On June 19, 2020, Malaysia’s early stage startup influencer Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) revealed 2 new investment programmes with higher fund limits: Cradle Investment Programme Ignite (CIP Ignite) and Cradle Investment Programme Accelerate (CIP Accelerate). This was done at a launch officiated by YB Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Science, …
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When Huawei released their new P40 series two months ago, I have to admit that I was a little underwhelmed. Sure, the P40 and P40 Pro did feature some expected hardware improvements, but the cameras — while still miles ahead of the competition — were not as significant a leap …
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On June 15, the multi-ministry taskforce announced that Phase 2 of circuit breaker reopening will commence on June 19. Phase 2 will see the resumption of most activities, including the reopening of food and beverage (F&B) establishments that sell predominantly beverages as well as dine-in services. According to a survey …
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Amid the economic downturn and an increased unemployment rate caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, all of Singapore’s 85,000 civil servants will not receive any mid-year annual variable component (AVC) payment, in an announcement made by the Public Service Division (PSD) on Thursday (June 18). In addition, there will be a …
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According to Faizul Ridzuan, who spent over RM20,000 on buying his 50+ staff at FAR Capital AirAsia’s RM399 Unlimited Pass Cuti Cuti Malaysia, this was a decision made in 10 minutes. He had simply been browsing his Instagram feed one Sunday when he saw Tony Fernandes addressing the concerns about …
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Back in April, Hong Kong-based travel startup Klook announced that they were laying off staff, putting some employees on temporary leave and implementing a company-wide reduced work week to cut costs amid the pandemic. In addition, all three of the company’s co-founders will be foregoing their pay until this Covid-19 …
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Back in August 2019, 3 startup founders were appointed by Mahathir and Syed Saddiq as youth leaders in their fields of expertise to work with the previous National Economic Action Council (NEAC) lineup. They were Nadhir Ashafiq, Executive Director and co-founder of TheLorry, Liew Ooi Hann, founder and Director of Jirnexu, and …
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Earlier this month, Disney Junior Asia announced on its Facebook page that its Disney channels have been removed from Singtel and StarHub platforms. To our viewers subscribed to Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior and Go Disney on Singtel and StarHub, we are disappointed to confirm that the Disney Channels …
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It’s been over half a year now since news first broke of COVID-19, and today over 400,000 people across the world have succumbed to the virus, with Malaysia alone having had 121 deaths. In April, the unemployment rate in Malaysia spiked to 5%, the highest since 1990, and it is …
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