent who, through his journey learning Shaolin Kung Fu in China, has learnt to harness the power and energy of oxygen to restore health and vitality to people.
CONTENTS
00:02:32 - Who is Dr Robert Lyons? Training The Green Berets .. Learning Shaolin Kung Fu in China
00:13:46 - Why Cells Need Oxygen, What Cancer Feeds On
00:18:32 - Hypoxia: Lack of Oxygen in Cells. What Causes It?
00:21:27 - The Link Between Oxygen and Energy .. and Anti-Aging
00:28:14 - Mitochondria Cells Can be Infused Directly With Oxygen in Water ..
00:33:15 - Oxygen Directly Into Cells Is MUCH More Powerful Than Breathing
00:39:09 - Why Oxygenation Isn’t a More Widespread Health Solution: Is Big Pharma to Blame?
00:44:04 - How Dr Lyons Tried to Democratise Oxygenation But Failed
00:46:21 - Cell Oxygenation Can Help Cure Autism
00:47:55 - Why Funding Has Been Problematic; Oxygenation Shouldn't Only Be For The Rich
00:52:28 - Hollywood Celebrities Are Clients ..
00:55:44 - The Party That Hydrogen Cells Are Having in Water
00:59:45 - Drinking Oxygenated Water Also Works
01:02:28 - Oxygenating Cells Also Enhances Athletic Performance
01:07:13 - How Insurance Companies Predict your Death
(Many thanks to CITYPlus for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. CITYPlus is Malaysia's first Chinese business radio station, dedicated to delivering in-depth analysis on local and international current affairs, markets, and businesses.)
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media #freespeech #truth
Investigative Journalism Site 'The Fourth's Founder Ian Yee - The First Casualty of War Is the Truth
Underrated, unrecognised and near as invisible to the risks involved, but the work of investigative journalists like Merdeka Award winner Ian Yee and his team at The Fourth (as in the Fourth Estate) are critical to a properly functioning democracy.
Almost like watchdogs, these silent heroes keep tabs on society’s criminals, whether they are corrupt public officials, human traffickers or immoral business people, writing stories and producing content on social media that highlight the transgressions committed by these crooks.
(Many thanks to CITYPlus for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. CITYPlus is Malaysia's first Chinese business radio station, dedicated to delivering in-depth analysis on local and international current affairs, markets, and businesses.)
CONTENTS
00:00:00 - Intro by Chuang
00:02:12 - What Ian is Working On Right Now, Constant Search For Funding
00:04:49 - Why Become an Investigative Journalist?
00:07:33 - Career Rewards: Much More Than Financial Returns
00:11:15 - Saving Lives While Staying Low Profile
00:14:00 - The Risks, Man, The Risks!!!!!
00:18:34 - Malaysia Has Never Had More Press Freedom .. ??
00:20:51 - What Does it Say When Society Rewards Criminals and Penalises Saints .. ?
00:21:26 - Describe the Mind of the Investigative Journalist: What Drives Him/Her?
00:23:04 - Society Has a Plethora of Struggles Between the Forces of Good and Evil
00:25:06 - Work That Is Thankless and Pays Poorly .. Funding Should Also Be Clean, Free of Strings
00:27:38 - How to Support Ian and His Team: https://thefourth.media/subscribe/
00:32:49 - Resonating With Society Doesn’t Always Result In Funding
00:35:03 - A Heart-Rending Story: The Apartment With No Entrance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQefhTP8zw – But No Resulting Support !
00:37:25 - How To Choose What to Investigate: Prime Considerations?
00:39:06 - Does ‘Life’ Ever Intervene?
00:41:58 - Winning The Merdeka Award: What It Means
00:43:37 - Facebook Is Declining, TikTok and Instagram Are Rising, How to Tell Short Video Stories
00:46:57 - Regional Work in ASEAN, Autocratic Governments, Societal Maturity
00:50:00 - Want to Join Ian Yee?
00:51:12 - What The Next Yen Years Hold for The Fourth and Ian, Goals
00:54:40 - Audience Funding, UNICEF?
00:56:30 - What Are Society’s Biggest Problems?
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unity #harmony #fightracism
Researcher/Journalist Aziff Azuddin - Malay Youths Can Co-Exist With Chinese, But Islam Must Reign
The Malay youth were pivotal in Malaysia’s last elections and will only grow in importance in the future thanks to the current state of demographics. Yet do we really know how they think? What drives them, keeps them awake at night, inspires them?
Aziff’s research is a good start in dismantling the silos that Malaysian society has fallen into, a state that has been amplified on and preyed upon by corrupt politicians.
(Many thanks to CITYPlus for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. CITYPlus is Malaysia's first Chinese business radio station, dedicated to delivering in-depth analysis on local and international current affairs, markets, and businesses.)
CONTENTS
00:01:56 - Who Aziff Azuddin Is
00:03:14 - The Background to Aziff’s Research on Malay Youths
00:05:54 - Common Grouses Among the Malay Youths
00:08:51 - Poor Mental Health .. What Kinds, How, Why?
00:12:19 - Pride and Hometown Matters. Why and How?
00:13:55 - Lack of Opportunities. Thought Process?
00:17:30 - The Vote Against DAP / PH And the Voting Process
00:20:55 - Politics As a Way To Get Rich?
00:23:42 - None Liked Syed Saddiq ..
00:24:20 - What Malay Youths Really Think About Malay Privileges
00:26:38 - Do Malay Youths Feel Malay Privileges Have Been Abused?
00:27:58 - Will Malay Youths Entertain The Idea of Malay Privileges Being Reexamined?
00:29:19 - Was The Sample Size Too Small?
00:30:55 - Who Funds Iman Research?
00:32:15 - How Malay Youths Think About The Chinese
00:36:54 - And Yet Politicians Don’t Legislate Integration - WHY
00:40:22 - Undi18: Yea or Nay? And the Impact of TikTok ..
00:45:00 - Islam: Yes in Life But No In Politics .. !
00:47:40 - The Next GE: What Did PH Learn? Will Malay Youths Turn Up to Vote?
00:49:55 - Why and How Politics Corrupt People
00:51:05 - How Malaysians Are Changing, What’s In Store For The Next Decade, The Najib Impact
00:56:00 - Corruption, Not Nation Building!!!!!
00:57:00 - The Politician Who Has a Podcast .. And How Malays Need More Meaningful Content Creators
01:01:30 - How Much Money Is Enough?
01:02:20 - Is Thought Reverting to the Family and Away From Politicians?
01:05:10 - How Malay Youth Think About The Indian Community
01:10:15 - How Progress Can Happen With Three Divergent Forces
01:14:10 - Top Three Recommendations for Positive Change
01:18:33 - Why We Haven’t Yet Descended Into Civil Disobedience
01:22:40 - Why The Young Seem to Be Reverting To Retro
01:28:00 - Finding Oneself At Home ..
01:33:00 - More Comfort In Identifying As ‘Muslim’, Versus ‘Malay’
01:36:35 - Next: How Urban Development Drives Voting Patterns
01:37:38 - Would Aziff Join Politics?
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Movies #Hollywood #Racism #Chinese #Entertainment
Movie Producers Rachel Tan & Dan Mark - How Chinese Conquer Racism, Prejudice in Hollywood, USA
Is it a case of ‘from the frying pan into the fire’? Rachel Tan, a Malaysian ex-beauty queen, lawyer and model and her husband Dan Mark, also a lawyer of Chinese origin, found themselves in America well over a decade ago, after having left their respective homelands to escape racism and prejudice .. only to find America as racist and prejudiced as their own homelands.
However, the question at hand is whether America, whose own success was largely borne from immigrants, is still the land of opportunity. Especially when the industry in question is Entertainment, notoriously one of the most competitive and difficult to conquer.
Some facts to ponder (extracted from King Street Pictures’ website):
ASIAN AMERICANS IN FILM AND TELEVISION
- According to the MPAA, Asians had the highest rate of moviegoing among all ethnic groups in the U.S. in 2016.
- The U.S. Asian population grew 72% between 2000 and 2015, the fastest of any ethnic group.
- Asians will be the largest immigrant group in the U.S. by 2055.
- In terms of buying power, Asian households earn 36% more than others, and 13.4% of Asian households will earn more than $200,000 in 2019
Despite this, according to a USC Annenberg study of the top 100 films of 2017, only 4.8% featured a character of Asian descent with a speaking role.
Who will tell these stories if we do not?
(Many thanks to CITYPlus for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. CITYPlus is Malaysia's first Chinese business radio station, dedicated to delivering in-depth analysis on local and international current affairs, markets, and businesses.)
CONTENTS
00:02:36 - Dan Introduces Himself
00:06:07 - Rachel Introduces Herself
00:12:10 - Is Los Angeles Greener Than The Grass At Home?
00:15:11 - The Feeling Of Being A Perpetual Foreigner in America
00:17:52 - Working Three Times As Hard As The Americans
00:20:52 - The Story Of ‘Sight’ – Rachel and Dan’s Movie About A Chinese Doctor in America
00:23:40 - How Life Is Like In LA After 13 Years, Starting A Law Firm, Getting Into Hollywood
00:28:15 - That Time When Donald Trump Blamed Covid On The Chinese ..
00:30:33 - Shaping The Asian Narrative .. And Make Money Too
00:35:04 - What It Takes To Succeed In Hollywood
00:38:02 - How Rachel and Dan Advise Influencers As Entertainment Lawyers
00:40:37 - NFTs Have Gone A Little Quiet; AI Is The Next Big Thing
00:41:57 - What Is The Chinese Psyche?
00:49:25 - How America’s Cultural Hodge-Podge Is Coming Together
00:54:40 - Why Rachel Left Malaysia, Why People Leave Malaysia
00:56:17 - How To Reach Rachel and Dan If You Want To Go To Hollywood
00:58:20 - Explaining The South Korean Film Industry Success
01:03:20 - How Do Asian American Movies Look Like in 10,15 Years Time
01:04:58 - How To Make an Artistic AND Critical Success
01:06:20 - How To Put Together An A-List Of Talent
01:09:20 - What It Takes To Command A Film Crew
01:10:34 - Can Cultural Differences Scupper A Film’s Success?
01:17:03 - Chasing Daylight: The A-Z Of Making A Hollywood Movie
01:20:50 - The Importance Of Track Record
01:22:10 - The Numbers: Production, Box Office Success Etc
01:24:35 - The Difference Between Hillbilly Elegy Vs A Movie From the Marvel Franchise
01:27:24 - How Netflix and Disney Have Disrupted The Film Industry
01:29:58 - How To Choose Between Netflix and Self-Release
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Professor James Chin - Why Sabah and Sarawak’s Place in Malaysia is NOT Assured
CONTENTS
00:02:09 - Who Is Professor James Chin?
00:03:22 - Malaysian Race Relations, Sabah and Sarawak
00:05:47 - What People Need to Know About Sabah and Sarawak
00:07:38 - How Sabah, Sarawak Came To Be Part of Malaysia
00:10:40 - The Union Was Reluctant and Uninformed ..
00:13:53 - What Were The Promises Made to Sabah and Sarawak?
00:15:52 - How Many Of These Promises Were Kept?
00:17:43 - What About Sarawakian Oil? The Petroleum. Oil and Gas? What Happened?
00:19:55 - What Should Be Known About Sarawak?
00:22:39 - What Is The Sabahan Mentality?
00:25:45 -Are Sabahans Happy With Being Part of Malaysia?
00:27:36 - The East Malaysian ‘Vote Bank’: Still Important?
00:29:11 - Next General Elections: Three Permutations
00:32:05 - Which Permutation Is Most Possible?
00:33:36 - How The Young Voted: Rejection Politics or More Deep-Rooted?
00:36:27 - Why Is Pakatan In Such A Mess?
00:37:57 - If Anwar Wasn’t Elected, Why The Confidence in A Second Term?
00:39:05 - What Wins The Malay Vote?
00:41:21 - Can PAS Win The Next Election? What Happens If So?
00:44:02 - How Sabah, Sarawak Position If Malaysia Becomes More Conservative
00:46:06 - Does Singapore Move In With Sarawak?
00:49:42 - How Sarawak Figures in The US-China Spat, Vis-A-Vis South China Sea
00:52:31 - How Malaysia Sees China
00:55:52 - How Do Malaysians Position Themselves?
00:58:16 - What’s In Store For Malaysia To 2026?
01:00:57 - If Bumi Policies Cripple The Economy, How Does Anwar Maneuver?
01:01:22 - How Australia Sees Malaysia
01:02:40 - Which Other Countries Fall Under James’ Radar
01:03:06 - What We Need To Know About Malaysia and Philippines
01:04:52 - Is Singapore In a Good Place?
01:06:24 - Where Are The Unstable Nations?
01:07:28 - Is ASEAN The Reason for Regional Peace? As Kishore Mahbubani Suggests?
01:09:09 - How James Advises His Children
01:11:12 - Three Lessons
..
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migration #recession #humanity
‘Shattered Hopes’ Author Romen Bose-Should You Migrate? Malaysia’s Messy But Europe Is (Much?) Worse
Romen Bose is a journalist, author and political risk consultant who has worked for media agencies like and helped former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
His book, ‘Shattered Hopes’, analyses what went wrong with Najib Razak’s disastrous election campaign in 2018 while offering some quite surprising allegations.
Currently living in the UK, Bose offers some equally surprising conclusions about life in the UK as an Asian professional, while also discussing his work in the geopolitical arena, in terms of the rising global tensions emanating from the Ukraine-Russia war.
CONTENTS
MAHATHIR’S IMPACT ON DEMOCRACY
00:03:11 - Romen Speaks About The Response To His Book After It Reached No.1 On The Bestseller List
00:05:41 - Mahathir Was The Mastermind of Pakatan’s Collapse - Not Najib .. ?
00:06:51 - What Explains Mahathir’s Machiavellian Mind?
00:08:56 - Getting Into Najib’s Inner Circle
00:11:03 - Mahathir’s Deadly Impact on Democracy in Malaysia
00:14:08 - Why Romen Left For The UK - Part Of The Brain Drain? And Becoming a Najib Confidante
LIFE IN THE UK
00:18:41 - Is Romen A Victim of Stockholm Syndrome?
00:23:28 - Is The Grass Greener In The UK / Europe?
00:27:35 - Racism In Malaysia, Racism in the UK Is The Same Everywhere
00:29:39 - Do you Regret Moving To the UK?
00:31:37 - Can You Save In The UK? Will You Retire In The UK? Are The Elderly Taken Care Of?
00:34:46 - Life As An Indian In The UK? Quality Of Life In The UK?
00:37:30 - There Is No Rota Canai In The UK
GEOPOLITICS
00:40:04 - How The Brits See The Ukraine War, Brexit, Relationship With The UK
00:42:31 - How US Elections Impacts The Ukraine War
00:44:31 - Europe Is Becoming More Right Wing ..
POLITICAL GUIDANCE TO THE MALAYSIAN GOVT
00:47:10 - How Romen Would Advise The Current Govt In The Current Global Situation
00:50:17 - Malaysia’s Lacks Leaders When It Can So Easily Be a Leader
00:54:20 - How Romen Advises His Kids
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Ex-RSPO CEO Datuk Darrel Webber - We’re Less Than 5°C Away From A Climate-Induced Extinction Event
Datuk Darrel Webber is a former CEO of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) who talks about how human behaviour is warming the earth at 17x the natural rate, which If left unchecked, will accelerate human extinction sooner than we think.
(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
00:01:55 - Datuk Webber Shares His Origin Story
00:10:53 - Discovering What The Common Person REALLY Cares About
00:15:21 - Universal Basic Income Is One Way Forward
00:20:23 - Sabah, One Of The Poorest If Not The Poorest States in Malaysia
00:23:16 - Where Malaysia Ranks on the Global Climate Ladder
00:26:51 - How Climate Responsibility Coincides With The Economy
00:30:16 - Malaysia Needs to Develop Its Own Climate Plan, Not Ape The Western Model
00:34:02 - Reflecting On The Haze And How Palm Oil Disassociated Itself
00:42:05 - Climate Change Is Unstoppable
00:45:06 - Earth Has Already Experienced FIVE Extinction Ages
00:50:39 - How Financial Markets Harm Net Zero Ambitions
00:57:20 - Since Climate Change Can’t Be Stopped, It’s All About Adaptation Now
01:03:24 - Will Seafront Properties Make Sense In The Future?
01:05:52 - Government Needs to Protect Everyone, Not Just The Ones Who Vote For Them
01:08:52 - Nuclear Power Is A Real Option .. And So Is Solar
01:14:00 - How Will AI Solve The Climate?
01:15:09 - Fewer Humans, A Cooler Planet
01:16:54 - Personal Adaptation: How Datuk Webber Is Driving Change Personally
01:22:02 - The EV Industry – A Big Lie?
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Political Analysts & Academics Fui K Soong & Rita Sim - China Won’t Protect Malaysia’s Chinese
An eye-opening conversation that sought to begin with an exploration of the non-homogenous nature of Malaysia’s Chinese (not all Chinese are the same!!) that morphed into the much more important discussion of Malaysia’s position in a world of multiple superpowers and how we need to deal with the changing world order.
(Many thanks to CITYPlus for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. CITYPlus is Malaysia's first Chinese business radio station, dedicated to delivering in-depth analysis on local and international current affairs, markets, and businesses.)
CONTENTS
00:02:06 - Rita and Fui Introduce Themselves and Their Work
00:06:05 - Not All Chinese in Malaysia Are the Same
00:09:50 - The Centuries-Old Three Pillars in the Chinese Community – GLOBALLY
00:13:16 - What People Need to Know About Malaysia’s Chinese
00:20:52 - What Narratives Speak to ALL Chinese in Malaysia
00:23:35 - The Integration Ship has Sailed
00:24:10 - Class, Not Race, Is the Biggest Divider
00:27:13 - Malaysian Politics Has Significantly Changed in the Last 15 Years
00:29:31 - Ahead of the Next Elections, How Should the Malaysian Chinese Be Addressed?
