The Breakfast Grille

Haw Par Corp CEO A K Han talks about how Tiger Balm came to be, how big it is globally today, its Kwan Loong brand and how it is different from Tiger Balm, and discusses the size of the analgesics market. Issues such as global market share, target market, barriers to entry, pproduct extensions, and its biggest markets are also addressed. Han also talks about Haw par's otjer businesses in leisure, where it owns and operates three oceanariums, namely the Underwater World Singapore at Sentosa and Underwater World Pattaya in Thailand and Chengdu Haw Par Oceanarium in China. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lynas Corp Executive Chairman Nicholas Curtis, discusses what rare earths are and why they are important today, how big a player Lynas is on the global stage and which kinds of rare earth elements they mine. He also discusses whether interest in rare earth producers is akin to the dotcom frenzy and argues that rare earths are not the next bubble to burst. He also discusses the industry, and how important it is that non-China production needs to step up. He also explores other issues like whether the world can do without rare earth elements, whether alternative materials to rare earth elements exist, the possibility of major discoveries outside of China, and where the biggest prospects are. He also addresses questions on its Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) in Kuantan in Pahang, what the committed investment is, how high-tech / high - value-add this plant is, whether gas supply and costs will be challenges, whether red tape and bureaucracy hindered progress, and whether Malaysia should be concerned over environment and safety issues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chan Poh Kim, Managing Director, Harrisons Holdings Bhd, talks about how Harrisons' income is currently derived mainly from the marketing, sales, warehousing and distribution of consumer, building materials and engineering products, fine wines, agricultural and industrial chemicals, and the operation of shipping/logistics and travel agencies. He also discusses how its different from the Diethelm Group (DKSH Bhd), another agency and distribution house, discusses how and why the bulk of its business is in Sabah and Sarawak and its plans to diversify to West Malaysia, Indonesia and IndoChina. He also discusses challenges like receivables and inventory management, margins, credit and credit ratings. He also talks about its ontrolling shareholder, Indonesia's Bumi Raya and how they will be able to help with an expansion to that country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CK Chew, Group Managing Director, Freight Management Bhd, explains how his business works, addresses issues like revenue, geography, product mix, customers and market dynamics. He also discusses profit growth, margins, dividend policy, and shares his growth plans, which are ASEAN in nature. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Reno, Managing Director of Envergent Technologies, part of Honeywell US, compares pyrolisis oil to fossil fuel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Lankester, CEO of Tune Hotels, tells us his expansion plans, the funding strategy and how franchising would be the way forward.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tunku Naquiyuddin ibni Tuanku Ja'afar, Chairman of Family Trust Firm, The H N Trust, discusses his business interests in Philantrocapitalism and sustainable development via his investees such as; – Sino Hua-An International Bhd (http://www.sinohuaan.com/) - a producer of metallurgical coke, used in steel production - Jimah Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd (http://www.jimahev.com.my) - a coal-fired power plant - EntoGenex Industries Sdn Bhd (http://www.entogenex.com/) - a biotech firm seeking a cure for dengue and malaria - Noble Mineral Resources Ltd (http://www.nobleminres.com.au/) - a gold producer He also discusses personal issues such as the role of the Royal Family in today's context and as a counterweight to corruption, and the important of English in business and education. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simon Featherstone, British High Commissioner to Malaysia, talks about British University fees, which will almost certainly treble due to grant cuts of up to 80 per cent, and the impact on Malaysian students, course programmes, the quality of British education and whether the British will now send their children outside of the UK to study. He then discusses UK - Malaysia ties, trade issues, Malaysian developments and industries like climate change and Islamic finance, as well as social issues like human rights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tan Sri Professor Emeritus Dr Khoo Kay Kim talks about the principles of the Rukun Negara, which he helped formulate and which were commonly known as the Malaysian declaration of national philosophy, after the May 13 race riots. The Rukun Negara:* Achieving a greater unity of all her people;* Maintaining a democratic way of life;* Creating a just society in which the wealth of the nation shall be equitably shared;* Ensuring a liberal approach to her rich and diverse cultural tradition;* and building a progressive society which shall be oriented to modern science and technology.We, the people of Malaysia, pledge our united efforts to attain these ends, guided by these principles:* BELIEF IN GOD* LOYALTY TO KING AND COUNTRY* UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTION* SOVEREIGNTY OF THE LAW, and* GOOD BEHAVIOUR AND MORALITYHe provides his views on each, as well as on Malaysia's cultural diversity whether Malaysia will ever share a single identity, one that is not divided along racial lines, his role in the VK Lingam issue, as part of a Royal Commission.