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Silver Screens and Guitar Strings – S2 Ep13: Lyia Meta rues missed opportunities

Award winning Malaysian singer must sell paintings to raise funds to receive her awards in the US

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 03 Nov 2022 12:00PM

Silver Screens and Guitar Strings – S2 Ep13: Lyia Meta rues missed opportunities
Award-winning singer Lyia Meta drops by The Vibes offices for a chat in the podcast studio. – NOOREEZA HASHIM/ The Vibes pic, November 3, 2022

LYIA Meta has won over 30 international awards for her singing. However, when she required financial help to receive her recent awards in the US last year and even in 2022, she found that the ministries involved were unhelpful to say the least.

Datuk Kamil and Manvir sit down and dissect this issue and for the first time, we get to know the actual story and processes to apply for these monies. 

Are we doing enough to both nurture and support our artists? What can be done to improve the quality of our arts and achieve international recognition?

– NOOREEZA HASHIM/ The Vibes pic
– NOOREEZA HASHIM/ The Vibes pic

You can suggest ideas on how the system can be improved by tweeting @manvirvictor. – The Vibes, November 3, 2022

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