00:34:10 - Do the Chinese REALLY Seek Out Integration, Cohesion?
00:38:46 - Geopolitical Risks Will Determine Life, Not Domestic Integration
00:39:51 - Sabah, Sarawak: Secession. What's the Temperature?
00:41:21 - Regional Blocs Might Develop: Sarawak With Singapore. South China Sea Is In Play ..
00:43:00 - East Malaysia Is In The Eye of The Storm
00:43:27 - A New Team Might Form: Johor, Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak (Or Maybe Not)
00:44:05 - Sabah and Sarawak Do Not Always See Eye to Eye
00:44:27 - Johor and Sarawak Seem To Be Getting More Autonomous, Responding to Geopolitics
00:47:52 - What Singapore Sees in Johor, Both Are Inextricable
00:48:39 - What Are The Possibilities of this Union - In the Context of a Federated Malaysia
00:40:50 - Putrajaya Is Too Busy to Intervene ..
00:51:28 - Sabah Is A Bit of A Basket Case ..
00:52:45 - China and the US Have VERY Different Policy Plans
00:54:40 - No Empires Go Down Without a Fight, There is TOTAL Distrust
00:58:17 - How Malaysia Interplays With China's 50-Year Plan
01:02:10 - Kedah, Kelantan, Perak, etc Will FLY if Kra Happens
01:04:04 - How Will US Polls Pan Out?
01:07:17 - Can the US Afford A World War? Does the Dollar Break?
01:09:35 - Malaysia, Jaundiced, Does Not Have a WorldView
01:11:00 - How Unstable Will The Next Ten Years Be?
01:12:09 - Are There Any Malaysian Leaders With A Worldview
01:13:38 - How Should Individuals Position / Prepare For An Uncertain Future?
01:15:36 - Malaysia’s Chinese Don’t Trust China (!)
01:15:58 - China’s Chinese Are In Bed With Malaysia’s Chinese: T/F?
01:17:20 - Non-Chinese in Malaysia Need to Realise: China Will Not Protect Malaysia’s Chinese
01:18:40 - Malays Are Seeing that China Might Help Resolve the Middle East ..
01:21:00 - Does China Take Taiwan By Force? Is a Great War Coming?
01:25:07 - Russia and China Are Forging New, Deep Ties ..
01:27:55 - The Great War Has Already Started - And It’s Already Kinetic
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Eddin Khoo is a journalist, historian, author and poet. But perhaps his biggest contribution to society is his tireless work in protecting Malaysia’s traditional performing arts like the Wayang Kulit and Mak Yong, through his cultural organisation, Pusaka.
He rightly points out that Malaysia is a cosmopolis of races, cultures and traditions with a history older than most countries in the region.
But its importance has been systematically erased in the interests of political self-preservation.
This is his story, in his own words.
(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
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:42 - Who’s Eddin Khoo (In His Own Words)
00:06:42 - What We Need to Know About Our History
00:08:45 - Our Racial Barriers Are A Construct
00:11:25 - Why Is Malaysia’s History Her Great Wound?
00:17:10 - What Eddin Has Learnt About Malaysia From the Microcosm That Is Kelantan
00:23:37 - Malaysians Are Very Lazy in their Caricature of Our Differences
00:26:17 - Why Did the Young Malays Vote In a So-Called ‘Green Wave'?
00:30:03 - How Does Eddin Know So Much About the Malay Psyche?
00:32:52 - The Kelantanese Young Crave Leadership But Its Leaders Cannot Offer It. WHY
00:36:42 - Politics Changes People. WHY
00:39:43 - What Should Malaysia’s National Narrative Be?
00:44:51 - Malaysia Is Bastardised ..
00:48:29 - What’s the TL:DR of Eddin’s National Narrative for Malaysia
00:55:05 - Message(s) to the Sclerotic (Rigid) Leadership?
01:02:40 - What Political Messaging Will Have Power?
01:07:32 - Malaysia’s Collective Will, Mutual Respect Has Been Subverted
01:09:38 - What Did You Learn From Chairing the UEC?
01:14:02 - Why Politicians Are Like Snakes: Many Different Heads
01:17:08 - Why Politicians Cannot and Will Resist Change
01:18:42 - How Do Kelantanese View Intellectual Self-Interrogation
01:20:26 - When Will Change Come? Will it Ever Come?
01:22:32 - Collective Change, Not Generational Change
01:25:54 - Can Socialism Work in Malaysia?
01:27:38 - Why History is Important
01:31:15 - How to Get More Young Malaysians Interested in History?
01:36:15 - There’s a Lot of Soul-Searching, Self-Searching Going On Right Now
01:40:42 - Malaysia’s Middle Class Are Indolent, Colonial Hogs In Defining Malaysia’s Racial Makeup
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MY ROAD TRIP TO KOTA BAHRU WITH EDDIN
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islam #malaysia #peace
Islamic Scholar Sheikh Imran Hosein - What Non-Muslims Need to Know About Islam
Sheikh Imran Nazar Hosein is an Islamic scholar who specialises in contemporary interpretations of Islamic eschatology (a field of study in Islam concerning future events that would happen in the end times that is primarily based on sources from the Quran and Sunnah).
Sheikh Imran gave up his career as a diplomat in 1985 to dedicate his life to the mission of Islam, since then a tireless missionary who travels for years at a time in the cause of Islam, including in Malaysia, where he is occasionally based.
Sheikh Imran is also a commentator on international monetary economics, advocating for the establishment of free-markets and currency with intrinsic value as a means of savings and aversion of a pending collapse of the “world of paper money”.
CONTENTS
00:03:04 - Who is Sheikh Imran Hosein?
00:07:11 - What Do Non-Muslims Need to Know About Islam?
00:14:14 - There Remain Many Misconceptions ..
00:17:40 - How Can There Be One Truth, One God When There Are So Many Different Faiths?
00:18:29 - And Yet Humankind Is So Different..
00:19:59 - Why Are We So Suspicious and Fearful of Each Other?
00:22:46 - Why Did Nixon Take America Off the Gold Standard?
00:30:35 - People Are Fleeing the US Dollar in Droves
00:31:36 - Islamic Eschatology: The End of History and The End of The World
00:38:25 - Currencies Are Bogus
00:39:07 - Electronic Money Is Bogus
00:40:05 - Slavery Exists Today - In Fact, It’s Widespread
00:45:01 - The Great War, Nuclear In Nature .. How Close Are We To The End Times?
00:49:20 - Fact-Based Naysayers Might Object .. ?
00:51:59 - Russia-Ukraine War: How Does it Expand From There?
00:58:59 - The World Is Moving Towards a Muslim-Christian Alliance
01:01:22 - What Should We Know About What’s Happening in the Middle East?
01:04:32 - Islam: A Religion of Unity, Brotherhood and Sisterhood .. Correct?
01:06:22 - It Appears That Islam Has Been Captured by the Oppressors ..
01:08:06 - How Does One Prepare for a Future That Is Full of Difficulties?
01:10:16 - In Islamic Eschatology, What Do the End Times Look Like?
01:12:55 - In Malaysia, How Do We Live Together More Peacefully?
01:16:47 - Sheikh Imran’s Parting Words for Malaysians
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Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association President Dato’ Seri SH Wong - One of Every Five Graduate Engineers Leave Malaysia for Better Opportunities
Penang, in Malaysia’s Northern Region, is a key player in the global semiconductor industry’s value chain, with major players like Intel and Hewlett-Packard investing in the state since the 1960s. Currently, Penang contributes in the region of 5% of the global export value.
But the state is struggling to meet a boom in global demand for semiconductors, due to a critical shortage in skilled engineers, thanks to a cocktail of factors. Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association President Dato’ Seri SH Wong, addresses these issues
CONTENTS
00:02:04 - Who is Dato Sri SH Wong?
00:03:03 - Why Intel Founder Andy Grove Chose to Invest in Penang in the 70s
00:04:57 - Moore’s Law: Still Applicable?
00:06:23 - The Mag7 and Nvidia: How Data Drives the World Today
00:07:11 - Difference Between Nvidia Chips and Intel’s Chip?
00:08:23 - What’s Driving The Shortage of Engineers in Malaysia
00:11:23 - What Skills Are Needed?
00:13:24 - What Skills Are Most Needed Right Now?
00:14:38 - Which Comes First? Investment or Skills?
00:17:53 - An Easier Way to Fill the Skills Shortage Is ..
00:18:42 - Where Are the Blockages?
00:19:30 - Malaysia's Mid-Technology Gap
00:21:20 - Where Malaysia Can Supply Tesla or Nvidia
00:24:24 - How To Get Kids More Interested in Science and Maths
00:26:34 - How to Spark the Spirit of Enquiry
00:29:57 - We Lose A Lot of Engineers to Other Countries
00:33:15 - Chip Makers Like Nvidia and TSMC Are Companies of National Importance
00:37:14 - Taiwan’s Technology has Consumer AND Military Applications
00:38:04 - The Possibility of War Has Businesses Scrambling for a Plan B
00:39:48 - South China Sea and Straits of Malacca: How Important Are These Waterways, Choke Points?
00:41:00 - Geopolitics and War: Threat or Opportunity?
00:42:38 - Who Are the Competition?
00:45:09 - Dato Sri’s Life Lesson #1: Resilience
00:46:44 - Dato Sri’s Life Lesson #2: No Limitations
00:46:53 - Dato Sri’s Life Lesson #3: Adaptability
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Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT)’s Chandran Nair, an engineer, economist, entrepreneur and scholar, points out that Malaysia’s political elites use the three very powerful levers of race, religion and royalty to instill fear into the public, giving them unlimited access to wealth and power.
(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:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:55 - Where is Malaysia Right Now?
00:04:34 - It’s Time to Remove Politicians' Free Pass of Race-Religion-Royalty
00:06:15 - The UiTM Issue: People Are Afraid to Speak Out
00:07:20 - Political Allegations, Police Reports Inciting Race, Royalty Are One Way Streets
00:08:30 - There is Fear Everywhere - the ‘Red Line’ of Race-Religion-Royalty
00:09:44 - Governance Rule #1: Malaysia Is Not Owned by One Racial Group
00:10:08 - Governance Rule #2: Political Elite Are Obliged to Protect All Minorities to Prevent Unrest
00:11:02 - Governance Rule #3: The State Must Prevent Any Racial Segment Receiving Undeserved Privilege
00:11:27 - Affirmative Action Must be Targeted And Not Used At the Expense of Chinese, Indians or Other Minorities
00:12:20 - Malay Political Elite’s Power Abuse
00:12:50 - Racism is Institutionalised in Malaysia
00:13:37 - Institutionalised Racism Has Destroyed Malaysia’s Institutions and Meritocracy is Dead
00:14:34 - The Enemy of Meritocracy Is ..
00:15:20 - Institutionalised Racism Is a Fundamental Threat to Malaysia Because ..
00:16:58 - Can Malaysia’s Racist Policies Ever be Dismantled?
00:20:24 - Is There Even a Will to Dismantle These Policies?
00:23:14 - A Poor Deal: Incompetence and Corruption In a System of Elites to Grab Money and Power
00:26:00 - The System of Patronage Seems to Work And Is Even Aspirational - That’s Why It’s So Clever
00:26:52 - The Wealth Gap Between Malaysia ($12k/yr) and Singapore ($76k/yr): WHY
00:28:20 - Malaysia’s Wealth is Not Shared: This Must Change
00:29:50 - We Have Twin Towers and Skyscrapers But 70% of Wastewater in KL is Untreated. WHY
00:30:33 - Basic Necessities Are Being Corroded: Rice Reserves: 21 Days Only
00:32:10 - Abuses of Political Elite Prevent Access to Basic Rights for the Poor Malay Majority
00:35:00 - Trigger Points for Positive Change?
00:38:40 - Was the Green Wave A Protest Vote Against Corruption?
00:39:10 - A Collapse of the Ringgit Could Trigger a ….
00:39:45 - A Food Shortage Could Trigger a ….
00:45:20 - Malaysia's Position in ASEAN
00:49:02 - ‘Stay and Build’ on Malaysia’s Strengths – Which Are .. ?
00:51:54 - What Does The World Look Like in 2044?
00:56:00 - Malaysia Does Not Have ANY Leaders
00:57:10 - Hope is Essential. Indonesia Once Was a Basket Case Too
00:58:22 - Singapore George Yeo Says These Three Leaders Are Legit
01:00:36 - What About China? Foreign Policy, War, Conquest, Power?
01:06:25 - How China Thinks About Malaysia and its Diaspora of 7m Chinese in Southeast Asia
01:08:25 - What is China’s Soft Power?
01:12:42 - US Elections: Who is Less Likely To Throw Bombs?
01:14:22 - Who Would China Prefer? Trump or Biden?
01:16:25 - How Is Chandran Preparing Himself For His Own Future?
01:27:32 - Let’s get the Best People Back Into Malaysia’s Institutions to do the Best Job, Irrespective of Race of Religion, To Help ALL Malaysians
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Some of Chandran’s Key Articles Mentioned in the Podcast:
To whom does a country belong?
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2023/07/22/to-whom-does-a-country-belong/
Anti-corruption ‘revolution’ imperative and long overdue
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2024/01/27/anti-corruption-revolution-imperative-and-long-overdue/
Now everyone prospers: new equity pathways
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2024/03/23/now-everyone-prospers-new-equity-pathways/
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Professor Dr. Tajuddin Rasdi - Why Are Young Malaysians Becoming More Conservative?
Prof Tajuddin is a Professor of Islamic architecture who also writes prolifically on social issues in Malaysia, much of it centring on politics, faith and education.
He would love to see a more united and cohesive nation, a nation where multiculturalism, tolerance and independent thought prevail.
These are his thoughts and principles.
(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
00:01:56 - Who is Prof Tajuddin? (How Does a Professor of Islamic Architecture Become a Social Commentator?)
00:06:07 - Which Direction is Malaysia Going? Forwards, Backwards or .. Standstill?
00:09:24 - Malaysia Seems to Be Stuck in a Time Warp
00:11:00 - Some (Most) Folks Don’t Really Understand Their Own Faith
00:12:44 - Islam Is an Open, Tolerant and Personal Religion, Not a Political Religion
00:17:03 - Why Are Young Malaysians Becoming More Conservative?
00:21:33 - The Green Wave: I Never Agreed With Undi 18
00:25:59 - Will Malaysian Society Become More Divided?
00:29:11 - Prof Tajuddin’s Advice to his Kids
00:34:44 - Speaking Out to Aid Society is a Social and Religious Obligation
00:38:00 - Principles to Navigate the World
00:41:46 - What Are Malaysia’s Students Talking About? What Are Their Hopes and Fears?
00:45:41 - Advice to People If Malaysia Becomes More Conservative
00:49:45 - “I Admire Tun Mahathir But I wouldn’t Vote for Him” Why?
00:51:46 - Education Reform: How?
00:57:42 - If You Leave Malaysia, Where Would You Go?
01:01:32 - How Would You Like to Be Remembered?
war #crimes #corruption #power
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
(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).
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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 Markets
01:26:00 - 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.)
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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 Conditions
00:41:46 - Last Remarks, A Summary
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For Podcast with Dr Teo Soo-Hwang of Cancer Research Malaysia, click on:
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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
PAN Productions: https://www.facebook.com/PanProductions/
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
4x4 #explore #adventure
Thomas Foo - 4x4 World Explorer, Biker and Adventurer
Thomas 'Tango' Foo is a biker, off-roader, explorer, traveler, relief worker and entrepreneur, having spent over three decades crisscrossing all seven continents wherever his trusty Toyota Landcruiser will take him and his merry band of friends and fellow explorers.
Thomas’ life is an inspiring story of courage and heart, a pursuit of his passion for adventure and travel while spreading a message of peace, love and harmony all around the world as ambassadors for Malaysia and anyone else who believes in living life to the fullest.
Not for everyone is this life but for those brave enough to embrace it, the world and its pleasures are there, available, and for free.
(I consider myself privileged to have seen one small part of this wonderful world with Thomas and hope there will be many more.)
“He who is brave is free”
-- Seneca
(As always, 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
00:03:07: How It All Started For Thomas
00:06:10: Did You Ever Have a ‘Normal’ Job?
00:06:54: Where Have These Trips Taken Thomas?
00:15:15: Toyota’s Bombproof LandCruiser
00:19:50: The LandCruiser 80 and 100 Series
00:20:22: Jeremy Clarkson and Famed Toyota Reliability
00:23:13: Thomas’ Trips Are Long .. and Legendary
00:26:02: Being Prepared for the Unknown
00:27:33: K-Rog, A Chef on the Road
00:29:00: Malaysian Food - The Best
00:31:10: Getting the Fleet of Vehicles Ready
00:35:33: On the Canning Stock Route …
00:36:10: Fuel Quality
00:39:00: What About the Hilux?
00:39:55: The Almighty 80 Series Landcruiser
00:41:18: Tibet and China .. Altitude Sickness .. Remedies .. Viagra!
00:44:35: Tibetan Culture, Architecture, Scenery, Buddhism, Food, Beauty all Round!
00:46:55: Everest Base Camp From the Tibet Side!
00:52:00: Shigatse’s Monasteries and Inner Peace
00:54:05: How Accessible and Inspirational is Tibet?
00:57:06: How Much are These Trips?
01:00:55: Planning Trips - Africa 2024!! Namibia, Angola, Tanzania et al
01:04:00: Sup Kambing in the Sahara Desert!
01:06:10: Who Comes on These Trips?
01:07:35: Making Life Count: Happiness!
01:10:10: There Are Also Motorcycles!