*(* The Royal Commission of Inquiry Into the V.K. Lingam Video Clip was formed in late 2007 to investigate into an allegation of illegal intervention into the judicial appointment process of Malaysian judges purportedly occurred in 2002)He also talks about his position in MU, how engaged the students of today are in History, what the endgame is of all this political interference, whether he is optimistic, pessimistic or neutral about the future, and what he tells his children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr.S.Aravind, Director-New Projects, Aravind Eye Hospital talks about his concept of nearly-free eye healthcare, how it works, why it was started, the founding principles, challenges, funding, revenue, the methodology, plans to expand and the similarity Aravind shares with with McDonalds.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resintech Berhad Founder MD Dato' Dr Teh Kim Poo talks about the founding of his plastic pipes, water tanks and fittings business, financials, operations and its painfully thin margins, which has led to its current expansion into the fast-food and herbal supplements business. He also provides some insights into the political scene. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zainah Anwar, Founding Executive Director, Sisters in Islam, talks about the founding principles of Sisters In Islam and what it hopes to accomplish. In turn, she also discusses issues such as women's rights in Islam, child marriage, apostacy, polygamy, divorce and domestic violence, all against the backdrop of the legislative, judicial and executive framework of the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stuart Pack, CEO of Prince Court Medical Centre, explains the strategic positioning of this Petronas-funded hospital, and says it takes a few years to break even. It was reported that Prince Court incurred losses of RM200 million in 2009. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dato' Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa, Group CEO and MD of TM Bhd, talks about HSBB, whichis the growth part of the business, along with Internet services as regards takeup rate, installations, premises passed, meaningful contributions, capital expenditure and broadband penetration. He also discusses whether TM might go into mobile one day, HSBB competition, entry price of 149rgt/mth and whether this is too high a barrier to entry from a cost perspective / mass takeup. He also discusses his HyppTV and whether TM is now competing with Astro as well as YTL. He also has a view on the much-coveted 700MHZ spectrum.He also deals with a series of consuemr issues such as broadband pricing bandwidth capping, bandwidth allocation, extension throttling, application of the Fair Use Policy, customer service and engagement.  He ends by dealing with capital management issues and their commitment of paying at least 90 percent of of after tax profit or 700 million ringgit whichever is higher. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

REHDA National Council Member and Group MD of Bukit Kiara NK Tong, talks about issues pertinent to REHDA such as the low level of foreign investment in real estate, the role that the housing and property sector plays in the overall economy, household debt, NPLs, the government's "high impact strategic developments" such as the KLDIF, RRI Land in Sungai Buloh and Warisan Merdeka, urging the Government to lock arms with private property developers in the planning and implementation of these high impact developments and its hopes for a more level playing field. He also discusses issues in the property sector right now such as the property mega-mergers (UEM Land-Sunrise, IJM Land-MRCB and the Sunway Group property mergers), the reasons behind them, the next move for unmarried developers, and whether he expects more consolidation. He also discusses whether there is a property bubble, whether there are parallels to Eurozone and the US in terms of property speculation (cheap liquidity and over-leverage issues) and whether developers should be less aggressive in launches. He also discusses Dato Michael Yam's views is that there is no bubble, whether from the affordability standpoint, national house price trend or supply chart. As for his Bukit Kiara Property company, he talks about his Verve Suites and psf values in terms of whats driven it and whether it is sustainable at these levels, and his views that