Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

Singapore’s Parliament passed the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act, or Fica last Monday. It aims to tackle foreign meddling in domestic politics conducted through hostile information campaigns and the use of local proxies. But what does FICA really do? The Breakfast Huddle's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish get Eugene Tan, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University to help us understand this.

Airports and air travel have always been at the forefront of technological advancement as the industry has always strived for perfection. Fabrice Godeau, Head of Asia Pacific, Vision-Box shares the type of solutions Vision-Box provides for airports and airlines, and how the best airports and airlines are preparing to handle passengers safely.

Around 70 percent of companies use social media scraping to learn more about job applicants, even though the process runs the risk of making discriminatory and potentially illegal judgements. Andrew How, Managing Partner, Kincentric, discusses the fairness of judging a job candidate based on their social media profile and how to minimise biasness when hiring. 

Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist, AMP Capital, discusses the investor takeaways from Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam's final policy address.

Facebook recently faced it’s largest outage recorded -- we’re talking about 10.6 million problem reports globally. The firm has since apologised for the mass outage, explaining that it was caused by “configuration changes on the backbone routers”. Jonathan Woo, Research Analyst, Phillip Securities shares the implications of this outage on Facebook, where cyber security is concerned, and how Facebook can reassure investors of a comeback from this double whammy. 

Regional Round-up Ep 18: South-East Asian politicians and influential leaders mentioned in Pandora papers 11:04 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliott Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points: Impact of Pandora papers on South-east Asian politicians and influential leaders (2:15) How are the governments in the region addressing the Pandora papers? (4:11) Singapore's Fica aims to tackle foreign interference in domestic affairs (5:15) Malaysia had Chinese vessels enter its maritime economic zone (7:56) Latest updates on Phillippines' presidential election (9:25) Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Dan Koh Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Leslie Lopez's stories. Asian Insider newsletter. --- Discover more ST podcast series: Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE Life Weekend Picks Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa2 #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts:  http://bt.sg/podcasts Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

While we thought that it was the end of Jekyll & Hyde Cocktail Bar, the bar found a new home in a two-storey shophouse at Neil Road. Like many other restaurants in the embattled food and beverage (F&B) industry, Jekyll & Hyde was hit hard by the pandemic. Ee Chien Chua, Owner, Jekyll & Hyde Cocktail Bar shares his experiences and stories of constant pivoting, and how Xero's platform helped with cost allocation and made his business maintain its positive cash flow. 

Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times gives an analysis of the effect of the Pandora Paper leak which links to secret stores of wealth hidden by influential Asians, implications of Singapore’s FICA that was just recently passed into law on the wider region, the latest update on the Philippine election, and more. 

According to new insights from American Express’s Shop Small Business Recovery Research in Singapore, most Singapore businesses still remain cautiously optimistic about the future despite the new waves of Covid-19 cases. Ho Yat-Wai, Country Manager, American Express Singapore shares more about the research along with its findings, as well as the American Express Shop Small initiative that aims to help businesses in survival mode. 

Aspiring to be the most sustainable technology company by 2030, HP is reinventing the way they are doing things. Ng Tian Chong, Managing Director of Greater Asia, HP shares how HP is changing its business models, R&D, and manufacturing, to propel towards a future of sustainability while driving greater efficiency and productivity in Singapore.