01:12:35: BMW GS’, Triumph Tigers, GS310s
01:16:30: BK Lim’s Downing to Downing - the Humble Scooter
01:18:00: The One and Only .. One Dollar: Mohd Assir
01:20:30: Girls (Like Nurul and Anita Yusof) Ride Overland too
01:23:00: Why is ‘One Dollar’ named ‘One Dollar’?
01:24:32: Will Africa 2024 Have Motorcycles Too? Climate?
01:29:00: What about the Middle East?
01:30:00: Yusuf Hashim …
FOLLOW THOMAS HERE:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/thomas.foo.56
URLs:
https://www.4x4worldexplorer.com/
https://www.exploreroutfitter.com/
Some Press: https://www.carsifu.my/news/For-Thomas-Foo-life-is-a-4X4-adventure
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URL: http://www.domore.my/
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500 Global’s Khailee Ng – Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Philosopher
Khailee Ng is among Malaysia’s tech successes, having exited two startups with Says.Com and Groupsmore, and funding, through the venture capital firm 500 Global, seven regional unicorns, including Grab, Carousell, Bukalapak and Carsome.
With success having come early to him and plenty of time to consider ‘Life’ at a more tender age than most, he also has reached fascinating conclusions about the world at large, giving this discussion a much wider and colourful range than normal.
Please Like, Share and Subscribe if you can! :-)))))
(As always, 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:
00:01:25 - Starting in the Media World (and Exiting) With Says.Com
00:04:48 - Enslaving a Nation by Depriving Independent Thought
00:08:25 - The Quest for Virality via Dopamine
00:15:57 - How Venture Capital Can Be a Force For Good
00:23:05 - Entrepreneurship and Dealing With Stress
00:25:35 - Tech Today - Where Is It? Valuations? Profitability? Growth?
00:28:35 - Venture Capital is a Sport of Co-Creation
00:34:34 - Entrepreneur / Venture Capitalist - Can One Become the Other?
00:39:47 - The Power of Thought and Actualisation
00:49:00 - The Process - A Day in the Life
00:55:46 - Making Hay In This Slice of Time .. As a Challenger Nation
01:09:14 - When People Build Nations, Not Politicians
01:14:15 - The Right People Mix in a Thriving Country
01:15:40 - Khailee’s Experimental Life
01:17:08 - That Time on Necker Island with Richard Branson ..
01:18:18 - Having a Super Powerful RAS (Reticular Activating System) Magnet – ie Self Actualisation
01:19:27 - Branson Said, ‘Giving Money Away Is As Difficult and Interesting as Making Money..’
01:23:38 - Micro Charity is Accessible: Reference Ng Sek San, UrMu and Cold Tenderloin in San Francisco
01:31:35 - Outsourcing Nation-Building Disempowers You, So What’s Your Personal ESG Policy?
01:33:24 - Going Beyond Meaning: Is It Religion?
01:42:00 - What’s the Future About?
01:49:22 - Transcending Specialisation and Becoming a Full-Stack Human Like Da Vinci and Bucky Fuller
01:53:44 - Investing In the Human Psyche to Find the Next Stage of Technology
02:01:06 - What’s Next for this Full Stack Individual?
FOLLOW KHAILEE HERE:
URL: https://khailee.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/khaileeng
Twitter: https://twitter.com/khailee
FB: https://www.facebook.com/khailee/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khailee/
Stashaway’s Michel Ferrario - Can Robo-Advisors Make Your Financial Dreams Come True?
Michele Ferrario, one of Stashaway’s three co-founders and its CEO, shares his journey, the state of tech markets, planning for retirement, financial literacy and being an entrepreneur, among many other things.
(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).
FOLLOW MICHELE HERE:
LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/ajsQ0
At Stash: https://www.stashaway.my/about-us
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar - A Humble Malaysian Super-Achiever
Tan Sri Wahid came from humble beginnings to become one of Malaysia’s most successful corporate leaders in the new millennium, successfully leading four major organisations in infrastructure development (UEM), telecommunications (Telekom Malaysia), financial services (Maybank) and investment management (Permodalan Nasional Bhd).
He was also appointed a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Economic Planning from June 2013 to June 2016, heeding a national call to duty. Today, he is the Chairman of the stock exchange operator Bursa Malaysia as well as Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
Throughout his career and through the turbulence and pressures of corporate and political life, Tan Sri Wahid has managed to comport himself in the same calm and humble manner that he has become known for, making him one of the most respected and likeable figures in corporate Malaysia.
Here, he shares his rules and principles for life with Khoo Hsu Chuang.
(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).
ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND MEMOIRS FROM TS WAHID HERE:
Wikipedia: https://shorturl.at/ghmXY
At Bursa: https://shorturl.at/jsDJ5
From Axiata: https://shorturl.at/erAIP
Few folks, if ever, see their childhood dreams come true. Even fewer make it happen in their forties.
For Jewelen’s Ivy Teong, that jump was made, becoming a jewellery designer and business owner, in her second career.
This is her story.
FOLLOW IVY HERE:
IG: @juwelen_design
URL: https://www.juwelendesign.com/
YT: @ivyteong570
Blog: https://ivyteong.blogspot.com/
Dwi Emas’ Anne Tham - From Tuition Teacher to Education Entrepreneur
Anne Tham could have been any one of us. The only difference is that she took the plunge. To try and make a difference.
Otherwise she would have remained a tuition teacher, griping at the system’s many flaws, like so many other Malaysians.
Instead, she is today the head of a number of schools trying to make a difference, fully aware that an education – a proper one – is the key to unlocking a better future.
(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 Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:21 - The Origins of Dwi Emas
00:04:00 - How a Teacher Morphs Into Entrepreneur
00:07:36 - Left-Brain Right-Brain Abilities, a Very Rare Phenomenon
00:09:41 - Learning a Language in Five Minutes
00:14:30 - Replicating Education
00:15:51 - What Happens When Your Teachers Leave
00:20:08 - Using Technology and Social Media to Scale Teaching English
00:21:52 - Why Evolve Via IGCSE and not KSSM?
00:24:30 - A Complete Re-Engineering
00:30:01 - Human Skills are CRITICAL
00:32:21 - Why Malaysian Grads Are Still Appealing
00:39:00 - ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?
00:41:50 - Aren’t Private Schools Elitist? Poor Kids Can't Afford ..
00:47:32 - Is There a Robin Hood Model
00:48:19 - Why Entrepreneurship Needs Communicating and Leadership
00:50:30 - Why Public Education Has Failed Miserably
00:56:19 - Why Education Must be Tied to Useable Life Skills
00:56:58 - How Education Can Be Completely Rethought
01:00:32 - How Business and Life Coalesce
01:03:51 - Convent Light Street in Penang - A New School
01:05:22 - The Skills One Needs to Succeed in Life
01:07:27 - Advice for Those Seeking a Life Change
01:08:47 - The Best Thing About Being an Entrepreneur
FOLLOW ANNE HERE
URL: https://aceedventure.com/founders/
LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/322zy8hw
At Endeavor: https://www.endeavormalaysia.org/peop...
At WEF: https://www.wef.org.in/anne-tham/
MIT’s Pulkit Agrawal - Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
Should AI be feared or welcomed? Humankind is still in a quandary on this issue.
Best to speak to the experts then, in the form of Pulkit Agrawal, who is an Assistant Professor at MIT, building Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interaction systems for commercial application.
His areas of study include robotics, computer vision, artificial intelligence and reinforcement learning.
(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 Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
Contents
00:01:08 - How Studying the Brain Led to AI
00:03:10 - AI Is Not New ..
00:05:16 - Is AI Development too Fast?
00:09:22 - AI and Motor Skills ie Moravec’s Paradox
00:12:55 - Robots Must be Legalled
00:15:24 - Should Robots Be Allowed to Impersonate Humans?
00:17:55 - The Cutting Edge of AI Is In ..
00:20:23 - Robot Sentience: True or False?
00:23:02 - Consciousness and Intelligence aka the Difference Between Obedience and Defiance
00:27:01 - ‘Progress’ at the Expense of Guardrails
00:30:47 - Can AI Replace ‘Education’?
00:34:05 - Imagine a World Without Schools and Universities ..
00:36:22 - Embedding Chips in the Brain
00:39:27 - Do Engineers Think about the Ramifications of Runaway Development?
00:45:13 - Why Elon Musk is Struggling with Self-Drive
00:48:04 - How Far Away are Self-Driving Cars?
00:49:44 - Apple’s VR Headsets .. Where’s the Future?
00:51:26 - If You Connect Your Mind Can Your Thoughts be Read?
00:53:10 - Can Motor Sensory Skills be Enhanced?
00:54:29 - How Should One Prepare for a World of AI?
00:56:47 - What Skills Must People Learn?
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Follow Pulkit here:
MIT: https://people.csail.mit.edu/pulkitag/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...
LinkedIn: /pulkit-agrawal-967a4218
Twitter/X: @pulkitology
Kavin Jay – Comedians, Malaysia’s REAL Journalists
Kavin Jay is one of Malaysia’s funniest men, recognised as such by the Netflix special he was invited to record in 2018, titled ‘Everybody Calm Down’.
He is also one of Malaysia’s most original and ‘real’ comedians, driven to his art by a very unique set of circumstances.
Here, he talks to Chuang about his journey to comedy, evolving along the way to become a true storyteller, much akin to a journalist, though often braver – and definitely funnier.
(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 Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:10 - How Kavin Started in Comedy
00:07:25 - Inspiration from Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Bill Burr, Ronnie Chieng and others
00:12:55 - Comedy is Universal
00:18:18 - And Then Netflix Came Calling ..
00:26:29 - What Netflix Looks For
00:29:25 - Kavin’s Process
00:35:00 - I’m Sorry I Shouted - Dimensions to Comedy
00:43:10 - Uncle Roger is Funnier Than Nigel Ng
00:47:07 - The Problem with Social Media
00:52:35 - Making Money From Comedy
00:54:45 - Russell Peters and Asian Comedy
01:00:00 - The Crack House Disaster
01:07:40 - ADHD and Social Awkwardness
01:10:38 - Comedians, Depression, Anxiety … and Dopamine
01:14:00 - The Problem with Gym Bros
01:23:14 - Beating ADHD
01:25:21 - The Next Step
01:26:57 - Radio’s Real-Ness; Fly Guy and ‘Lil Kev
01:28:11 - Comedians Can’t Do Live Radio
01:32:44 - What’s Next for Kavin
FOLLOW KAVIN HERE
URL: https://www.kavinjay.com/
IG: / kavinjay
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavin_J...
Twitter/X: @KavinJay
MIT’s Sanjay Sarma: Why Indian CEOs Are Taking Over the World
The Asian Century is well upon us but the rise of her people on the world stage has not been a linear one. Fraught with complexities and clearly divisive, the reasons for this video’s title are nonetheless fascinating – and instructive.
Today’s chat is with Sanjay Sarma, the brilliant and affable CEO of the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, having arrived from sojourns in the private sector, academia and the literary world.
(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 Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
For MIT’s research on Indian CEOs:
‘Why East Asians but not South Asians are underrepresented in leadership positions in the United States’
By Jackson G. Lu, Richard E. Nisbett, and Michael W. Morris
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/...
See also:
‘A cultural clue to why East Asians are kept from US C-suites’
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
And
‘How multiethnic networking could propel more East Asians into US C-suites ’
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
CONTENTS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:36 - From the Indian Institute of Technology to Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley and then MIT
00:03:15 - The Child of Illustrious Parents, Dinner Table Topics
00:05:15 - The Phenomenon of the Global Indian CEO
00:06:36 - Jackson Lu (of MIT)’s Research Findings
00:08:56 - Nature or Nurture?
00:11:12 - Are Today’s CEOs Becoming More Agreeable?
00:16:01 - The Power of Reflection
00:17:16 - How to Be Focused About Meetings
00:19:01 - Advising the Indian Economy
00:21:35 - Should India Be More Assertive?
00:24:44 - The Power and Pursuit of Curiosity
00:29:52 - Are Patriarchal Family Controlled Businesses Facing Extinction?
00:32:24 - What, Really, is IoT?
00:34:08 - Only the Paranoid Survive
00:35:42 - America Appears to Be Fearful of Web3
00:38:36 - Colonial’ Pipeline’s Role in America’s Crypto Fears
00:39:37 - Should CBDCs be Feared? (CBDCs: Central Bank Digital Currencies)
00:40:48 - ‘Grasp’: Why Education Must Be Rethought (‘Grasp’ is a book authored by Sanjay Sarma)
00:43:44 - Are Universities Antiquated?
00:45:40 - Are Quaternary (ie Postgraduate) Degrees No Longer Relevant?
00:47:10 - The Value Universities Add to the Mix
00:48:35 - What is the Value of an ‘MIT’ Label? Why Proxies Matter
00:50:55 - Why Do Corporations Exist?
00:52:18 - Chuang to Sanjay: ‘Are You a Success?’
00:54:07 - Rules for Life
00:56:22 - The Role of Fate
FOLLOW SANJAY HERE:
At ASB: https://asb.edu.my/about/the-leadersh...
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_...
At MIT: https://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/...
Some Research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...
female #technology #ceo #nft #adobe #creativecloud
Acestar’s Natalie Sit - Never Forget the Taste of Poverty
Natalie Sit is the multiple award-winning owner of software services firm Acestar, a platinum reseller of Adobe Creative Cloud licences, having reached the pinnacle despite having no tertiary education, the daughter of noodle sellers in Ipoh.
This is her story, as told to Khoo Hsu Chuang.
(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 Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:01:43 - Noodle Seller Parents
00:05:33 - Trigger Points
00:07:11 - Bright Lights, Big City
00:11:42 - The Burning Dream
00:14:30 - Selling Snow to Eskimos
00:16:17 - The Art of Conversation
00:17:23 - Dealing with Rejection
00:19:17 - When the Chips are Down
00:22:22 - One Way Ticket to New York
00:27:05 - What Is an Entrepreneur?
00:30:50 - When Parents Pass Away
00:34:08 - Depression
00:38:15 - The Evils of Comparing
00:39:40 - Sole Founder Challenges
00:42:42 - Web 3.0
00:46:48 - MicroCredentials
00:51:42 - Advice to Entrepreneurs
00:54:08 - Life Advice
00:56:40 - The Definition of ‘Success'
00:59:23 - Would You Change Anything?
01:00:09 - The Next Step
FOLLOW NATALIE HERE:
URL: https://acestar.my/ceo-profile/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-sit-59331798/
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/acestarian.nataliesit/
SOME CLIPPINGS:
Tattler: https://www.tatlerasia.com/power-purpose/diversity/opinion-adversity-prepared-me-for-success-woman-tech
The Peak: https://thepeak.com.my/people/the-peak-behind-the-scenes-throwback-acestars-natalie-sit/
Lifestyle Asia: https://www.lifestyleasia.com/kl/culture/people/fathers-day-story-natalie-sit-on-growing-closer-to-her-father/
Follow Chuang here:
URL: http://www.domore.my/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuan...
FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/khoohsuchuang/
Follow DoMore here:
WEBSITE: https://www.domore.my/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife
ITUNES: https://apple.co/2lQ47mS
GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/3b1l8iO
SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/y6zufvcp
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retirement #malaysia #aged
EPF’s Nurhisham Hussein - Malaysia’s Retirement Crisis Is Already Upon Us
With costs outrunning salaries and a rapidly ageing population, Malaysia’s retirement time bomb has already exploded.
Nurhisham Hussein, a longtime professional acquaintance and Chief Strategy Officer at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Malaysia’s largest pension fund, talks to Khoo Hsu Chuang about some solutions, both at a personal and policy level. (Hint: they’re both painful.)
CONTENTS
00:02:41 - Snapshot of Malaysia’s Retirement Crisis 00:14:20 - What is the Policy Response? 00:18:04 - How Are People Getting By? 00:19:35 - Who Is Responsible For Your Financial Future? You? Or The State? 00:25:25 - What To Do About the Ever-Weakening Ringgit 00:29:26 - Undeclared Assets 00:33:49 - Nonexistent Financial Literacy 00:38:29 - Priority List of Financial Planning 00:44:50 - Can Malaysia Raise Taxes Like in the West (to Pay for Social Safety Nets)? 00:48:09 - Do Subsidies Result in a Culture of Mediocrity? 00:50:10 - The Singapore Comparison is Painful 00:52:19 - Direction of Structural Reform 01:00:52 - How Both the State and Private Sector Can Rethink Retirement 01:04:17 - How Good Health is Instrumental in Old Age 01:06:00 - What’s the TL:DR Here? A Summary 01:11:57 - For People, Rethink Retirement
(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 Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
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Loh Wei Hoong - China: an Autocratic Warmonger or ASEAN’s Biggest Opportunity?
China is the biggest enigma of our time. For us in ASEAN, she is either our biggest threat or our greatest opportunity. Or can China be both? The more viewpoints we have, the more data points we can obtain to triangulate our opinions to form an educated guess. Loh Wei Hoong, a longtime educator, investor and entrepreneur in China and Vistage chair, shares his point of view with Khoo Hsu Chuang.
(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 Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS 00:02:34 - Who is Loh Wei Hoong? 00:06:47 - What Should People Know About China? 00:10:50 - Working Hard … 00:17:39 - China’s Flaws .. 00:19:28 - What About Hong Kong? 00:26:36 - The Thucydides Trap 00:27:52 - And the Kashmir Region? 00:29:16 - Will China Declare War on Taiwan? 00:31:41 - US-China War: Who Wins? How Do We Prepare? 00:35:06 - War Is Inevitable 00:37:18 - Why America Wants to Fight with China 00:40:46 - Does America Rescue Taiwan? 00:44:48 - Is America $trong Enough to Fight China? 00:46:39 - How Malaysia Positions Itself 00:49:55 - Does China Leave Malaysia Alone? 00:52:10 - The Nine-Dash Line 0:53:50 - China’s Covid Policy 01:04:29 - The Global Population Dilemma 01:05:54 - Preparing for the Schoolyard Battle 01:09:50 - Does Malaysia Have the Right Leadership? 01:12:36 - Nusantara …
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war #inequality #nuclear #economy
Professor KS Jomo - Facing Up to War, the Military Industrial Complex, Food Security and Central Banks
Professor KS Jomo is one of Asia's most prominent economists of our time, having spent much of his career examining the challenges besetting the growth and development of emerging market economies in Asia and Africa. This, in the context of the policies practised and fomented by some of the world's richest nations in Europe and North America.