his business is a marathon and what stage of the race he is at now. He also responds to an OSK report that the suggests the property market is in the midst of a supercycle and that in future there will be a shift to medium-level housing. He also discusses his Vinaland Fund, a real estate investment fund listed on AIM London, and investing in Vietnam and his role At local fund manager, KSC and how bullish he on the Malaysian stock market, as well as his role at Accelera Ventures, a boutique Pacific Rim growth fund in Hong Kong, which focuses on Real Estate and Private Equity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Koh Joo Siang, General Manager at Cerebos Malaysia, tells how the company maintains market share lead for its core product, the Brand's Essence of Chicken, despite the plethora of health supplements and multi-level marketing companies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time dotCom CEO Afzal Abdul Rahim talks about the company's sixth straight quarter of profits against the backdrop of his 2-year-old turnaround plan, its growing global bandwidth business and the interplay between being a yield versus a growth stock and dividends. He also discusses its recent 339 million ringgit acquisitions of Global Transit and AIMS in the context of valuations, potential, prospects, assimilation and cultural fit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashild Kjok, First Secretary at the Embassy of Norway, talks about Telenor and Jotuns' investments in Malaysia. No figures are recorded for the services sector. On Norway's plans to cut CO2 emissions by 30% over the next 10 years, they will do so by participating in the CDM system (Clean Development Mechanism) by buying carbon credits from emerging markets, apart from using existing renewable energy sources like hydro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahmad Hadri Haris Hadri, Chief Technical Advisor of National Malaysia Building Integrated Photovoltaic (MBIPV) Project, talks about the main objectives of Malaysia's Renewable Energy Program, the concept of feed-in tariffs (FIT) and how they practically work. He then discusses the progress of the legislation required to activate the Renewable Energy (RE) program such as the Renewable Energy Act & Act for a Feed-in Tariff Implementing Agency He also addresses Malaysia's goal of increasing renewable energy from 1 percent to 5.5 percent of electricity supply by 2015, how this ties in with the ETP's goals in terms of contributions to the Big-Picture goal of $444 billion by 2020. He also expands on FIT rates and degression ratios for different RE sources. He then discusses in greater detail the aim by 2050 for Solar as the single biggest contributor to RE (87.5 percent, or 18.7GW of 21.37GW) and how this will happen, the lessons Malaysia can learn from Europe, which has been an early mover in PV usage (such as Spain for example, which has had problems, such as including annual technology caps, and project registration). He also talks about broad climate change issues and the impasse between the Rich and the Emerging Nations where the rich want the poor to join the fight but the poor say it's the sovereign right to cut trees down - unless they receive significant financial incentive to not do so. He explains his hopes for a resolution in Cancun, Mexico. He also fields questions from listeners, mainly on practical issues such as costs and ROIsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Hartini Zainuddin, General Manager and founder of Nur Salam, updates us on the crime situation in Chow Kit and how Nur Salam works with children who sleep in the streets, or are abandoned, or are stateless.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TMC Life Sciences Bhd Group CEO Francis Lim Poon Thoo talks about  the reasons behind the resignation of TMC's founder Datuk Dr Colin Lee Soon Soo and the entry of new substantial shareholder, Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim Eng Hock, as well as the implications, outlook for, and expertise he brings to the entity. He also discusses expectations of a return to profit this year, the 4 income streams of hospital, fertility treatment, wellness programme and stem cell banking services, and which is growing the fastest and the bigest contributor, outlook for earnings and the drivers behind its profitable fertility business. He also discusses TMC's plans to focus on medical tourism, what's going to drive this surge and what are TMC is doing to drive this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tan Sri Hj Ambrin Buang, the Auditor General of Malaysia, tells why the PTPTN fund has accumulated a huge deficit of RM50 billion, and why the tuna venture at Batu Maung has not net a single fish and has defaulted on its loan of RM240 million and needs a government bail-out. While the audit process is random and performance-based (non-performing contracts are highlighted), it is not entirely risk-focused, hence military procurement contracts are not consistently audited despite the media and politicians highlighting issues in defence equipment procrurement, and likewise not audited the decision-making processes of a major division like the Economic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister's department. Tan Sri justifies that it is not easy to audit procurement contracts and for over-spending on defence equipment because prices are not easily available. He has also inspected the submarine that could not dive, and assures that it can now. He says that not all non-performance of contracts is due to corruption - sometimes civil servants are aware of the rules but forget to comply. