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State governments urged to give moratorium on quit rent and assessment

Knight Frank Malaysia managing director Sarkunan Subramaniam said the Singapore government has announced property tax rebates of up to 100% for non-residential properties for the tax payable this year while in Jiangsu province, China, the local government has introduced exemption of property tax and urban land use tax for industries severely affected by the epidemic in the first half of 2020.

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Gamuda Land to improve workplace safety post-MCO

Gamuda Land: All employees are encouraged to closely monitor their health and seek medical attention if they develop flu-like symptoms. The management is also monitoring its employees through a mandatory daily online survey to track employees’ and their family’s or housemate’s health.

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Tesco on recruitment drive to meet demand due to COVID-19

“The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sharp increase in demand for food and household products.  At Tesco, we are working around the clock to help ensure families have access to the shopping items they need. To help us step up and meet demand, we would like to bring in over 600 new colleagues to work in our stores for at least the next eight weeks,” said Tesco Head of People, Alvin Low.

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New SOP for MCO later this week, says Ismail Sabri

“So we are analysing the SOPs so there might be some relaxation of the rules. If there are zero (cases) maybe (these areas will be) given some relaxation.

“But I did not say there will be less tight rules, it will be decided after the briefing.”

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