Hailing from Penang, Malaysia, his journey took him from Penang Free School in northern Malaysia to Yale and Harvard Universities, amongst many august institutions including the United Nations, where he also lectured, wrote and spoke on subjects as diverse as the political economy, climate change, economic inequality and social development.
Here, he talks to Khoo Hsu Chuang about the challenges facing the world, emerging ASEAN and Malaysia, and what we can hope, as individuals, to do about it.
(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 Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:43 - From Westlands and Penang Free School to Yale and Harvard 00:07:17 - How Malaysia's Multiculturalism Informed Jomo's Approach to Economics 00:11:46 - Uncertainty Has Existed Before; How it Should Be Navigated Today 00:20:02 - The Fed's Free Money Policy's Impact on Inflation 00:21:42 - Is There a Conspiracy Theory Afoot? 00:25:58 - Dealing with the Rich-Poor Divide and the Rise of Ethno-Populism 00:32:27 - How Market Economics Foments Inequality and Formulating a 'Turn' 00:37:54 - Is Democracy a Flawed System? 00:43:57 - Is War Inevitable? 00:52:21 - How Does KS Jomo Deal with the Threat of War at a Personal Level 00:53:32 - The Doomsday Clock Ticks .. 00:56:57- Living Life Differently .. 00:57:51 - A Panacea for Remedy 01:01:33 - Choosing Between America and China 01:03:49 - Who Drives ASEAN's Peaceful Non-Aligned Movement? 01:03:49 - Is China As Militant as the West Would Have Us Believe? 01:10:33 - That Time When Jomo Backpacked to India 01:16:40 - What Keeps Jomo Awake at Night Right Now? 01:19:00 - Rules for Life
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Pemandu’s Dato' Sri Idris Jala: The Leader Malaysia Could Have Had - But Didn’t
Leadership #Turnaround #MAS #Proton #Malaysia
PEMANDU's Dato' Sri Idris Jala - The Leader Malaysia Could Have Had - But Didn't
Born in Sarawak as a devout Kelabit Christian, Dato' Sri Idris Jala wasn’t meant to work at Shell for 23 years. Nor was he meant to head Malaysia Airlines, help Proton in its turnaround strategy, work as a former Minister in the Malaysian government, much less advise governments and global corporations in socioeconomic affairs as Chairman of PEMANDU Associates.
And yet he did, thanks to a heady cocktail of destiny, faith and hard work, culminating in his current roles as Co-Chairman of Sunway, ProChancellor of Sunway University and Chairman of Heineken Malaysia, in between lecturing twice a year at Harvard University.
Here, he talks to Khoo Hsu Chuang about Leadership, Fate, Faith and Serendipity, while proffering original and practical suggestions for Malaysia’s woes.
(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 Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
02:16 - Idris Sings His Own Composition: 'Malaysia's Got Blues'
02:30 - What happened When Idris First Appeared on BFM in September 2010
04:49 - 'My Ancestors Were headhunters, Born in the Jungle'
07:39 - What if Idris Were Born Rich?
08:10 - How Hunger Tastes
09:10 - How the British Army's Movies Changed Idris' WorldView
09:33 - What Were Some Breaks Idris Received?
12:52 - The Role of Fate in One's Life: Destiny's Role
14:38 - Knowing One's True North
15:10 - The Moment When Idris Discovered His Life's Meaning, During The Barrio Revival
18:59 - What of Atheism?
19:31 - How did the Rest of the Cohort Do in Life?
20:15 - Idris' Career in Shell and on to National Duty
23:21 - Some Key Principles of Turning Around a Company
29:17 - Malaysia's GLC Challenges
31:42 - Dealing with MAS' Huge Excesses
37:20 - The Discipline to Ensure the Positive Changes Remain
38:52 - Weaning Malaysia Off Its Addictions
41:03 - The GST Discussion
45:52 - The Right People For a Turnaround Situation
47:13 - How to Deal with Fuel Subsidies
49:12 - Should Zombie GLCs Die? (Proton...)
52:37 - How Can Malaysia Be Turned Around?
54:14 - What is a 'Quality Graduate'?
57:26 - What's Most Important about the Education Journey
1:00:11 - Five Key Turnaround Strategies
1:02:11 - What Does it Take to Lead? To Inspire?
1:06:58 - Shell's Four Traits of a Top Leader
1:09:41 - Leadership in the 21st Century
1:11:47 - Covid Almost Closed PEMANDU - What Happened Next?
1:19:46 - Idris' Rules for Life
1:23:12 - Putting the Game of Impossible Into Play: What's Involved?
1:26:29 - The Impossible Task Idris Has Set Himself
1:29:49 - That Time When Idris Met Lee Kuan Yew
1:33:15 - What’s Malaysia's Impossible Task?
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property #realestate #reit #malaysia #klangvalley #singapore
Knight Frank’s Justin Chee - Is The Malaysian Property Market Finally Coming Back?
Knight Frank Malaysia’s Executive Director Justin Chee shares his thoughts on the Malaysian property market and the new areas for property investment, which has always been a good hedge against inflation.
(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 Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
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CONTENTS:
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Health of The Local Property Market
01:21 - Explaining the Cycles in Malaysia’s Property Market
03:25 - How Strong Will the Next Property Rally Be?
04:23 - How and Why is the Property Market ‘Protected’?
06:00 - What is the Appeal of Property?
07:40 - The Interest in Property is Broad-Based
11:00 - And Then There Are REITs: How Do They Work?
13:38 - Which REITS to Buy?
17:15 - Prices Will Always Increase
17:52 - Factors For Buying a Real Property
19:40 - Established Areas? Or New Up-and-Coming Areas?
21:35 - The Interest Rate Factor
24:45 - Views on New Townships
25:48 - Is Urbanisation Still Happening?
26:34 - Why Is Outstanding Loan Still So High After Paying For So Many Years?
28:55 - How to Benefit From Housing Loan
29:35 - How Is Property a Hedge Against Inflation?
32:00 - How To Select Which REITs to Buy (Local vs Foreign, Sectors etc)
33:30 - The FX Element in Buying Foreign REITs
35:35 - Keppel DC REIT: The Data Centre Theme vs Interest Rate Direction
38:00 - The Yield Discussion: Which Ones Are Blue Chip REITs?
41:20 - Sunway REIT Buying EPF’s Hypermarkets .. What Does This Mean? (IMPORTANT!)
43:05 - So .. REITs Can Now Undergo Development?
44:18 - What Are the Trends Shaping Malaysian Real Estate?
49:02 - Does Malaysia Have Enough Electricity to Drive Huge Data Centres?
50:20 - Final Words on Property Investment
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investing #antifragile #change
Penjana Kapital’s Taufiq Iskandar: ‘Read, Adapt, Antifragile’
Malaysians have a chance to prosper in an uncertain yet unexciting future but first they must learn to shed old habits while adopting new approaches that appear daunting at first, says Taufiq Iskandar, CEO of Penjana Kapital, whose mandate is to assist in ensuring Malaysia’s success.
CONTENTS
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - The Unpredictability of Today's World
01:54 - Applying the Knowns and Unknowns to Investing Decisions
04:58 - What Happened in Nov 2021? Everyone Lost Their Pants!
07:03 - So How Does Joe Public Deal With Uncertainty?
08:34 - How Do Structured People Deal With Uncertainty?
11:07 - Of Margins of Safety ..
13:45 - Financial Literacy Advice
16:28 - What of Scams?
17:44 - Choosing the Right Investment Classes
20:45 - Asset Allocation Strategies
21:45 - Information Asymmetry in Investments
22:58 - Do Investment Professionals Perform?
23:32 - Where Do Markets Go in the Next 3-5 Years?
24:55 - Best Places to Invest?
26:12 - The Evaluation Process?
27:39 - Research Does Not Mean Just Reading
28:02 - Marks and Spencers - An Example of Value Investing for Taufiq
30:01 - Wherein Crypto, MegaTech?
31:00 - And Property, Real Estate?
32:49 - What Does Wealth Mean?
34:50 - What Does the 99% Do?
35:56 - Wealth Disparities and What it Means for Society
37:17 - Boom and Bust Cycles
38:47 - Will War Break Out?
40:57 - Where Does Malaysia Go From Here?
43:20 - Where are the Statesmen?
47:04 - What is the Road Ahead?
47:45 - What Amounts to Adaptability?
48:58 - Should Malaysia's Assistances Be Dismantled?
50:13 - Taufiq's Three Nuggets of Wisdom
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ula #ecommerce #Internet #Indonesia
Ula's Nipun Mehra: Conquering Indonesia's Vast and Fast-Growing E-Commerce Market
Nipun Mehra, the Founder and CEO of Indonesia-based e-commerce firm Ula, came to entrepreneurship late in life, having first worked at
Sequoia Capital, Flipkart, Pine Labs, Amazon and Boston Consulting.
The delay didn't hurt though, with Ula now counting Jeff Bezos, Prosus Ventures, Tencent and B-Capital Group among its investors, hoping to capture a portion of the $300B+ retail market in the region.
This is his story and life- and business lessons.
(This interview was part of a collaboration with CGS-CIMB and Endeavor Malaysia as part of the 'Thought Inspire' Series, filmed at the Asia School of Business, a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia.)
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CONTENTS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:53 - Which Came First: Employment or Entrepreneurship?
00:03:22 - Get a Job First?
00:05:05 - When Was the Plunge Taken?
00:06:11 - Which Skills Were Most Valuable?
00:07:15 - What Do Blue-Chip Investors Like Sequioa Seek in Entrepreneurs?
00:12:49 - Does Academic Excellence Matter?
00:15:31 - Should Entrepreneurs Expand to Indonesia, ASEAN's Biggest Market?
00:18:24 - In New World Order, Should Entrepreneurs Pivot to Profit Instead?
00:22:08 - How To Choose A Market to Operate In?
00:28:46 - In Tech, Layoffs & Cost Cuts. Discuss.
00:31:19 - Have Valuations Suffered in the Current Market Conditions?
00:34:48 - Managing Investors When Valuations Fall
00:38:27 - Where to List? Asia or US?
00:42:36 - Why Did Jeff Bezos Invest in Ula (And In His Personal Capacity)
00:45:31 - Nipun's 60-Second Pitch to Amazon's Jeff Bezos
00:46:20 - What Does it Take to Succeed in Indonesia?
00:48:18 - How to Scale In Indonesia
00:49:26 - How to Develop Expectations Jointly With Investors
00:52:40 - What Are Tencent's Expectations?
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Richard Eu is the great-grandson of Eu Kwong Pai, who founded the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) business Eu Yan Sang, which first began in Perak, Malaysia in 1879. He has been credited not only with keeping the 144-year-old brand relevant and thriving, but also for wresting back control of the business from Lum Chang in a series of buyouts, listing (and de-listing) the company on the SGX and steering the brand into the digital age.
Like most scions of multi-generational, successful family businesses, Richard rarely appears in the public eye. Which makes his views, in this rare appearance, of issues like breaking the three-generation family curse, IPOs, motivating wealthy children and having Temasek as a shareholder all the more valuable.
(This interview was part of a collaboration with CGS-CIMB and Endeavor Malaysia as part of the 'Thought Inspire' Series, filmed at the Asia School of Business (a partnership between MIT Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia)
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EP Plus’ Pang Tse Ming: Profitable, Innovative and Altruistic
Tse Ming is the founder and CEO of EP Plus, a healthcare and pharmaceutical company he founded to escape his humble beginnings.
Now profitable and exploring a regional expansion into three more countries on top of the existing three (Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia), the company’s focus has shifted to also incorporate Innovation and Altruism
CONTENTS 00:18 - Kuala Pilah, Sports, Risk-Taking and Being a ‘Have-Not’ 03:15 - Where the Hunger Came From 03:53 - How the Business Started 05:23 - Three Turbochargers 07:10 - Fertility is Dropping: Why? 08:48 - How Is Business? 10:50 - Healthcare: Always a Strong Business 12:57 - What Keeps You Awake at Night 14:31 - Benefits of Being a Private Business 15:14 - Keeping Staff Motivated: How? 16:09 - Will You Sell Any Shares? 16:43 - IPO? Private Equity? 17:41 - What’s the Company Culture?19:30 - How to Build a Successful Business? 21:55 - Advice to the Young Businessman
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healthcare #pharmaceuticals #business
Medispec's Teng Beng Lee -- From Fighter Pilot to Successful Business Exit
From humble beginnings in Penang, Malaysia, to wanting to become a fighter pilot in the SIngapore army and then into business having obtained his first product from Thailand, determination marked Teng Beng Lee's success in business.
(Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small and midsize business leaders, with over 27,000 members worldwide.)
CONTENTS:
00:00:51 - Hitchhiking to Singapore to Become a Fighter Pilot 00:03:10 - A Sister's Help to Starting in Business 00:03:58 - No Such Thing as Failure 00:04:26 - The Power of Passion 00:05:34 - How Beng Lee Secured his First Medical Product .. at the Expense of Sime Darby 00:08:21 - Growth .. How? 00:09:00 - Business Principles to Live By? 00:09:42 - Healthcare: Recession-Proof 00:10:05 - Why Only Asian Generic Drugs? 00:11:17 - Why Exit? 00:11:57 - Creating Value for an Exit: How? 00:12:55 - Fighting Complacency 00:14:12 - Why Become a Businessman? 00:15:00 - What It Takes to Succeed 00:15:28 - How to Stay Motivated 00:16:38 - Why Sell and Not Keep? 00:17:31 - The Process of Selling to Ekuinas 00:18:10 - Post-Retirement Plans? 00:18:57 - What's Most Important Now? 00:19:19 - Advice to His Children? 00:19:52 - Investing Advice?
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success #diversity #technology
Google Cloud’s Sherie Ng and Capital A’s Aireen Omar: Let There Be Diversity!
Sherie Ng, Managing Director of Singapore & Malaysia, Google Cloud and Aireen Omar President of Ventures at Capital A (formerly known as AirAsia Group), talk about the gender gap in the tech industry and what can be done to redress the imbalance.
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CONTENTS:
00:01:18: Sherie’s Success Journey .. 00:04:22: Aireen’s Success Journey .. 00:05:57: Why Tony Fernandes Chose Aireen to Head Malaysia 00:08:25: Should Women Lean In More? 00:10:59: Can Leadership Begin at Home? 00:13:23: What Happens When Motherhood Beckons? 00:16:38: Answering The Big Question 00:20:25: What a Diverse Boardroom and Workplace Looks Like 00:24:24: Can Changing Values Drive Diversity? 00:28:27: How Female Management Can Drive Value 00:37:37: How Web3 Can Turbocharge Diversity 00:42:28: What Kind of People Will Succeed in the Jobs of the Future?
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business #China #diversify
Ng Chong Lam of Ng Eng Kee & Sons: Diversify, Integrity, China!
Some lessons from a multi-generational business that has existed since the early 20th century.
The NEK Group’s founder, the late Ng Eng Kee, was born in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia in 1925, helping his father, the late Ng Chong Geng, to establish manufacturing and trading companies which specialised in rubber, palm oil and petrochemical products.
The move to China and other overseas markets began In the 1970s and continues until today with new businesses in real estate and manufacturing. Today, the NEK Group is a family office that invests in fintech, AI, semiconductors, HR engagement platforms, travel, jewellery and luxury goods all the way from seed to growth stage, including highly profitable late-stage companies.
NEK offers early stage companies equity capital, mentorship support and networking access to both the Southeast Asia region as well as China’s Greater Bay region.
(Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small and midsize business leaders, with over 27,000 members worldwide.)
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01:06 - Diversify, Have Integrity, Do Good and Keep Cash 02:37 - Growth Industries? 04:01 - Private Business, External Shareholders 04:40 - Many Ways to Invest! 04:56 - Interesting Markets? 06:56 - What of the Malaysian Economy? 08:13 - Advice to the Entrepreneur 09:21 - Advice for a Successful China Expansion 14:19 - How China’s Business Methods Differ from America’s 17:13 - Communism and Hierarchies in China 18:26 - America’s Jealousy of China 19:52 - A China Partnership is Essential20:54 - Four Success Tips
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entrepreneur #venturecapital #fundraise
Penjana’s Taufiq Iskandar and MRANTI’s Safuan Zairi: Capital, Policy are Music to Entrepreneurs
Thriving tech ecosystems need sufficient pools of capital and a vibrant policy framework to succeed. Safuan Zairi, Chief of Ecosystem Development at govt research & innovation commercialisation agency MRANTI and Taufiq Iskandar, CEO of the govt’s matching fund-of-funds firm Penjana Kapital, take us on a journey of Malaysia’s tech ecosystem and offer an honest view of where the country’s players need to improve to remain relevant in an uncertain future.
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……… CONTENTS: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:22 - A Cold Hard Look At Malaysia’s Tech Ecosystem: Ahead, On Par or Behind? 00:07:47 - So, Progress: Where and How? 00:11:40 - Are Venture Capitalists in Malaysia Too Risk-Averse? 00:21:28 - What Would Attract Capital from Andreesen Horowitz, KKR, Sequoia? 00:25:41 - Do Entrepreneurs Really Need to Think Big, Think Global? 00:27:09 - Why Is There So Little Risk-Taking Capital? 00:32:39 - What Is Malaysia’s Positioning WIthin ASEAN to Attract More Capital? 00:44:20 - What Happens When Companies Go Bust Due to Circumstances? 01:05:11 - Must You Be in a Sexy Sector to Attract Capital? 01:11:46 - Is Enough Being Done to Keep Legacy, Old Companies Relevant? 01:19:44 - How To Catalyse More Global Capital to Malaysia? What Mechanisms Exist? 01:22:09 - How To Use the Media to Build More Awareness? 01:28:30 - Is There a Listening Platform for Entrepreneurs to Talk to the Ecosystem?
