Alhamdulillah. YB Fuziah (Kak Gee) who attended the PH - Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul meeting today, informed me that MOF is keen to produce a Gender Responsive Budget (GRB) with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) elements for the upcoming budget. If truly realised, it would be a positive step towards addressing gender equality, and future proofing Malaysia. She also informed me that Minister DS Tengku Zafrul showed interests in MPI as a tool.

KEADILAN MPs have been working hard on these matters as part of our pre-budget preparations led by Wong Chen.

Thank you very much for the stellar work done, Ale, Wong Chen’s officer - for collating all the written suggestions and recommendations over the many pre-councils between KEADILAN MPs.

Having completed our MPI survey, led by Professor Fatimah Kari & her team, local enumerators and our ground office - culminating in a finalised report on measuring the different dimensions of poverty (six conventional & 3 COVID-19 related) in Permatang Pauh, -it brings me pleasure to have my colleagues champion a more progressive and future proof measurement of poverty & its alleviation in the upcoming Budget and 12th Malaysia Plan.

Our office finalised a few recommendations to the MOF - specifically seeking an MPI centred approach to poverty eradication; and adoption of gender responsive measures in the dispensing of our national budget. The findings through our MPI survey confirmed that women headed households are in deeper financial crisis in comparison to conventional households - with a concerning intergenerational lack of social and educational mobility and increased food poverty amongst children.

As such - our national budget must be responsive to gender - a principle that carries through to the point of implementation. Since MOF limited reps to three from each party; I urged that YB Fuziah be included together with Wong Chen and our SecGen. Kak Gee (YB Fuziah) has been a long time advocate of gender responsive budgeting and together — the three of them also stressed the need for Malaysia to achieve the SDGs - specifically the 5th, in tandem with a more realistic measurement of poverty.

As for me; the task of briefing Minister Dato’ Seri Mustapa Mohamed on our completed MPI survey & our discussion on the key highlights to be raised during our 12th Malaysia Plan RTM session tomorrow night gave me some hope - of a new dawn in poverty eradication - if not necessarily, new politics 😅 Cautiously optimistic, bak kata Uncle Wong Chen.

Much to do - waver, we mustn’t.

Please note we are planning the launch of our MPI report. Join us as the date nears #Parlimen!

Set off with Yara Shahidi, Dior global ambassador, as she receives an exclusive tour of the 'Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams' exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum on.dior.com/designer-of-dreams in the company of curator Florence Müller. Wowed by the scale of creativity showcased, and the strikingly different interpretations of Monsieur Dior's legacy, she explores each thematic display before culminating with the tarot-inspired Spring-Summer 2021 Haute Couture outfit by Maria Grazia Chiuri the actress and activist had previously worn herself.

你有嘻哈魂嗎? 你身體裡也流著像頑童MJ116、玖壹壹、蛋堡、女士優先、肯伊威斯特或卡蒂B一樣的饒舌血液嗎? 身為嘻哈舞者、饒舌歌手、DJ或編曲人的你，準備好將你的技巧提升到新的爆點了嗎? 現在，一個專屬於你、千載難逢的機會來了!

美國在台協會很榮幸與桃園市政府文化局合作舉辦「Next Level 台美嘻哈交流計畫」。特別為台灣成軍的Next Level夢幻團隊，將為本地的嘻哈表演者帶領一系列的活動，包括為期一週的密集嘻哈工作坊、即興鬥陣、文化參訪，最終以一場嘻哈音樂盛典直達本計畫的高潮。Next Level 嘻哈工作坊，即日起開始受理線上報名，截止日為8月31日! 如果你自認愛玩嘻哈，隨時想著如何讓你的才華得到世界的共鳴，請即刻手刀報名: https://reurl.cc/0jnaWk

Next Level 是由美國國務院教育暨文化事務局所贊助的國際音樂和文化交流專案。預計在10月12 至 25日，五位美國嘻哈音樂家: Orb (舞蹈), Purple Haze (饒舌歌手), Krate Digga (DJ), 和 BLVK Samurai (編曲人) 將與團隊經理ADUM⁷一起來到台灣。除了帶來炸裂的表演，也將與本地樂手合作，展現透過嘻哈轉化衝突的溝通力量，共譜跨越文化的創意交流。Next Level 台灣計畫，隸屬於一個由眾多美國饒舌歌手、DJ、編曲人與舞者所組成的龐大網絡，旨在透過嘻哈文化串聯起全球的嘻哈社群。本計畫更多訊息請參考連結：https://www.nextlevel-usa.org/eap/taiwan

千萬別錯過這個向你的嘻哈同門學習的絕佳機會!

Do you live for Hip Hop? Does the blood of MJ116, 911, Soft Lipa, Lady First, Kanye and Cardi B flow through your veins? Are you ready to take your skills to the NEXT LEVEL as a dancer, MC, DJ or beatmaker? Well here is your once-in-a-lifetime chance!

AIT is proud to host Next Level Taiwan. In collaboration with the Taoyuan Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Next Level Team Taiwan will lead artists in a series of intensive hip hop workshops and jam sessions, culminating in a public concert and cultural outreach to show that hip hop is an important part of cultural diplomacy. From today through August 31 we are holding an OPEN CALL for artists interested in this Next Level Academy! If you consider yourself a hip hop artist and want to figure out how to share your talent with the world, please apply here: https://reurl.cc/0jnaWk.

Next Level is an international musical and cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. From October 12-25, five hip-hop artists -- Orb (Dance), Purple Haze (MC), Krate Digga (DJ), and BLVK Samurai (Beatmaker) -- will join team manager ADUM⁷ here in Taiwan. They will perform for audiences and collaborate with local artists to promote cross-cultural creative exchange and conflict transformation. Next Level Taiwan is part of a larger network of American MCs, DJs, beatmakers, and hip hop dancers seeking to create a global community through hip hop culture. For more information click here: https://www.nextlevel-usa.org/eap/taiwan.

"PEOPLE" Project is the result of Malaysia-based comic artist Michael Chuah, who'd used his "cutie pop style" to illustrate 100 portrait drawing that feature well known people from different centuries & walks of life, culminating in a 120-pager art book!

I did a pageflip on Instagram Live on Sunday Feb 21st (view on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLjD7WQFi68/), and this is the direct recording.

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Tiger Muay Thai fighter Jonny Betts ??????? scoring a big elbow KO over Champ Extracolefilm ?? on this past Saturday's Max Muay Thai "The Champion" event, culminating a bloody fight that saw the fighters receive a combined total of 36 stitches!

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