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon, the Co-Chairman of Pemudah and Managing Director of Royal Selangor International, tells how Pemudah is making it easier for businesses to deal with the government in getting grants, licenses and permits. He says there is a time lag in showing improvements in international rankings. Companies with problems dealing with the government can write to Pemudah.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HSBC Msia Deputy Chairman and CEO Mukhtar Hussain talks about the key differences between the regions in which he has worked, what brings him to this neck of the woods, and also define the thrust for the Malaysian franchise. He then moves on to the loans nbook and discusses residential among other loans issues such as growth and delinquencies. He also talks about deposits taking and capitalisation efforts. The he moves on to financial sector liberalisation before discussing interest rates,his outlook for them and how it will affect margins. He also talks about HSBC's Islamic Banking business and his remit for HSBC Amanah in terms of his position as Global CEO. He also addresses retail banking and real complaints from real account holders about issues like (ppor) customer service.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hsiao Tung Wei, Market Development Manager of Ni Hsin Resources Berhad, tells how the company is reinventing its cookware brand, Buffalo, to stay relevant in a crowded market. One is to establish its own brand in Europe (Kit Zen) that is posiitioned as good quality and price affordably. It can't charge premium pricing unless it manufactures in Europe. Ni Hsin is also extending the cookware brand experience to its F Concept restaurant in Bangsar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LBI Capital Bhd MD Dato' Jeffrey Ng talks about LBI as a family business, its shift from rubber mould products into property development, its positioning, landbank issues, launches and GDV. He also discusses whether there is a bubble in the sector, outlook for sales, feedback from customers and business partners regarding property outlook and recent government moves to cap speculation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andre Nair, CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Malaysia, tells how the agency recruit and manage its talent (calls itself "talent obsessed), and how Malaysia's Talent Corporation can engage with talent. He also talks about how PNB should engage with the 200,000+ Facebook critics of its proposed 100-storey tower. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Geoffroy de Drouas, Business Development General Manager at Bonia Corporation, talks about the brand positioning of Bonia, Carlo Rino and Sembonia, and the company's expansion plans to achieve higher growth and international recognition. Bonia's main brands are its namesake, Carlo Rino and Sembonia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Curitiba's Mayor, Luciano Ducci and Secretary of International Relations, Eduardo Guimaraes, gives us insights into the public transportation system of Curitiba and how it is upgrading it to be more green like using biofuel. Curitiba in Brazil is said to be the most sustainable city in the world due to an efficient public transportation system and the Malaysian Institute of Planners have picked this city for Kuala Lumpur to emulate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Madeleine Yong, Executive Director and founder of PS (Protect and Save) The Children, gives us insights into child sexual abuse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CIMB Group CEO Dato Sri Nazir Razak starts off by offering an outlook for its financial performance for the rest of 2010, and which divisions are seeing the biggest gains.He then talks about how the CIMB of the future will be an entity that reflects its increasingly ASEAN earnings complexion and what he means by that operationally as well as from the standpoint of its ownership structure and its regionalisation efforts. He touches also on the country's GLC selldown plan and whether there might there be an acceleration in the selldown of CIMB's shares, given that they are at near-record highs. He then talks about CIMB's main presence right now in 4 countries - Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia - and the prospect that China and India might figure more prominently down the road. He also discusses speculative inflows, in addition to the challenges of rapid platform and geographical expansion and touches also on the delay of its Thai IPO.In the second part of the interview, he discusses ETP, private sector investment, Malaysia's biggest challenges and the best way to address them. He touches on corruption and leakages, the lack of free float in Malaysian capital markets, the PLUS sale to UEM - EPF, and his role on EPF's Investment Committee. Lastly, he discusses his decision to head to Oxford, for a stint in Islamic studies, speculation of a move in future, into politics, his views on NEP and its practice, afirmative action and the meritocracy agenda.He also addresses this issue: of being the youngest son of Malaysia's second prime minister and the brother of the present Prime Minister -- and how much of a boon -- and a bane -- have these connections been.