Datuk Chang Kim Loong: Members of the public are also forewarned to be careful with any oral promises from any parties to renew lease tenures upon expiry which are not properly documented. The related case study would be the Marble Jade Mansion in Brickfields on issue of “promised” lease extension, but that is another story.

Malaysian Association of Hotels CEO Yap Lip Seng: Hotels are coming up with creative products and services to sustain operations and such work-from-hotel packages are one of those where hotels are making use of their available resources to generate additional revenues.

CGS-CIMB Research analyst Sharizan Rosely said the tenancy drop-out for Robinson’s outlet in The Gardens Mall will negatively impact IGB Real Estate Investment Trust (IGB REIT). However, he believed that the damage is manageable

Just when markets were in a rosy mood, the escalating number of Covid-19 positive cases starting in September put everything on halt again with the implementation of a 14-day conditional movement control order (CMCO) in Klang Valley, which has been extended for another 14-days until Nov 9, 2020.

Indeed, CMCO has restricted people’s movement, causing fewer people to visit the malls, but the main deterrent now is actually people’s qualms of malls’ safety, especially since the majority of the shopping malls have reported Covid-19 positive cases since end- September.

Hindus in the RMCO and CMCO areas would be allowed to attend prayers on the first day of Deepavali with strict SOPs being followed.

The Sutera cluster, as stated in the ministry’s press release, refers to a construction site along Jalan Utama Sutera Harbour Road.

839 patients were discharged, which means the total number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 in the country is 25,654.

The respondents did not believe that now is a good time to acquire a residential property, and viewed current property prices as unaffordable. 

Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun said 41 lawmakers from the government and 39 opposition and independent lawmakers are allowed to attend the sitting in the hall at any one time