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entrepreneur #venturecapital #fundraise
Penjana’s Taufiq Iskandar and MRANTI’s Safuan Zairi: Capital, Policy are Music to Entrepreneurs
Thriving tech ecosystems need sufficient pools of capital and a vibrant policy framework to succeed. Safuan Zairi, Chief of Ecosystem Development at govt research & innovation commercialisation agency MRANTI and Taufiq Iskandar, CEO of the govt’s matching fund-of-funds firm Penjana Kapital, take us on a journey of Malaysia’s tech ecosystem and offer an honest view of where the country’s players need to improve to remain relevant in an uncertain future.
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……… CONTENTS: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:22 - A Cold Hard Look At Malaysia’s Tech Ecosystem: Ahead, On Par or Behind? 00:07:47 - So, Progress: Where and How? 00:11:40 - Are Venture Capitalists in Malaysia Too Risk-Averse? 00:21:28 - What Would Attract Capital from Andreesen Horowitz, KKR, Sequoia? 00:25:41 - Do Entrepreneurs Really Need to Think Big, Think Global? 00:27:09 - Why Is There So Little Risk-Taking Capital? 00:32:39 - What Is Malaysia’s Positioning WIthin ASEAN to Attract More Capital? 00:44:20 - What Happens When Companies Go Bust Due to Circumstances? 01:05:11 - Must You Be in a Sexy Sector to Attract Capital? 01:11:46 - Is Enough Being Done to Keep Legacy, Old Companies Relevant? 01:19:44 - How To Catalyse More Global Capital to Malaysia? What Mechanisms Exist? 01:22:09 - How To Use the Media to Build More Awareness? 01:28:30 - Is There a Listening Platform for Entrepreneurs to Talk to the Ecosystem?
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semiconductor #manufacturing #automation
Amlex's Lim Say Soon - The Power of Perseverance
'Perseverance' and 'tenacity' best describes Lim Say Soon's business journey, as it has not always been plain sailing for the owner of this Penang-based electronics services company.
Find out from Say Soon what it takes to overcome the odds, with his early days being marked by extreme hardship and many uncertain nights.
(Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small and midsize business leaders, with over 27,000 members worldwide.)
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00:00 - Intro 00:29 - The Amlex Journey 02:59 - Early Company Hardship 05:13 - Surviving Global Crisis 06:38 - LEAP Market Listing 07:51 - Staying Relevant in the Industry 09:35 - Handling Hyper Growth 10:24 - Talent Hiring Philosophy 11:11 - Always Hungry Moving Forward 13:00 - Enjoy the Process 14:14 - Succeeding in Business 15:27 - Perseverance in Entrepreneurship 16:39 - The Mindset Growing Amlex 17:39 - Future of Semiconductor Industry
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chocolate #cocoa #business
Guan Chong's Brandon Tay: Malaysia's Cocoa Magnate
At the age of 35, Brandon Tay took over the helm of Guan Chong, a cocoa processing company, following a split within the family business in 2000.
Today, the company's cocoa ingredients are exported to over 70 countries and its clientele include world-renowned confectionery manufacturers Mars, Hershey's and Lotte of South Korea.
Find out the business principles that enabled Brandon to build Guan Chong into the world's 4th-largest cocoa processing company and Malaysia's largest.
(Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small and midsize business leaders, with over 27,000 members worldwide.)
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00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Journey of Building a Nationwide Business 08:48 - The Value of a Business Community 10:40 - Consistency of Supply as a Business Principle 12:30 - Always Thinking Two Steps Ahead 15:45 - Importance of Taking Risks and Growing Fast 18:51 - Establishing the Right Key People 20:16 - Making it Big: 3 Pieces of Advice 23:03 - Can Hard Work Beat Luck?
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ecommerce #secondhand #retail
Carousell’s Gaurav Bhasin: Building ASEAN’s Amazon
Having headed Mudah as CEO, Gaurav Bhasin is now at Singapore-founded ecommerce unicorn Carousell Group as Chief Strategy Officer, helping to map out its growth trajectory in its eight markets in the region.
Founded in 2012, Carousell’s raison d’etre is to make ‘second hand the first choice’, via its own brands like Carousell, Cho Tot, Laku6, Mudah.my, OneKyat, Ox Street and Refash, backed by investors that include Telenor Group, Rakuten Ventures, Naver, STIC Investments and Sequoia Capital India.
In this episode, the latest under Do More’s collaboration with Endeavor Malaysia and CGS-CIMB, Gaurav gets candid about the challenges and valuable lessons learnt while growing one of ASEAN’s biggest ecommerce marketplaces.
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CONTENTS
00:01:16 - Steering The Ship - Why Second-Hand First? 00:03:34 - Navigating Ukraine War, Inflation, Market Crash, China Crisis 00:07:04 - What It Takes to be a Unicorn 00:08:48 - How To Build Without Money? 00:11:42 - How Was Mudah.My Monetised? 00:12:39 - How to Raise Money When Small and Unproven? 00:16:16 - Should Carousell Move to Singapore? 00:17:01 - Gaurav’s Failure as an Entrepreneur & The Importance of Being a Cockroach 00:19:27 - Hiring in a Talent-Thin Environment 00:21:50 - Gaurav’s Hiring Process 00:23:29 - Can You Hire From Abroad? 00:26:55 - What Kind of Diversity Counts? 00:28:48 - How to Build Culture in a Hyper Growth Environment 00:31:29 - Why Does Culture Matter? 00:33:39 - Transferring Culture to New Acquisitions 00:35:00 - Three Things to Consider When Making New Acquisitions 00:37:13 - Valuations: Do They Still Matter? 00:40:45 - How Do You Show 2nd-Hand Stuff is High Quality? 00:44:29 - Handling Investors When Business is Changing - Fast 00:46:48 - Path to Profit: the Elephant in the Room 00:48:09 - How Does ASEAN ECommerce Play Out? 00:50:08 - Should You Give Up Majority Ownership? 00:51:52 - Growing Sideways Can Be Cheaper 00:53:14 - Exit Strategies 00:54:00 - Three Words of Advice for Entrepreneurs in Scaling Mode 00:56:20 - How To Pick the Right Investments 00:56:35 - How to Build a Community on an Online Marketplace 00:57:40 - What’s a Successful Marketing Strategy? 00:59:16 - Would Gaurav Be an Entrepreneur Again? And What Would He Do? 00:59:51 - What Did Gaurav Do Wrong? What Makes a Good Co-Founder? 01:03:00 - What Data Works? 01:04:14 - How To Prepare For Recession?
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ecommerce #secondhand #retail
Carousell’s Gaurav Bhasin: Building ASEAN’s Amazon
Having headed Mudah as CEO, Gaurav Bhasin is now at Singapore-founded ecommerce unicorn Carousell Group as Chief Strategy Officer, helping to map out its growth trajectory in its eight markets in the region.
Founded in 2012, Carousell’s raison d’etre is to make ‘second hand the first choice’, via its own brands like Carousell, Cho Tot, Laku6, Mudah.my, OneKyat, Ox Street and Refash, backed by investors that include Telenor Group, Rakuten Ventures, Naver, STIC Investments and Sequoia Capital India.
In this episode, the latest under Do More’s collaboration with Endeavor Malaysia and CGS-CIMB, Gaurav gets candid about the challenges and valuable lessons learnt while growing one of ASEAN’s biggest ecommerce marketplaces.
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CONTENTS
00:01:16 - Steering The Ship - Why Second-Hand First? 00:03:34 - Navigating Ukraine War, Inflation, Market Crash, China Crisis 00:07:04 - What It Takes to be a Unicorn 00:08:48 - How To Build Without Money? 00:11:42 - How Was Mudah.My Monetised? 00:12:39 - How to Raise Money When Small and Unproven? 00:16:16 - Should Carousell Move to Singapore? 00:17:01 - Gaurav’s Failure as an Entrepreneur & The Importance of Being a Cockroach 00:19:27 - Hiring in a Talent-Thin Environment 00:21:50 - Gaurav’s Hiring Process 00:23:29 - Can You Hire From Abroad? 00:26:55 - What Kind of Diversity Counts? 00:28:48 - How to Build Culture in a Hyper Growth Environment 00:31:29 - Why Does Culture Matter? 00:33:39 - Transferring Culture to New Acquisitions 00:35:00 - Three Things to Consider When Making New Acquisitions 00:37:13 - Valuations: Do They Still Matter? 00:40:45 - How Do You Show 2nd-Hand Stuff is High Quality? 00:44:29 - Handling Investors When Business is Changing - Fast 00:46:48 - Path to Profit: the Elephant in the Room 00:48:09 - How Does ASEAN ECommerce Play Out? 00:50:08 - Should You Give Up Majority Ownership? 00:51:52 - Growing Sideways Can Be Cheaper 00:53:14 - Exit Strategies 00:54:00 - Three Words of Advice for Entrepreneurs in Scaling Mode 00:56:20 - How To Pick the Right Investments 00:56:35 - How to Build a Community on an Online Marketplace 00:57:40 - What’s a Successful Marketing Strategy? 00:59:16 - Would Gaurav Be an Entrepreneur Again? And What Would He Do? 00:59:51 - What Did Gaurav Do Wrong? What Makes a Good Co-Founder? 01:03:00 - What Data Works? 01:04:14 - How To Prepare For Recession?
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5G #China #Chips
JF Technology’s Dato’ Foong Wei Kuong: Malaysia’s 5G Flagbearer in China
Dato’ Foong Wei Kuong heads the fast-rising semiconductor company JF Technology Bhd (JF Tech), which he founded in 1999 and grew into one of the top three test contacting solutions providers in the world with over 200 MNC clients and owner of 68 patents filed worldwide.
In 2020, Dato’ Foong led JF Tech into China via a 5G partnership with Huawei, gaining access to her vast market of over 1.4 billion people.
(Vistage Malaysia engaged Do More to conduct this interview. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organisation for small and midsize business leaders, with over 27,000 members worldwide.)
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CONTENTS
00:24 - Born Poor: What Do You Do Next? 02:33 - There Was A Guru: What Did He Teach? 04:07 - From Country Manager to Starting JF Tech: How? 05:50 - Faith: How Does It Help? 07:08 - Dato Foong’s Success Factors 09:38 - How a Business Network Helps 10:53 - What Keeps Dato Foong Up At Night? 13:23 - Management Tips and Techniques 15:43 - Implementing Multiple Growth Engines 17:32 - What It Takes to Partner a Giant Like Huawei 18:37 - What It’s Like to Do Business in China 19:27 - Different Business Styles: China vs US 21:05 - Will China and the US Go To War? Will We Need To Choose Sides? 21:58 - Advice to Entrepreneurs 22:46 - Where Will JF Tech Be in 2032?
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Entrepreneur #Investor #Malaysia
Having held key positions in public life with Malaysia's telco regulator MCMC and in the International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation, World Bank and the United Nations Development Program, Dato' Sharil Tarmizi has a unique viewpoint on the local and international regulatory landscape.
He has successfully parlayed this with his own background in law to invest in his personal capacity in some of Malaysia's most successful startups, while continuing to play a directorship role in PLCs, GLCs and private companies like POS Malaysia, Digital Nasional Bhd, Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat, Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, Opcom Holdings, Bina Darulaman, Privasia Technology, QuantePhi Sdn Bhd, Lotus Cars UK, Endeavor Malaysia, Multimedia Development Corporation and BinaFikir Sdn Bhd.
In this latest edition of the Do More Podcast's Think Inspire Series with Endeavor Malaysia and CGS-CIMB, Sharil shares some of his wisdom and experience with Khoo Hsu Chuang.
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CONTENTS:
00:01:45 - What Sharil Looks For Before Investing in a Business 00:02:42 - What Makes a Good Entrepreneur? 00:04:36 - Lessons Learnt From Passing on Twitter (!) 00:08:08 - Metrics to Seek When Analysing a Business? 00:10:11 - Key Differences Between US and Asian Startups 00:12:06 - Why Do These Differences Exist? 00:14:31 - There Are Different Types of Entrepreneur .. 00:18:25 - The Trouble With Too Many Handouts 00:20:54 - Malaysia’s Entitlement Malaise 00:27:00 - Does Malaysia Inc. Stymie Entrepreneurs? 00:29:14 - Malaysia’s 5G Lethargy - Why? 00:34:26 - Dealing With Structural Limitations 00:37:58 - Should the Govt Shrink? 00:41:05 - Govt Engagement and Policy: Sufficient? 00:46:53 - What’s Wrong With a Foreign Listing? 00:49:52 - Advice To Entrepreneur in a Competitive ASEAN 00:52:53 - No Safety Net: What Happens? 00:55:12 - Older Entrepreneurs Means Experience 00:56:10 - One Rule Above All to Succeed in Business
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cars #IPO #ecommerce
Carsome's Eric Cheng - Malaysia's First Unicorn
In just 7 short years, Carsome's Eric Cheng has built Malaysia's first unicorn, thanks to years of hard grinding and a dogged will to succeed, following years of failure.
Find out what it takes to build a unicorn (ie a company worth a billion US dollars or more) in this day and age.
00:00:58 - How A College Dropout Starts A Unicorn 00:04:22 - Building Resilience -- 'Armour' -- Bouncing Back From Failure 00:06:54 - Eric Executes Really, Really Well - Where Did He Learn It? 00:09:42 - From Employee to Entrepreneur 00:14:02 - Management Lessons From Left Field 00:18:25 - Where Do You Find Good People? 00:22:40 - The Right People For Regional Expansion 00:26:41 - Playing the Unicorn Game 00:28:40 - What Data Does Eric Use to Plan? 00:30:37 - Profiling Customers in a Disparate ASEAN Market 00:34:12 - Challenges of Regulation? Policy? 00:36:52 - Dealing with Volatile Times 00:39:16 - Dealing With Negative Sentiment to Tech 00:41:38 - Can ASEAN Unicorns Ever Surpass American Unicorns? 00:43:35 - Can Carsome Go Global? 00:45:22 - Advice to Aspiring Entrepreneurs 00:47:46 - What Defines Passion? 00:50:10 - What Will Light Your Fire? 00:51:04 - What Doesn't Kill You .... 00:53:30 - Lessons From WeWork 00:55:08 - What the Future Holds for Carsome 00:56:55 - The Biggest Risks? 00:58:03 - Where Carsome is in 6 Months ..
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Dairy #Milk #IPO
Loi Tuan Ee of Farm Fresh - The Ethical Entrepreneur
Loi Tuan Ee was 42 years old, married and mortgaged when he decided to leave his cushy corporate job in packaging to start a food-based business in Johor, Malaysia. Sixteen years later, Farm Fresh has become a RM3 billion company with operations in Malaysia and Australia and markets all over the world.
In this, the third of six special interviews with some of Malaysia’s largest and most successful entrepreneurs in collaboration with CGS-CIMB and Endeavor Malaysia, Khoo hsu Chuang speaks to Loi about his colourful story and his journey to the top.
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Contents:
00:58 - Leaving a Highly Paid Job In His 40s to Start Farm Fresh 03:13 - Conquering The Fear 04:19 - Starting With Goats and Fish! 05:46 - Raising Money, Asking Azmi to Join, Khazanah’s Entry 08:03 - The Early Challenges 10:49 - Starting a Consumer Brand Today 13:26 - How Do You Grow Without Raising Prices? 17:47 - Absorbing Inflation For Customers Benefit 20:17 - Expanding Into the Region 21:50 - New Markets in Infant Formula 24:16 - Is Milk Advertising Unethical? 26:30 - Succession and The Challenges of Keeping to the Brand Promise 29:04 - Why Did You Decide to IPO? 30:54 - Expanding Into ASEAN 33:11 - Dealing With Distance, FX 34:29 - The Indonesia and Philippines Markets 36:50 - Ethical Advertising and ESG 40:14 - Labour Shortages 42:19 - Becoming a Dollar Unicorn 44:19 - Life as a Listed Company 47:21 - Skills Sets Sought Out By Big Investors 49:03 - Major Compliance Hurdles? 50:20 - How Important Are the Accountants and Legal Team 51:43 - Three Pieces of Advices for Entrepreneurs 56:29 - Sacrifices ..
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Malaysia #Change #EndRacism
Chandran Nair - Change Is Still Possible in Malaysia
Chandran Nair is a Malaysian businessman and founder of The Global Institute for Tomorrow, an independent think-tank based in Hong Kong.
This is his second appearance on Do More, discussing, amongst other issues, his latest book, titled 'Dismantling Global White Privilege: Equity for a Post-Western World', which argues the case for a more equitable distribution of wealth, power and resources in a fast-changing New World Order.
CONTENTS
00:01:52 - Reflections of the Russia-Ukraine War 00:04:21 - Making Sense of Asia’s Place in a Changing World Order 00:07:23 - Asia Lacks a Globally Credible Homegrown Media Platform 00:11:40 - Must ASEAN Choose Between the US and China? 00:14:32 - Asia Must Dismantle European White Privilege 00:17:21 - What to Expect From a China/Russia Alliance 00:20:34 - What’s China's Version of Global Supremacy? 00:24:11 - Is China Ready for Leadership? 00:26:50 - Are Western ‘Democracies’ Truly Democracies? 00:30:10 - Malaysia Still Suffers From Institutional Racism 00:34:46 - Can Change Ever Happen? 00:39:41 - Self-Censorship Still Exists in Malaysia 00:41:09 - Wherein Freedom of Speech? 00:46:42 - What is the Malaysia Anti-Racism Institute (MARI) 00:52:47 - Can Malaysia Change Gears to Become an Anti-Racism Hub? 00:55:11 - Change Is Simple
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modestfashion #muslimah #ecommerce #fashionvalet
How FashionValet’s Fadza Anuar & Vivy Yusof Built a MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR Brand Fresh From University: Challenges, Work-Life Balance and Parenting
This is the story of how a young couple from Malaysia built a multimillion-dollar modest-fashion global brand named FashionValet fresh out of university with no business experience whatsoever.