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dato' Haji Syed Zainal Abidin, the Managing Director of Proton Holdings, explains how the Inspira is not a rebadge of the Mitsubishi Lancer GT but a value-added version, how Lotus could be profitable by 2014, and why Proton does not enjoy government protection apart from R&D grants which are given out in other countries too. Dato' Zainal believes that consolidation is the way to go, which suggests that the auto businesses namely Proton, Perodua and Sime Darby's motor business may be consolidated under one common holding vehicle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brett Wigdortz, co-founder of Teach For All, tells us how the programme integrates with the local education system and preliminary plans for Malaysia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pieter Harting, General Manager of LSG Sky Chefs-Brahim Sdn Bhd, talks about company informations such as how many meals it prepares daily, who its clients are, staff numbers, how menus are formulated, the challenges of working with a diverse set of airlines,, offers some insights into the entire end-to-end process. He also discusses company financials and revenue contribution, its 25-year-concession, legacy and corruption issues, milestone and the penalties for missing them, and how LSG addresses the problems faced in the aviation industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist at the Australian Trade Commission, discusses AEAN and Malaysia - Australian trade issues, as well as currency and Aussie dollar issues. He addresses, also, issues eprtaining to China - Australia trade, and their benefits for Australia, namely export demand, direct investment and project financing. He also talks about the social and economic challenges of doing (a lot of) business with China, and discusses Chinese bids to increase their shares in miners such as Rio Tinto and Oz Minerals, former PM Kevin Rudd, who was often branded a Sinophile, the Stern Hu incident early this year, and whether in fact, Chinese investment in Australia amounts to a form of economic colonialism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor George Kohlrieser, an organizational and clinical psychologist, talks about his early work as a hostage negotiator and how 35 years in that career prepared him to work in the corporate world, advising clients that mutual benefit and seeing the other point is critical at the negotiation table.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

i-Berhad CEO Eu Hong Chew talks about the transition and reasons from being an IT products and household appliances maker to IT City property developer, the progress of its i-City in Shah Alam, how it plans to address a property market that it describes as 'challenging', an outlook for sales (after revenues fell off a cliff in 2009). Eu essentially addresses concerns that I-Bhd's shareholders are missing out on the property boom currently being enjoyed by most developers currently, and talks of whether the company is considering a change in business direction, given its slow sales. He also addresses governance concerns, such as the resignation of Tan Sri Dato' Sri Hamad Kama Piah Bin Che Othman as Chairman in July, and the  and the appointment of major shareholder Tan Sri Lim Kim Hong as his replacement. Eu also addresses financial issues such as receivables owing from Sumurwang, its major owner amounting to 3.1 million ringgit, which is unsecured, interest-free and subject to a credit term of 7 months and possibly overdue.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stewart Forbes, Executive Director of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Dr Veerinderjeet Sing, Managing Director of Taxand Malaysia, gives their views on whether Budget 2011 has done enough to attract investments, and to allocate for education. They also share their views on allocating RM5 billion on the proposed 100-storey building, expected to be the tallest in the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dato' Dr. Mahani Zainal Abidin, Chief Executive of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies and Christopher Boyd, Executive Chairman of CB Richard Ellis Malaysia, discuss the upcoming 2011 budget in the areas of property, taxation, construction, subsidy reform, fiscal deficits, the Economic Transformation Program and moving into developed-nation status.