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Datuk Seri Idris Jala, CEO of PEMANDU comes on the show for the finale of the You Are The Government series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Sun Daily reported that Malaysian English Language Teaching Associations (Melta) royal patron Raja Zarith Sofiah Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah said 3 days ago that the deteriorating standard of english aong Malaysians is the result of an assumption that learning the language is unpatriotic.  She said: "We did not see the problems we are facing today because we were filled wit a sense of patr...

We all commute to work – except for the lucky few who can work from home. Even homemakers and housewives have to run around town as part of their “job”, to shop, pay bills, pick up kids from school. There is no doubt we all need to get around all the time as a necessity of life. But as the population of the Klang Valley increases, the number of vehicles on the road has also incre...

An article in the NST on May 23 2012: T he issue of job-hopping among young employees is getting serious, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam yesterday. He said this reflected a poor work culture and attitude. He said the ministry had received complaints from employers about the poor work ethics of young employees.  Caroline, Ezra and Patrick Teoh discuss the job-hopping...

Being poor is hard for anyone any where in the world. In Malaysia where cost of living is rising rapidly, and the economy is rapidly hurtling towards becoming a high-income nation, competing in high tech, knowledge based economy, there is an added time pressure for the poor to lift themselves out of the poverty vicious cycle that could, if we are not careful, span generations. What do we know of t...

What makes a good or bad teacher? Caroline, Uma, Patrick and BFM listeners talk about the teachers and mentors in their lives - the good, the bad, and the pure evil. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tell us about your personal experience with Malaysia's rural areas – what do you think the rural areas need most urgently? Caroline Oh and Ezra Zaid speak with PEMANDU's Eugene Teh about the condition of rural areas in Malaysia.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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If there's any pain that most, if not all of us share collectively as Malaysians, it is the rapid rise in cost of living in the past few years. Even if you don't track the prices of groceries that you buy, just ask the person in your household who buys the chicken and the fish. If you pay your own bills, you would have noticed the increase in your electricity bill. If you have been looking to buy...

What a storm for the Malaysian media scene this week! On Saturday, Astro censored footage of BBC and Al Jazeera's coverage of Bersih 3.0. And today, on World Press Freedom Day, a certain mainstream media newspaper took generous liberties with the information given it, substituting the word "scientology" with "Islam" - to disastrous effect. This brings us to an important question for a maturing dem...

After much debate in the press, the public rally at Dataran Merdeka is very likely to go ahead this weekend.  But in recent months and years we have seen a good number of public rallies on all sorts of issues.  In fact, the OccupyDataran crowd, small as it is, has been going on since October last year, imitating the OccupyWallStreet movement in the US. The students wanting free education...

What are the best and worst features of our education system? How can we improve student outcomes? Tengku Azian Shariman and Joyce Tagal from PEMANDU GTP's Education NKRA engage with BFM listeners on Talkback Tuesday: You are the Government (Part 4 of 9). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Should PTPTN loans be abolished? Do you believe that it's an unfair burden on our graduate students? Or do you believe that a loan is a loan? Is free higher education a right, or a luxury? Caroline Oh, Ezra Zaid and Patrick Teoh engage with listeners on all these questions and more on this week's Talkback Thursday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you believe Malaysia is more or less corrupt today than it was 10 years ago? This week's GTP Talkback program features the corruption NKRA. Ravindran Devagunam, director of this NKRA discusses with Caroline, Umapagan and BFM listeners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the editon of Talkback Thursday; we deliberate the incredibly contensious moral, socio, political and theological issue of LGBT's their right to coexist among us as contemporaries without any from of persecution. We see what the Malaysian public's stance on this is. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do media broadcasting companies have a responsibility to "maintain good standards of English" in Malaysia? Caroline, Patrick, Ezra and Umpagan discuss with listeners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Najib Razak released the second annual report on Malaysia's Government Transformation Programme: aimed at eliminating corruption, increasing social equality, improving rural infrastructure and education facilties available to all Malaysians. Furthermore, the government has also appeared very open and receptive to public suggestions and criticism with open days being held....

We discuss the rather interesting topic of 'home-mangement' as an alternative to the traditional domestic servants that we Malaysians have become very dependant on. Callers give us a wide range of feedback on this along with a wide range of related issues such as the mistreatment/underappreciation of domestic servants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

During this week's episode of Talkback Thursdays; our interviewers discuss the very contentious issue of capital punishment asking our listeners to call in to espouse their views on the issue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Home Ministry banned Peter Mayle's book "Where Did I Come From?" following complaints by Muslim activists that it is obscene. Listeners give us their two cents worth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this rather interesting segment of talkback thursdays we open up the discussion of the controversial '1 Care' system to the Malaysian public See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talkback: Should overseas Malaysians be allowed to vote? Should their right to vote be dependent on them having paid Malaysian taxes? Caroline and Uma are joined by Patrick Teoh in answering your calls.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Should Ministers and government officers declare their assets? The pros- curb corruption. The cons- would you declare yourself if you are the family member of a minister?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Airlines swaping air routes, sounds like it is none of your business so long you get to board your plane doesn't it? But will it affect you? Will your air ticket price increase substantially? We look at the good, the bad, the obvious in the AirAsia and MAS swap. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What has the local councils got to say about stray animals? How should the Malaysian public deal with stray animals?- li See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.