CONTENTS
03:11 - How It All Started 07:25 - Building a Brand From Zero 11:25 - Profitable From Day One!! 13:15 - Scaling Up 15:10 - Fundraising 15:55 - Early Mistakes in Advertising 18:39 - Digital Marketing 20:37 - Websites, Packing, Delivery, Logistics and Returns! 24:00 - Social Media’s Good and Bad Sides 26:43 - Advice For Handling A Social Media Presence 30:19 - Don’t Use Your Own Name in the Brand! 32:09 - Husband-Wife in Life and in Business Too 38:05 - Parenting While Working 41:54 - Staying Creative 44:09 - Size of Global Modest Fashion Market 46:03 - Exporting the Formula Internationally 47:52 - Industry Metrics Fadza Is Watching 50:23 - Sustainability 53:26 - Local Fashion Ecosystem 54:26 - Sustainable Fabrics: Comfortable? 55:23 - Sustainability’s Role in Valuation 57:12 - What’s Next? Handing Over the Reins
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ARTISAN #LEATHER #ENTREPRENEUR
Utile Works' Terance Chen - The Leather Artisan
I've noticed an undercurrent of young, passionate entrepreneurs who place quality and craftsmanship on par with commercial success, unlike in my generation.
One such person is the leather artisan Terance Chen, who left his job in engineering to pursue his love of creating bespoke leather products from his workshop in Penang.
This is his story.
CONTENTS: 01:33 - How Terance Started 03:06 - Overcoming Parents Objections 04:13 - Why Buy Only the Best Materials? 05:05 - How to Measure Success? 05:55 - What Products? 06:42 - BDSM Products Too .. 07:30 - Everything is Bespoke (Custom Made) 08:30 - What Does Business Mean to Terance? 09:35 - Who Is The Typical Customer? 10:45 - Convincing Premium Tanneries To Work With Him 12:07 - Overcoming The Pandemic 13:17 - In Business For Passion 14:50 - Building Resilience When You're Flat Broke 16:20 - Growth Plans 16:55 - Justify the High Price? 21:02 - What's Next?
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Inequality #NEP #Competitiveness
Dr. Lee Hwok-Aun - Inequality’s Iniquities, In Malaysia and Elsewhere
Dr. Lee Hwok-Aun is the author of “Affirmative Action in Malaysia and South Africa: Preference for Parity”, published in 2021 by Routledge and of numerous articles, in academic and media publications, on affirmative action, inequality, discrimination, social protection, labour and education. He is a Senior Fellow and Co-coordinator of the Malaysia Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, and a PhD holder in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Inequality forms a key tenet of his work, a subject on which he has studied and written academic papers on since the early 90s.
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00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:56 - Inequality in South Africa versus Malaysia: The Differences 00:08:19 - The Main Flaws in the Malaysian System of Preferential Policies 00:18:04 - The Political Catch-22 of Ever-Popular Preferential Policies Vs Their (Necessary) Dismantling 00:23:20 - One Cannot Feed Four 00:28:10 - Whether Templates for Equality Exist In Scandinavia 00:32:10 - And What of China and Thailand? And the ASEAN Experience? 00:39:58 - And Yet, Inequality is Shrinking in ASEAN. Why? 00:46:20 - Malaysia’s Next Decade: Does Inequality Shrink or Expand? 00:57:38 - Should Policy Resemble Evolution i.e. where Only the Strong Survive?
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Yinson Holdings’ CY Lim: The Energy Services Unicorn
In this, the first of six Do More episodes powered by Endeavour Malaysia and CGS-CIMB for the inaugural ‘Thoughts Inspire’ series, CY Lim, the 37-year-old Group CEO of oil and gas services giant Yinson Holdings talks to Khoo Hsu Chuang about the journey that propelled the family controlled logistics firm into the second-largest Floating Production Storage and Offloading - FPSO - company in the world.
Exemplified by the 100x increase in market value between 2010 and 2022 to its current RM6.5 billion, CY shares the management secrets, lessons and trials of building a truly global business from a purely domestic one in just 11 short years beginning when he took the reins when he was just 25 years old.
CONTENTS
00:02:38 - The Early Years: Getting His Father’s Buy-In To Enter a New Business: Oil and Gas 00:05:41 - Challenges of Getting Funding In a Capital-Intensive Industry 00:07:28 - Winning The Regionalisation Game, Starting in Vietnam 00:09:23 - Making Mistakes And Learning From Them 00:12:15 - What Do Demanding MNCs and National Oil Companies Seek? 00:14:24 - The Importance of a Strong track Record When Doing Global Business 00:16:22 - How To Get The Right Financial Metrics 00:18:40 - How To Keep The Right People When the Industry Is Extremely Volatile 00:20:41 - Some Useful Tricks For the Aspiring Entrepreneur 00:22:36 - How To Manage Demanding Investors 00:24:54 - How Did Yinson Move So Fast? 00:29:46 - How To Deal With Uncertain Political Developments Here and Abroad 00:32:27 - How to Strategise and Plan for a Fossil Fuel-Free Future 00:36:18 - Advice For Sustainability Conscious Entrepreneurs 00:38:19 - Can Yinson Grow Another 100x? 00:40:24 - How To Maintain The Same Energy and Drive in the Next Decade? 00:42:43 - What Will Yinson Look Like in 2032? 00:44:51 - Does LUCK Play A Role in Business? 00:46:51 - Can You Make Your Own Luck? 00:49:03 - What Attributes Does The Successful Entrepreneur Have 00:51:15 - Can One Person Drive An Entire Organisation Forward? 00:52:28 - What Should Entrepreneurs Do About Messy Local Politics? 00:55:37 - The Succession Dilemma 00:57:23 - Common Traits In High-Performing Managers 01:01:05 - Can Yinson Be Malaysia’s First Global Behemoth? 01:03:52 - What Goals Should Success and Ambition Be Based On?
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success #investment #NFT
Brown Brothers Harriman's Ainun Ayub: Commandments For Success
London-based Ainun Ayob, shortlisted for the European Women in Finance Awards 2021 via her work at the boutique investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., talks about what it takes to succeed in finance at a time when Malaysia’s Brain Drain is accelerating and how global finance is changing - fast.
CONTENTS 02:49 - Why Work Abroad? 09:51 - The Necessity of Staying Competitive, Social Privileges Notwithstanding 13:49 - What Does It Take to Succeed? 17:04 - Investing in an Era of NFTs and Cryptos 21:49 - How Conventional Markets Dovetail With Internet 3.0 24:38 - Ainun’s Success Advice To Her Children 26:56 - Where Should One Begin Their Career? 30:28 - Three Commandments For Success
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YS Khong - The Uncle YouTuber
Khoo Hsu Chuang speaks to YS Khong, a 70 year-old former motoring journalist on how he managed to get on to YouTube and amass a following of over a hundred thousand subscribers!
CONTENTS
00:35 - Who Is YS Khong? 03:33 - How Did 70 Year-Old YS Khong Get Started On YouTube? 05:08 - Why The Genting Run? 07:40 - How Did YS Master YouTube? 10:07 - The Rule Of One Upload Every Three Days 10:17 - And Then There Was The Unboxing Video! 12:05 - No Scripts .. 13:08 - The Myvi Video That Went Viral 14:43 - What's Next For YS? 17:12 - Words of Advice ..
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ESG #SUSTAINABILITY #INVESTMENTS
Leslie Yap, a CFA and Head of Investment at Nomura Asset Management in Malaysia, talks about ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) Investing, a theme that is gaining considerable momentum as the world shifts to a cleaner and more sustainable future.
Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Leslie oversees the developed markets equities team and is responsible for the investment management of developed-market equities (including ethical and Shariah-compliant listed assets).
investment
environment
esg
cop26glasgow
cop26
CONTENTS
00:59 - A Quick Primer on ESG Investing - What Is It, Really? 02:19 - The Difference Between ESG and Shariah Investing 03:38 - Striking a Balance Between ESG Impact and Returns 05:33 - Why ESG Stocks Trade At A Premium 07:14 - Whether Liquidity Concerns With Some ESG Stocks 08:42 - Expected Returns In Next 10 Years 09:48 - Risk Appetites Are Back! 12:16 - Can Markets Go Higher?
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drone #IPO #disrupt
Aerodyne’s Kamarul Muhamed - The Drone Dude
Kamarul Muhamed is the Founder and CEO of drone and data technology company Aerodyne, ranked No.2 globally in 2020 with 500 employees in 35 countries.
We talk about business, astronomy, life and robots!
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CONTENTS:
01:39 - Who Is Kamarul? 11:46 - Why Are the Kelantanese So Entrepreneurial? 14:45 - Going It Alone: No Grants, Savings Only 19:22 - Kamarul the Deep Geek: Astronomy, History, Theoretical Physics and How It Shapes His Business Style 20:29 - A Segue into Black Holes .. 21:57 - Squaring Science and Business 24:00 - The War For Talent, Cultural Integration 28:40 - The Definition of 'The Right Thing' 32:15 - Should Robots Be Feared? 35:48 - Preparing for Technology Singularity (a hypothetical future where technology growth is out of control and irreversible) 37:55 - Malaysia's 'Difficulties and IPO Decision: Stay or Go? 44:28 - Business Principles - Fairness, Value Creation, Mutual Benefit 45:55 - Balancing Work With Life 48:49 - Is Money Important? 52:24 - The World, At A Crossroads 55:20 - One Overriding Word of Advice
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Vespa #SoloTravel #Overland
Juvena Huang - The Wandering Wasp
A trip to Vietnam and the death of a close friend ignited the wanderlust in Singaporean lass Juvena Huang, who set out to ride around the world solo on her vintage Vespa scooter on 16th May 2015, a journey which began from Singapore and which saw her transverse 25 countries* over 44,000km in 27 months. This is her story. * The countries include Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Czech Republic. -- CONTENTS 00:00:53 - How Juvena's Story Began 00:04:48 - How The Death of a Close Friend Triggered Her Wanderlust 00:11:02 - Why an OLD Vespa? 00:14:44 - Paying For The Trip 00:15:21 - Juvena's Route 00:16:34 - Plan Or Don't Plan? Which Is Better? 00:17:27 - Solo Female Traveler - Reflections 00:19:34 - Tips To Aspiring SOLO Female Travelers 00:22:04 - Advantages of Being A Female Traveler 00:25:30 - Food? (She's Vegetarian) 00:26:43 - Personal Hygiene? Monthly Calls? Peeing? 00:29:57 - Which Countries Were The Most Memorable? 00:30:30 - About Pakistan (She Spent 4.5mths There!) 00:32:29 - About Iran, Armenia and Georgia (Hint: VERY Underrated and Very Affordable!) 00:33:23 - About Turkey (Where Animals Are Truly Loved and People Are Honest!) 00:35:28 - Bulgaria .. Hibernating in Serbia (Cos Winter Was Coming) 00:37:00 - About Montenegro .. (Small, Mountainous and Beautiful!) 00:37:50 - Accommodation? Camping .. Hostels .. Being Hosted .. etc 00:41:25 - Hosting Is a Norm in Muslim Countries ('Musafir') 00:43:49 - Volunteering at A Refugee Centre in Serbia (Caution: Heartbreaking Stories) 00:50:25 - Travel Gives You REAL Perspective 00:51:23 - NOT Dealing With Society's Expectations 00:52:11 - Conversations With Fellow Travelers 00:57:01 - The Power That Comes From Letting Go 00:57:47 - Women Are Stronger Than They Think 01:01:53 - About Itchy Boots .. 01:03:00 - What's Next?
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valueinvesting #stocks #compounding
GAO Capital’s Kenneth Yap - Value Investing Is An Evergreen Investing Principle
Kenneth Yap, the Head of Equities at Singapore-based GAO Capital, talks about his principles of Value Investing, after having accumulated over two decades’ experience in roles that include being a Fund Manager at KAF Fund Management, Head of Indonesian Equity Sales at Macquarie Group in Jakarta, a Proprietary Equity Trader at CIMB in Kuala Lumpur, Vice President of Semiconductor research at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Chartered Accountant in Deloitte & Touche in London.
Find out how he unearths ten-baggers like Evergreen Marine and Signet Jewelers using data that is available to anyone and everyone. And whether investing in China, Bitcoin and Gold are good ideas!
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CONTENTS: 04:27 - Kenneth's Value Investing Philosophy - The Mechanics Behind It 06:18 - Value Investing Case Study: Signet Jewelers 08:32 - How Do You Choose Stocks? Does Human Emotion Matter? 13:51 - Why Analysing Cashflows and Price/Book Ratios Are More Effective 16:31 - Why Buy Globally (And Not Malaysia) 20:21 - Value Investing Case Study: Taiwan's Evergreen Marine 25:07 - Why Are Ten-Baggers So Hard To Come By? 28:53 - How To Double The Portfolio Every Five Years 32:37 - Investing Advice For The Novice 34:02 - Invest in China: Yea Or Nay? 34:40 - Diversify! 35:41 - How Do You Choose The Right Fund or Fund Manager? 36:12 - Don't Keep Cash!! 37:29 - Is It Dangerous To Invest in China? 39:33 - Avoiding Value Traps, Pros and Cons of Being KL-Based 41:57 - When Do You Decide To Cut Losses? 44:12 - How to Iron Out Foreign Currency Fluctuations 46:01 - Is The US Dollar Dead? 47:22 - How Kenneth Invests His Own Money (Hint: It's Not In Property or Gold) 50:37 - What About Bitcoin, Stablecoin, Ethereum? 53:35 - Some Parting Shots ..
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Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Mokhtar - Malaysia’s Adventure Capitalist
Life, Leadership, Love, Finance, Politics, America, China, Inequality, Climate Change, Tech Disruption, Travel and Malaysia’s place in a fast-changing tech-driven world are just some of the topics covered in this wide-ranging podcast, one of Tan Sri Azman's first public discussions since leaving corporate life some three years ago.
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CONTENTS: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:18 - What Life Has Been Like Since Leaving Khazanah Nasional 00:05:31 - How The World of Finance Is Changing 00:11:38 - Some Sagely Advice For the Budding Finance Professional 00:16:56 - Can And Will Interest Rates Ever Normalise? 00:22:05 - Does The Pandemic Allow Malaysia A Chance to Chart Its Own Economic Path? 00:31:39 - Post-Khazanah Roles in the National Recovery Council, Role of GLCs and GLICs in Economic Growth 00:38:44 - Can / Will / Should Malaysia Ever Address Its Social Policies? 00:44:56 - Malaysia’s Political Situation: Will A Light Ever Shine? 00:50:46 - China: Malaysia’s Friend or Foe? 00:58:45 - What Government Does Malaysia Need to Navigate China and America? 01:05:43 - As Cryptos Rise, How Will Financial Markets Look Like In The Next Decade? 01:16:27 - Traversing Life’s Seven-Year Cycles: Tips, Advice And Guidance 01:36:28 - Around The World in 77 Days .. On 77 Trains! 01:39:46 - The Route! 01:56:37 - Re Malaysia: Optimistic But Realistic
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For CGS-CIMB speech on 15th December 2020: https://bit.ly/2U4Ltt2
Abridged Bio: https://tinyurl.com/4p3xfhke
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ABOUT TAN SRI AZMAN
Following a distinguished career in finance and investment at the boutique advisory firm BinaFikir, national power utility Tenaga Nasional and global banks Salomon Smith Barney and UBS, Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar was the Managing Director of Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s top sovereign wealth fund between 2004 and 2018, building immense wealth for the nation while spearheading the international expansion of the country’s top corporations into Asia, Europe and North America.
Today, he pursues a number of personal, academic, public and commercial interests with institutions that include the University of Cambridge, INCEIF (International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance), the Wawasan Education Foundation in Penang, Malaysia and the international humanitarian relief organization MERCY Malaysia.
In January 2021, Tan Sri Azman was appointed by the Prime Minister of Malaysia as a member of the Majlis Kemakmuran Bumiputera (Bumiputera Prosperity Council), before later also being named to a distinguished panel of senior leaders at the country's National Recovery Council to help the nation recover from the pandemic.
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Stashaway’s Freddy Lim: Why Stash Just Rejigged Your Portfolio
Inflation (ie rising prices) is real, and it’s here. Enough of a reality to prompt Stashaway to rejig customer portfolios to reflect this changing trend, only the fourth time since it launched in 2017. Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer Freddy Lim explains what this means.
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01:11 - Why And What Triggered The Decision to Re-Optimise Clients’ Portfolios 02:49 - What It Means To Switch From ‘All-Weather’ To ‘Growth’ 05:55 - What About Covid Variants And US Stocks At Record Highs? 08:35 - Does This Mean Returns Are Going To Be Higher? 11:53 - How To Protect Against Inflation in the Portfolio? 13:33 - How To Address Different Risk Profiles Among Investors? 16:38 - How To Navigate Different Growth Speeds in Asia (Slow) vs US (Faster) 18:34 - How To Deal With China Regulatory Risk (Which Has Hammered Chinese Tech Companies) 22:55 - Diversification Matters!
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Kelvin Goh - Investing in Global ECommerce
Kelvin Goh is a former Head of ASEAN Research at CIMB Investment Bank and formerly a director of an investment holding company, GT Capital. He currently manages the Qualis Global Fund at R3 Asset Management.