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, discusses investment in Malaysia, dealing with issues such as stock valuations, how he is turning bullish for the first time in a very long time, how the government is proactvely seeking economic and public sector reform and what it takes to succeed. He talks about what he likes about Malaysia? And dislikes. And as well, discusses derivative-related market risks in Malaysia. Additionally, he discusses China-centric issues like the stocks he is said to be keen on, such as manufacturing and consumer counters, and that he is not keen on banks (citing concerns about non-performing loans). He also addresses the issue of why Hong Kong is still a more popular destination than Shanghai given the interest in doing business in China. In addition he also talks about US pressure on China to allow its Renmimbi to appreciate, and as a corollary, how China is becoming a more domestically-oriented economy. As for Indonesia, Mobius also talks about how he like Indonesia, where its resources, large and young population are factors, as well as the fact that Jakarta, the capital, is expected to be the largest city in the world within two decades. And that long-term, Indonesia could even join that Exclusive BRIC club. Additionally, Mobius also addresses equities generally, with lots of pessimism about developed-economy markets and their currencies, and a lot of reallocation towards precious metals like gold and EM markets and currencies. And whether the sharp rise in EM currencies can be seen as unhealthy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cheah Kam Huan, CEO of the Malaysian Timber Council, explains why timber is not a sunset industry, and says illegal logging is not a big issue in Malaysia compared to other countries. This is despite the Norwegian Government Pension Fund selling down its shares in a major logging company. The MTC is mainly focused on working with timber players in Peninsular Malaysia while companies in Sarawak, the global players, are outside its purview. The Council mainly looks into branding and marketing of timber products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mohd Nur Ismal Mohamed Kamal, Chief Executive Officer of the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), talks about SPAD, its aims, its workforce, and when it will begin, given Parliament needs to amend several existing laws relating to public road and rail transport before it can begin operations. He also discusses MMC-Gamuda's proposal for the 36b rgt MRT project, and how that can be reconciled by SPAD's working on a holistic oublic transport Masterplan. He also addresses concerns over corruption and leakages, the need for open tenders, principles of good economic governance, World Bank protocols governing the award of tenders -- and whether SPAD and Malaysia adheres to these principles. He also talks about "realising the ambitions" as outlined in the National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) for public transportation and the key deliverables. He also discusses a potential Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, the awarding of licences to bus and taxi operators, feedback from the public and the KPIs in resolving them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Ng, Managing Director of Carlsberg Greater China, offers some perspective on how massive China is as a country, and as a market, Carlsberg's market share share in China as well as in Asia and how fast the China market is growing at annually. He also discusses beer advertising in China and how different it is to Malaysia, offers an update on acquisitions, and that China (along with Russia and Vietnam and India) is said to be growing so fact that it is forgong acquisitions in developed markets to focus on these regions, and whether acquisition targets in China are fast-dwindling. He also offers some details on revenues, profits and margins.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Galileo Global Advisors Chairman & CEO George Ugeux (And former NYSE head) talks about global financial issues and begins with his views on Europe's debt crisis issues, how well recovery efforts are going, the risk of a currency devaluation for the Euro and the sterling, and offers his views on gold and silver prices (and whether they are a bubble). He also discusses his tenure at the NYSE, the impact of the US having slipped behind China and India in terms of investibility, whehter a US listing has lost its shine, reports that QE (quantitative easing) may again accelerate, that the USD may be further debased and his views of the so-called recovery in the US. He also discusses his extensive thoughts on why Americans are wrong to be so unhappy and disappointed with President Obama. He also talks about US efforts in securing its energy future and of renewable energy research and development. The discussion also centres on China, and pressure on its government to allows its Yuan to appreciate, and whether the world, should be allowed to dictate terms to China. He also discusses his disdain for a global shift towards protectionism, and talk of mergers among country stock exchanges; as well as which cities around the world will be financial centres in future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daud Ahmad, CEO of Cypark Resources, tells the potential of the company that is bound for listing on 15 October 2010. It current has 16 landfill projects under its belt and the government has earmarked 112 unsanitary landfills to be closed and restored.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aminar Rashid Salleh Managing Director of Perodua, talks about the transition from UMW in December last year to the top job in Perodua, some of the biggest differences in the way the outfit was run, the dynamics behind Perodua having the lion's share of the market,  and whether this was due to cannibalisation or from new sales, comments on analysts' view that 2010 is the second of a new 3-year cycle for motor stocks, and the factors which have caused the cycle to begin.He also discusses borrowing costs, the implications of a strong ringgit, his views on TIV for 2010.He also comments on criticism that Perodua does not have a more aggressive new model rollout, that there are only three models in the Perodua stable, and whether there any plans to add new types / classes of cars. He also discusses the Perodua Nautica and the reasons for its slow sales, as well as the roadmap for new model rollouts, ideas for hybrid and electric cars, the aim to increase overseas sales, and the lack of brand equity overseas, as well as the company's business as a contract maker.He discusses, also, talks of a potential merger between itself and Proton: the drivers behind this move, the pros and cons, and whether he sees any sense in it occuring.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sunway University College Executive Director Elizabeth Lee, talks about the reasons why Sunway University College is operated as a not-for-profit trust foundation and the amount of money that it has awarded as scholarships since its inception in 1987. She also talks about the student body, its international students, whether it is bidding to win University status and what it means to be a University. She also discusses Malaysia's plans to achieve high-income status but is encumbered by a below-average education system. She also discusses (founder) Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah) plan for the Sunway Education Group as a genuine desire to give back to society, that it will be around for a long, long time after his death.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Aminuddin Adnan, President of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd, starts off with an overview of KTM such as shareholding, progress since corporatisation, whether it benchmarkss itself, the performance of its main business units, and the mandate for which he was brought in to KTM. He also kTM's financial performance, and the reasons for 15 straight years of losses. He also discusses controversies such as its procurement practices, overpaying, complaints that procurement is done by direct negotiation, and the progress of MACC probes. He also discusses progress on KTM's double-tracking and electric train project, the current status, and who the contractor will now be. He also touches on Singapore-Malaysia issues such as the land and Tanjung Pagar and the implications of their resolution. The high speed rail link is another subject he also discusses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wing K Lee, CEO of WIMAX operator YTL Communications Sdn Bhd introduces the technology, discusses the importance of interoperability, the reason for taking so long to launch and the government's fine for the delay. He also addreses reports that WIMAX has struggled in Europe and North America, and addresses the challenges of stability and speed, and talks about his coverage plans. He also discusses whether his service will soon be available in East Malaysia. He then discusses financial targets and milestones, potential exit strategies, target subscriptions, revenues, profits, target market, potential pricing and speed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Salman Khan, the Founder of the not-for-profit online tutorial academy, Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org), talks about why he left the hedge-fund investment business to focus on Khan Academy, the numbers of tutorials he has currently has, range of subjects, traffic numbers, geographic range and the number of students it reaches. He also talks about how it is funded, whether it makes any money, how he and his family survives, and why the hell he does it! He also discusses whether he will ever menetise the site, the fact that it didn't 'feel right'? to accept VC funds, and monetise education. He also chats about whether he is an anomaly, whether there are others like him, whether people look at him kind of funny. and whether his move represents a kind of social shift that is beginning to reject all that was wrong and immoral about Wall Street into a perhaps more productive and rewarding career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.