CONTENTS:
01:30 - Why Invest Globally - Kelvin's Investing Principles 02:30 - Can a Company Be Impervious to Global Shocks? 04:04 - How Do You Find the Next Amazon and Microsoft? 05:05 - Plenty of Runway Left in Etsy, MercadoLibre and SEA Ltd 06:30 - News, Knowledge or Trends? The Stock Selection Process 07:42 - How Active Should Portfolio Management Be? 09:36 - What Happens When the Cheap Money Era Ends? 11:54 - What Happens if You Buy the Wrong Stock? And How Do You Monitor Performance? 14:36 - Would You Buy Ant Financial? Or Didi Chuxing? And Do You Look at China Stocks Closely? 15:45 - Is There a Maximum Number of Names You Hold in Your Portfolio? 17:21 - Can Investing Become A Science? (Since Greed and Fear Rule Market Behaviour) 18:42 - How Do You Gauge Management and Overcome Financial Fraud? 20:14 - How Do You Overcome Black Swan Events (Like Covid) and Other Volatile Events 22:19 - How Much Cash Do You Hold as Dry Powder? 23:24 - Would You Touch NFTs, SPACs, Ethereum, Bitcoin? 24:05 - And What About ESG Investing? Social Impact Investing? 25:15 - Would/Should Investors Look at Investing in China Stocks? 26:06 - How Do You Invest Your Own Money? 27:08 - And What About Other Investments Like Real Estate / Property / Bonds / Fixed Income? 29:06 - How to Iron Out Intermediary Fees Charged by Banks
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KC Lau - Malaysia's Personal Finance Pioneer
KC Lau is one of the earliest bloggers in the personal finance space, offering valuable tips and advice to promote financial literacy since the mid-90s.
Listen to his journey and life principles here
personalfinance #financialliteracy #FIRE
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CONTENTS
01:20 - The Early Years 02:47 - No Money For an Overseas Education .. And Music Was a Passion! 05:47 - Studying Music and Playing Professionally Part Time 06:58 - No Regrets But Also No Surrender! 08:11 - The Transition To Personal Finance 10:39 - Young Enough For a Career Change 12:00 - A Real Job - Insurance Agent! 12:58 - The Business Model: 100% Online 14:28 - KC Lau's Business Metrics 16:00 - How Many Weekly Webinars? 17:47 - What Is a Lifestyle Business? 18:59 - The Work-Life Balance 20:06 - My Father Was a Lumberjack .. 21:50 - Going to America .. WHY 23:20 - Expanding in America? 24:22 - Portland is Beautiful 26:29 - Going to Taiwan! 27:46 - Reflections / Lessons From America 29:24 - Buying Property in America 30:00 - Is Moving to America a Good Idea? 31:09 - Initial Impressions - Taiwan 32:00 - Taiwan Cost of Living? 33:03 - Staying in Taiwan For Some Months a Year? 35:40 - KC's Personal Investments 36:15 - Properties and Businesses (Stocks) 38:30 - Pros and Cons: Properties vs Stocks 40:07 - Local or Foreign Stocks? 40:35 - Stock Selection: How? 41:51 - When to Start Enjoying Life? 44:53 - Advice on Retirement 46:44 - Leave Money for Children? 48:38 - How to Deal with Uncertainty
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Ezra Zaid of The Ezra Zaid Podcast, Julian Ng of Akru and The Do More Podcast's Khoo Hsu Chuang, all formerly and currently of BFM, get together because they have nothing else to do on a Saturday morning.
Nothing is sacred, not aliens, movies, the Great Reset or Bitcoins.
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Life In Five: Philip See - From McKinsey to Firefly & BFM
Formerly of McKinsey, Pemandu and Malaysia Airlines, Philip See has two jobs: CEO of the domestic-focused airline Firefly and a presenter with BFM in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Phil discusses creativity, career changes and midlife crises.
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Seeing the World By Bicycle: The Story of Peter Yoong
Until he was unexpectedly called back to Malaysia by an illness in the family, 57-year-old retiree Peter Yoong was on a world tour.
By bicycle.
Solo.
This is his story.
Contents:
01:06 - Why On a Bicycle And Not Motorbike (eg BMW GS) or Car (Toyota Hilux)?
01:54 - Why Solo And Not in a Group?
02:27 - Convincing The Boss (Wife)
03:19 - Trial Run to Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore
04:45 - The Four Trip Stages
05:51 - Mustering Up The Courage
07:23 - Peter’s Feelings on the Morning He Rode Off
09:06 - Why Five Long Years to Prep The Trip
11:12 - Silencing The Doubters and Haters
12:55 - About Rob Lilwall
13:47 - How Fellow Riders Inspired Peter
14:16 - How He Planned The Route
15:57 - What About Detailed Planning, Accounting For Weather, Terrain, Etc?
18:34 - How Far He Rides Daily
20:39 - Where Peter Sleeps When He Stops (And What Time Does He Stop Riding?)
22:11 - Tips For Rough Camping?
22:57 - What About DANGER?
24:29 - The Most Beautiful Countries, The Highlights?
27:00 - How Difficult Were The Border Crossings?
29:14 - What He Thinks About When He Rides
31:01 - What Bike?
31:15 - Riding Gear (Seat, Handlebars, Tent, Clothing, Shoes, Sleeping Bag, Stove, Etc)
35:18 - Tech Gear (Laptop, Software, Cameras) And How He Updates Social Media
37:05 - More Bike Gear (Tires, Punctures, Etc)
38:15 - How The Trip Is Documented
39:30 - How He Carries Currency / Money
41:08 - How He Manages Security, Keep Gear Safe
43:31 - How He Takes Photos & Videos
44:31 - Benefiting From the Global Riding Community, WhatsApp Groups
47:25 - Advice To People His Age
50:10 - What Folks Should Know About Their Fellow Human Beings
51:10 - What People Should Know About Riding A Bicycle Around The World
52:34 - What People Should Know About Solo Riding
54:40 - What Peter Would Change For His Next Stage of Riding
55:54 - What Would He Change About His Gear
57:05 - Peter’s Approach To Money, Savings, Investments And Children
59:22 - How HePlanned The Funds For This Trip
1:02:02 - Advice To Young People
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Peter’s Press Clippings
Cycling Malaysia:
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World Vision:
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The Star:
https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/people/2019/02/19/majorie-for-feb-19-malaysian-cyclist-is-fulfilling-his-dream-on-two-wheels
https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/living/2017/09/27/peter-yoong-solo-bicycle-tour
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From Dirt-Poor to Philanthropy: Kuan ‘Uncle Kentang’ Chee Heng
Imagine being so poor you drink tap water to fill your stomach during recess time. Or seeing your mother give her body to the sundry shop owner in return for rice. Or the smell of your dead father as he decomposes in the living room because the family cannot afford a casket.
How does that perspective compare to so many of us who spend all our time chasing money or complaining that we don’t have enough?
So when I heard Kuan Chee Heng (aka ‘Uncle Kentang’) talk to Asha Gill on LiteFM last week I found him on the Interweb and was grateful that he agreed to an impromptu interview at Ben’s Jalan Batai.
Kuan’s story offers much-needed context in a world blind-drunk with excess, social media and greed.
reality #Philanthropy #unclekentang
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Growing Money Worry Free: Akru's Julian Ng Malaysian robo-advisory Akru, founded by my good buddy Julian Ng, wants to disrupt the investment industry by introducing global exposure, diversification and affordability to more people.
We have a fun chat about the mad world of media, money and startups (apologies in advance for the echoes and bad audio.. sorry!)
It's about discipline.
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Hey Alfred founders Tengku Moe, Adam Helmi and Sam Zulkifli are three friends on a quest to help their fellow millennials on their path to financial freedom
Today, Moe and Adam tell Khoo Hsu Chuang talk about why financial literacy is less about knowledge.
It's about discipline.
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Hey Alfred founders Tengku Moe, Adam Helmi and Sam Zulkifli are three friends on a quest to help their fellow millennials on their path to financial freedom
Today, both Moe and Adam tell Khoo Hsu Chuang why knowledge alone about financial literacy is not enough to gain financial freedom.
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Dr David Khoo: Taking Medicine to the Masses
Fellow Penangite Dr. David Khoo is a doctor on a mission.
He wants to democratise medicine using technology.
And for Penang to be a Health and Tech City, kind of like a medical supermarket for ASEAN.
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Episode 3 - The HeyAlfred Series: Should Work Be About Passion or Purpose?
Hey Alfred founders Tengku Moe, Adam Helmi and Sam Zulkifli are three friends on a quest to help their fellow millennials on their path to financial freedom.
Today Adam talks to Khoo Hsu Chuang about which matters more when it comes to choosing one’s work: passion or purpose?
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Episode 2 - The HeyAlfred Series: How Minimalism Matters More Than Ever Today
HeyAlfred Founder Tengku Moe talks about his how he got on the path to minimalism and why a good meal with friends and family matters more than buying the latest IPhone
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Financial education may not be taught in schools but that doesn’t mean you can’t be financially free while you’re still young.
HeyAlfred founders Tengku Moe, Adam Helmi and Sam Zulkifli are three friends on a quest: to help their fellow millennials that financial freedom can come early.
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Confirmed: Asians Suffer From Cancer Differently To Westerners - Dr Teo Soo-Hwang
After years of painstaking research, Dr Teo Soo-Hwang of Cancer Research Malaysia has just published her latest findings: conclusive evidence that cancer affects Asians in very different ways to Westerners / Caucasians, rendering an immense body of knowledge essentially useless to billions of people.
However, Covid-19 has decimated her funding sources, the bulk of which hailed from the UK, which is fighting a huge war on the pandemic.
Please follow these links if you can help in any way:
https://www.cancerresearch.my/donate/ (general donations) https://www.cancerresearch.my/runforourlives
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Part 2: Can Diamonds Be a Good Investment?
The brothers Low Zi Wei and Low Zi Yin, founders of the innovative online jewelers ZCova, seem to think so. But there are some conditions ..
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Part 1: Why ECommerce Is The Future of the Jewelry Business
The brothers Low ZiWei and Low ZiYin have spotted a fundamental inefficiency in the jewelry and diamond business which they are parlaying in their fledgling jewelry business.
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Millionaires Next Door: Introducing Chang Yee Fung Chang Yee Fung is an engineer, father, husband and corporate guy. But since the age of 14 he's also been an investor. A devotee to the principles of Wall Street gurus like Peter Lynch, he's made enough money to invest full-time while still having enough time for the family. These are his thoughts. As told to me and John Huo of FIRL. (But no Social Media for Yee Fung, unfortunately, so many thanks to him for chatting to us) --
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What I’m Investing In This Year - Rejina Rahim, Nomura Asset Management Malaysia
Rejina Rahim, the Managing Director of Nomura Asset Management Malaysia, has decided to invest in something different this year -- herself -- and to share some of her leadership lessons with other folks.
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Part 3 - How To Use Feng Shui to Achieve Greater Wealth? Master Kenny Hoo, Good Feng Shui
Master Kenny Hoo of Good Feng Shui advises on how to search for the best places to capture energy chi) in the house and office and how to position oneself when working or sleeping
(Part 3 of 3)
-- CONTENTS 00:13 - Why Wealth Matters 01:52 - Feng Shui Is the Management of Chi 02:33 - Where is the Positive Chi Located? 02:56 - How To Identify Positive Chi Locations in the House? 04:34 - And In The Office? 06:42 - Motivational Images For Positive Chi and Wealth 07:10 - West Sector is Important in 2021 08:33 - No Sharp Items .. 09:17 - About Sleep Direction ..
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2021 is a BULL YEAR for Rooster, Monkey, Rat and Tiger - Master Kenny Hoo, Good Feng Shui
Congratulations if you are born in the year of Monkey and Rooster: you are in for a bumper year for money creation and wealth accumulation, according to Master Kenny Hoo of Good Feng Shui.
(Part 2 of 3)
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00:17 - Born in the Year of Monkey or Rooster? CONGRATULATIONS! 00:39 - Rat and Tiger Should Also be Congratulated (Dogs Too!) 01:33 - Snake and Pig Special Mentions .. 02:12 - ‘Noble People’ Are Very important to ‘Do Less, Gain More’ for Wealth Creation 02:45 - Bull / Ox, Goat and Horse Might Face Challenges .. So What To Do? 04:00 - Dragons Are Quite Good Too 04:06 - Rat Health Caution 04:15 - Horse Health Caution 04:19 - Rabbits Should Lay Low ..
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Golden Bull Year Is A New Cycle of Wealth - Feng Shui Outlook 2021 - Master Kenny Hoo
Chinese metaphysics and the study of Feng Shui shows us that a New World Order is nearly upon us, marked by a shift in money and power from West to East, according to Master Kenny Hoo of Good Feng Shui. (Part 1 of 3)
CONTENTS
01:47 - 2021: A Turnaround Year 05:43 - How To Adapt to the New World Order 07:06 - Wood and Fire Will Drive Markets in 2021 09:02 - What Industries Comprise Wood and Fire Elements 12:38 - Earth Elements Like Property & Real Estate Will Return 14:30 - Will Covid-19 Stabilise? 15:48 - How Will Malaysia Perform? 17:55 - East Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak) / Borneo Is A New Wealth Zone 19:07 - America’s Cycle Is Winding Down 21:00 - Market Will Still Be Volatile 22:11 - China’s Time Is Rapidly Coming 24:55 - A New Cycle of Wealth Is Here (And Money Is Shifting!) 25:02 - What About Bitcoin?
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Five Things All Newbie Investors Should Know - FIRL’s John Huo
FIRL’s John Huo is a former oil and gas engineer who chose to pursue his passion in investing in the equity/stock market and is now a stock investment coach.
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Wai Ken Wong, Country Manager for Malaysia at StashAway, the oldest robo-advisory in the country, gives a practitioner's view of what happened at the GameStop scandal, discusses investing trends, what's in store for markets and also how he invests, finding solace in staying long and diversified.
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Should You Buy Bitcoin?
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur and Country Heights Bhd director Kevin Chen made his money in the early days of Bitcoin and shares his thoughts on why Bitcoin might soon hit the mainstream.
00:39 -- Why Is Bitcoin At Record Highs?
02:43 -- Even at $31,000 can Bitcoin Still Go Higher?
05:00 -- Is It Easier To Buy Bitcoin Today? (Used To Be Quite Difficult)
06:44 -- Bitcoin Isn’t The Only Cryptocurrency. How About The Others?
08:47 -- What Do I Think Of Ethereum?
10:00 -- What Do Blockchain Advisers Do?
10:55 -- What I Plan To Do At Country Heights
12:08 -- How Do ICOs Work?
13:18 -- How To Raise Funds Through Cryptocurrencies
14:44 -- How I started in Bitcoin
19:19 -- Do Cryptocurrencies Spell The End of Central Banks?
21:20 -- Cryptocurrencies Is The New, NEW Way of Raising Money
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Datuk Jared Lim is an intriguing person.
Analyst, Investment Banker and Entrepreneur, yes, but an equally very aware and spiritual person to boot -- twin traits that make him quite unique in the corporate world.
Perhaps reflecting his personality, his twin businesses in energy (Hua An / Techna-X) and property (Country Heights) pivot on the path to meet the twin challenges of Planet and Profit.
And also, many thanks to Ploy at Clearwater for the fantastic venue for our shoot!
Contents:
01:20 -- How I Began As An Entrepreneur
04:37 -- Lessons Learnt In Business
06:06 -- Which Business, If I Was Starting Today, Would I Start?
11:10 -- Advice To The Aspiring Entrepreneur
16:06 -- The Three Things You Need To Be An Entrepreneur
18::42 -- What Motivates Me? Money? Or Meaning?
20:55 -- What Book I’m Reading Right Now
22:48 -- If I Knew Now What I Knew Then, Would Things Be Any Different?
24:13 -- What is the Definition of Success?
24:47 -- What I Am Telling My Kids
29:41 -- If My Son Wants To Become a Poet .. How Do I Respond
30:16 -- How I Handled Covid-19
32:11 -- What Meditation Does For Me
35:34 -- Can I Be Spiritual AND Successful?
36:50 -- What Is The One Investment To Get Rich in 2021?
41:08 -- Why The Future Cannot Lie In Fossil Fuels
45:17 -- Why Passion Is Important To Success
46:00 -- A Happy Entrepreneur Thinks Like Gandhi
48:40 -- Life’s Final Third: What’s In Store?
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BK Lim -- The Ride of a Lifetime
Motorbike salesman BK Lim is a man I've been chasing for a long, long time, after I first heard of his monster trip from Downing Street in Penang, Malaysia, to 10, Downing Street St in London, England, where the British Prime Minister goes to work!
Spanning 25 countries, 38,000 km and completed over four months, the journey was even more incredible because it was completed on Honda 125cc motorcycles by retirees and grandfathers, all of them from Penang, in Malaysia.
The youngest, Lee Hang Chung, was 53 at the time, while the eldest, Frankie Cheah, was 69.
BK Lim himself was 62 when he completed the journey.
Listen to his story of the trip here and his next journey, from Anchorage in Alaska to Tierra Del Fuego, in Argentina, at the southernmost tip of South America.
More stories and pictures of Downing to Downing here:
Today Online - 'M’sian grandfather rides through snow, deserts on bike to Downing St': https://bit.ly/30p4but
The Star: 'Bikers finally reach Downing Street, London': https://bit.ly/397yslA
More pics and posts here: https://bit.ly/3hjnagH
Contents:
01:18 -- Downing (Penang) to Downing (England): The Route
01:56 -- Death in Delhi
02:54 -- What it Takes to Ride Overland
05:36 -- Everyone Was On a Kapchai
06:28 -- Turkmenistan: 2800km in 5 days
10:10 -- No Journey for Old Mean -- The Biggest Obstacle?
12:26 -- When a Bike Becomes a 4WD
12:47 -- The Honda Wave 125 is the Best Overland Bike
14:00 -- No Sponsorship from Boon Siew Honda Malaysia .. But Sponsored in Thailand!
16:06 -- A Stock-Standard Bike
16:30 -- Best Thing About the Trip?
20:00 -- Urban Gorillas .. Many-Star Hotels
22:39 -- The Next Trip: Alaska to Argentina: 55,000km, 25 Countries, 5 Months
24:34 -- A Naked German
26:08 -- Solo is Safer
27:01 - - Longer Means More Money
28:20 -- Alaska to Argentina: Budget?
28:37 -- Strategies for Overlanding
30:36 -- What the Wife Said
32:13 -- How to Travel For Free to Alaska
33:44 -- Riding is Therapy
34:26 -- Safety While Riding
35:46 -- After Alaska, Africa!
36:46 -- Gone is the Femur, Thanks to a Drunk Driver
38:09 -- Smashed Ribs in Iraq
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Alternative Investing in a Covid-Hit World: Whiskey!
Li Hua Tan is a co-founder of Glenor Cask Company, a bespoke luxury private cask business for investors seeking an alternative avenue to returns in a Covid-hit world.
Glencore’s customers are individual whisky collectors/investors and private clients interested in special vintages * offering the highest quality whisky with a complete cask-to-glass service.
- e.g. anniversary, wedding, birth years, corporate clients for gifting and F&B/hotel own brand exclusive bottlings
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Contents:
00:28 - Whiskey as an alternative investment
01:18 - The transition in career move from banking to whiskey investment
02:28 - How whiskey investment differs from wine investment
03:55 - How to access the world of whiskey investment
04:52 - The dynamics of whiskey investing
06:23 - How small or big can you invest?
06:48 - What’s the minimum investment and what can it buy?
07:35 - And the expected returns on this investment?
08:13 - What are the risks and other hidden costs of this investment?
09:50 - What’s the minimum holding period? Can you come out anytime?
10:55 - How liquid is the market? A lot of buyers and sellers?
12:05 - How whiskey investment compares with other alternative investments
13:54 - Key trends?
15:35 - What whiskey investors are looking for
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Help for Covid-Hit SMEs in Survival Mode
Thanks to Covid-19, it's a tough time for small businesses everywhere.
Just as well there are an assortment of reliefs and assistance from the government.
KPMG Malaysia's Head of Tax Tai Lai Kok discusses.
Reach him on LTAI1@kpmg.com.my
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Contents:
00:29 - Situation Report: how bad are SMEs hit?
02:24 - Addressing Direct (ie Fixed) Costs
02:54 - Wage Subsidy Program
03:26 - Support for Micro-Enterprises
04:05 - Non-SMEs Can Apply Too
04:32 - Applying to PERKESO
05:33 - Deferring Tax Obligations
06:52 - Deferring CP500 Deductions
08:01 - Rental Relief from Landlords
10:11 - Will Reliefs Extend Past 3 Months?
12:46 - How to Open For Business During MCO
16:13 - Grants and Easy Loans Also Available
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A fellow Penangite and a true foodie, Mark tells of his journey from mall stall operator to total food solution provider in a business journey which sounds like an MBA -- except it’s unfolding in real life.
As told to Khoo Hsu Chuang
Contents:
00:40 - How it all began
06:00 - Entering the malls
12:20 - How inflation eats up profits
14:28 - What it takes to start a food business today
22:40 - Life is a three-stage process
23:55 - Staff attrition is succession planning
26:54 - Forget the competition
27:54 - The importance of a business plan
36:35 - Delegating (and paying) for good people
42:05 - Good business ideas? More efficiency
45:40 - Your expertise and ability comes from your job experience
49: 20 - The right partner / investor is critical
52:38 - Funding drives scale
53:55 - Reporting to investors is a good recap
55:26 - Our environment drives our world view
1:05:55 - Entrepreneurs love what they do
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Dr Amar Singh - Life After Covid-19
Dr Amar Singh HSS is a retired paediatrician, public health practitioner, columnist and avid birdwatcher.
He wrote a very touching article (see link below) about how life will change forever after Covid-19, which prompted me to reach out to him.
Wait until the last bit when he talks about living his 'Death Days': spending each day as if one literally has days or weeks left to live.
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Contents:
00:38 - Dr Amar's background and experience
01:21 - Who is Dr Lim Swee Im?
01:58 - Life after Covid-19's Lockdown: Three Exit Strategies
05:49 - What does the government do?
08:10 - Is Life as we know it over?
09:41 - Does 'viral loading' exist? And will there be a second wave of infections?
12:15 - Has there been enough testing?
13:17 - About Leadership
15:34 - Why people should not chase Money, Power or Fame
18:07 - Why Belief matters
20:00 - Life is Short. Live 'Death Days'
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Covid-19: Can life return to normal? – Dr Amar-Singh HSS & Dr Lim Swee Im
https://bit.ly/2Rh6dZU
Farewell letter to the Malaysian Paediatric Association
https://mpaeds.my/farewell-amar/
To understand the epidemic stop looking at daily Covid-19 numbers
https://bit.ly/2Rk6onn
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Robin Lee - Why Prices of Gold Are Going Through the Roof!
Working from home but with today's technology (Zoom!) means I can ask the experts why things are happening the way they are.
Coronavirus is taking the world by storm, which means lockdowns, which also means life and business has come to a standstill.
Except for gold.
Hello Gold CEO Robin Lee explains why prices of this precious yellow metal are going through the roof.
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Malik Imtiaz Sarwar - A Country in Turmoil
Recorded before the Movement Control Order in Malaysia, the country was already in turmoil thanks to the entry of an unelected government.
But hope can and always springs eternal, according to the constitutional lawyer, Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.
As told to Khoo Hsu Chuang.
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Dr George Lee - Malaysia’s Rock Star Doctor
Not many consultant specialists get to look back on their lives and say, ‘I did it my way’.
But the urologist Dr George Lee, who is also an author, columnist and unreluctant celebrity, can.
This is his version of the world, as told to Khoo Hsu Chuang.
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Pankaj Kumar - Charting Markets, Charting Life
Pankaj Kumar is a very experienced former equities research head and chief investment officer at some of the biggest names in industry.
He shares his thoughts on investing wisely, the share market and life itself.
As told to Khoo Hsu Chuang
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Dr Teo Soo-Hwang of Cancer Research Malaysia - Asia’s Cancer Killer
This is personal to me. When my (non-smoker) sister Fay Khoo died of lung cancer in 2017 it was both heartbreaking and mysterious.
How could an otherwise and non-smoking person be diagnosed and dead in 20 days?
This is one of the things I asked Dr Teo Soo-Hwang of Cancer Research Malaysia.
As told to Khoo Hsu Chuang.
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Creador Capital’s Brahmal Vasudevan - The Private Equity Legend
Brahmal Vasudevan is a legend in corporate and financial circles.
His deals are spoken about in hushed whispers and when rumours circulate that he’s bought into a stock, it will quite literally fly.
Here are his thoughts on investing, business and succeeding in life.
As told to Khoo Hsu Chuang.
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Sydney Cake House's Jenny Chuang - From Secretary to International Baker
When I spoke to Jenny in early December of 2019, none of us knew that she would win the Ernst & Young Woman Entrepreneur of the Year.
But win it she did. And it's easy to see why -- through a combination of sheer grit, hard work and determination, Jenny Chuang has built her 'Makcik' brand into a global sales powerhouse.
Sharing the mike with her eldest daughter Carmen, this is her story.
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EP Plus’ Pang Tse-Ming - Success Comes from Deep Within Hardship is a powerful motivator. Enough to drive EP Plus’ Pang Tse-Ming to outstanding business and financial sucess this past four decades. Deep dive with Tse-Ming into his life, his business and his recipes for success. ----------------
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Nando’s Malaysia's Mac Chung Lynn - The Inspired Restaurateur
Mac Chung Lynn of Nando’s Malaysia opened her first outlet of the South African franchise in 1997 at a time when food was a gamble and tastes were as-yet unrefined.
Fast-forward a quarter of a century later and Nando's is not only going strong, it's a textbook example of continuous reinvention and improvement.
This is Chung Lynn's story.
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Wei-Ling Gallery’s Lim Wei-Ling - Malaysia's Top Art Dealer
Lim Wei-Ling, the charismatic Founder and Gallery Director of Wei-Ling Gallery, fell into her trade almost by accident.
But an artist first and foremost, she combined a magnetic personality with a growing business sense, and now hers is the largest private art gallery in the country.
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Blokke Cafe's Sheahnee and Naz - Husbands and Wives in Business
Sheahnee Iman Lee and Nazrudin Rahman are media personalities and established emcees, moderators and trainers.
Lego-inspired Blokke Cafe isn't their their first business but this time they're armed with equity crowdfunding from Pitchin and a bunch of valuable lessons learnt from their first venture.
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Paul Jambunathan - The Pursuit of Meaning
Paul Jambunathan is a clinical psychologist who has been studying behaviour, depression, happiness and childrens’ development for nearly forty years.
He talks about what makes us tick and how our kids should develop to succeed in future
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Ian Yoong - The Intrepid Investor
Ian Yoong, a former investment banker and current high-net worth private investor, was once a social-working introvert who worried that he wouldn’t succeed in the cutthroat world of investing and share markets.
But make it he did.
Over a wee dram of Yamazaki, he shares his tales and experiences on spotting the multibaggers, avoiding so-called ‘value traps’ and staying clear of con men who are so prevalent in the share market.
And how he enjoys life! Like drinking whiskey and buying precious watches.
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Dominic Yee and GC Mah - The Autobuzz Boys
Dominic Yee and GC Mah of AutoBuzz are living proof that normal guys from normal backgrounds can chart their own destinies and live out their dreams.
College mates, they started their YouTube channel while still in their late 20s.
Nearly 500 videos and 125,000 subscribers later, they’re well on their way to web stardom!
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Suhaimi Sulaiman - Storyteller, Trainer, Singer, Designer!
For a time, Suhaimi Sulaiman was the boss of Astro Awani, Malaysia’s largest news station, leading coverage of landmark events like national elections, corruption cases and tsunamis.
But that wasn’t enough.
One of the three sons of a math teacher in a Chinese (!) school, Suhaimi eventually went beyond his initial calling as a journalist to feed the entrepreneurial instincts his dad taught him as a child.
Today, at the ripe young age of 57, his businesses span hostels, restaurants, batik design and .. releasing his own singles as a solo artiste!
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Allen Woo - The Restless Soul
Allen Woo was a hyperactive kid and poor in his studies. But somehow, the son of a Special Branch officer made it to top management in the investment world. An anomaly among his peers, he talks about retiring on a boat, hiking in Patagonia and diving in the Blue Hole, off Lahad Datu in Sabah.
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SilkyGirl’s Tan Thiam Hock - Exited and Successful
SilkyGirl founder Tan Thiam Hock did business the old-fashioned way, by being mentored, bootstrapping the business and building products in the globally competitive world of cosmetics.
Retired now, having sold the business to Ekuinas and Navis Capital, Thiam Hock shares the rules of entrepreneurship while fighting the dreaded ‘C’.
Tan Thiam Hock, Alliance Cosmetics Group, Navis Capital Partners, Ekuinas Nasional, Silkygirl, Revlon, Silky White, Stage, Avene, Elancyl, Ang Guan Seng, Buyout, Private Equity, manufacturing, beauty, cosmetics, personal care
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Rizal ‘Abang Polar’ Khalif - The Dream Chaser
This is the story of a small-town boy from the kampung who represented Malaysia in a 300km Arctic race called the ‘Fjällräven’ simply by chasing his dreams.
The son of a policeman and a Tupperware-selling mum, Rizal wants to send a simple message: never stop chasing your dreams, always be honest, do good and the world truly can be yours.
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Teng Chee Wai - Affin Hwang's Stock Market Guru
When I first met Teng in the mid-2000s, he had just started his fund, managing just a couple hundred million ringgit in assets under management. Today, having grown to 50 billion, Affin Hwang Capital is one of the top three firms in the country by size.
He talks about his passion for investing in shares and discloses his key lessons for success in the market, his stock picking strategy, how to pick a winner and also .. how he enjoys life!
Namely, his approach to whiskey, watches, poker and life.
And there are a few investing tips in there too!
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Malek Ali - The Radio Entrepreneur
First he tried. Then he failed. Then he tried again.
Finally, with BFM, Malek Ali struck gold. More than a decade later, his business radio station continues to set the standard in finance- and markets broadcast, with the gap between it and its rivals getting wider each year.
But it hasn’t always been easy to be successful as an entrepreneur. Nor have the gains come without pain.
This is his story. About his father. His brother. His inspirations. And his hopes.
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Adrian Ng - Mega Fortris' Quiet Achiever
The experts say SMEs (aka small businesses) dominate economies and guess what. It’s true.
Malaysia, like most of Asia, is full of private businesses that have grown to become global giants in their fields .. without anyone knowing about them!
Mega Fortris is one of them.
Security seals are used in many industries including agriculture, airlines, logistics, healthcare, transportation, gaming, oil and gas and even in ballot boxes during elections.
Twenty three years after he and his brother started the company, Mega Fortris has 24 offices on six continents AND the backing of big global investors, like Singapore’s OCBC and Economic Development Board.
And they’re about to go big.
Really. Really. Big.
This is Adrian Ng’s entrepreneur story.
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Tim & Audrey Tiah - The Entrepreneurial Power Couple
Talk about starting young!
At 31, Tim was already his own boss and a digital entrepreneur, COO of ASX-listed digital marketing company NuffNang.
Today, his new venture is the co-working space Colony.
On social media, Audrey outranks Tim, with a presence that dwarfs most people.
Together, they represent the ultimate business power couple, making their dreams happen young, while still managing to have a family and together time.
This is their story. So far.
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An old friend from Reuters, Jahabar shook up the establishment when he helped launched The Malaysian Insider in 2007, writing stories about the political and corporate elites with a truth and honesty never seen before. Today, with The Malaysian Insight, that same ethos carries on. Here, he talks about starting and making a media business work and what happiness means.
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As the former CFO of the World Gold Council, Robin Lee saw, up close and personally, the value and potential of the world’s most precious metal as a store of value and currency.
It may be the world’s oldest store of value but when Robin combined Gold with the global characteristics of the Internet and blockchain technology’s world-beating levels of transparency and accountability, the world got HelloGold.
But it’s an unfolding saga. And it’s come at a price to his personal and family time. Robin talks about starting a business in his late forties and the superhuman effort needed to build a Gold unicorn.
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Azran Osman-Rani is an Ironman, triathlete, business builder and entrepreneur. Having completed dozens of marathons and completed a ton of triathlons, he has worked at a PayTV operator (Astro), a steel mill, a nuclear power plant, a stock exchange (Bursa Malaysia), built an airline from scratch until IPO (AirAsia X), and started a global internet video-on-demand service (IFlix).
He talks about the roots of his success, with his parents' love of books, their encouraging him to speak out and speak up, which also extended to his Stanford days, when his 'Culture and Learning' class in Stanford also encouraged independent thinking, questioning accepted notions and the value of public discourse.
Drawing on his experiences in Booz Allen, McKinsey, AAX, Astro, IFlix and Bursa Malaysia, he talks about his obsession with problem solving and easing pain points.
Most inspiring, he talks about the importance of coming back from adversity when he was back competing in an Ironman triathlon just six months after being hit by a car while on a routine training ride in May 2018.
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A bit of a break from the norm ...
Comedy has finally broken into the mainstream in Malaysia and they don't come any funnier than Douglas Lim and Dr Jason Leong of the MACC .. aka the Malaysian Association of Chinese Comedians ..
The duo talk about their world .. how they started .. how comedy and the arts have become a (very) good living .. different comedy styles .. offending people ... coming up with material .. other comedians like Michael McIntyre, Russell Peters, Jim Jefferies, Ellen De Generes and Ricky Gervais ..
All over a nice glass of Founders Reserve, kindly supplied by Lionel Lau of Glenlivet
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Teh Chi-Chang is a Chartered Financial Analyst, former Director of Investment Research analyst at Citigroup and DBS, a Chevening Scholar and an Economic Advisor to Malaysia's Democratic Action Party (DAP), co-penning the alternative budget in elections past.
Now, in his second life (or is it third?), he puts his knowledge of taijiquan (太極拳)and CELTA-qualifications into practice in his Stretch Therapy business.
This is is his story -- and his life lessons -- accompanied by a lovely not-so-wee dram of Glenlivet Founders Reserve, thanks to our dear friend Lionel Lau of Millennium Associates.
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Yusuf Hashim is an ex-corporate man who dared to take his life in a different and unconventional direction.
At 53, he retired from a cushy CEO job at Shell after fulfilling his duties as a corporate chieftain, son, husband and father.
And then he spent the next twenty years of his traveling to countries exotic and unknown, including the North and South Pole, the Himalayas and Patagonia.
His motto?
Your money is not your own UNTIL YOU SPEND IT.
This is his story, his life lessons and his legacy.
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A fierce critic of the Western model of consumption-led growth, Chandran Nair is the Founder and CEO of the Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT), an independent pan-Asian think tank.
He wants Asians to have a deeper understanding of global issues, including the shift of economic and political influence from the West to Asia.
This is the ASIAN century after all! And so, he feels that Malaysians and all Asians generally need to better understand the dynamic relationship between business and society and the need to reshape the rules of global capitalism so that they better reflect Asia-specific needs and limitations.
Oh.
He also thinks that the Internet is probably the world's worst invention .. That Asia is asleep at the wheel where freedom, leadership, development, prosperity, economics, democracy are concerned .. And that our attempts to ape the West in or quest to grow could well result in disaster.
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