“We do not care if they ran away or are afraid to return (since Medan 88 was placed under EMCO), what is important is that they surrender and we will arrest the employers who conspired with them (taking the residents away). We want them to return so that we can do the Covid-19 screening test on them and determine their health status,”

“It is a foregone conclusion that retail REITs will see negative earnings growth this year with the CMCO reinstated.”

These stores have “been gaining prominence and their sales are projected to continue on an upward trajectory”.

The Building Industry Presidents’ Council said “it is good” that the Covid-19 Act has temporarily suspended “contractual rights under Part 2 of the Act in order to allow all parties to review their respective positions and consider the best way to move forward”.

CGS-CIMB Securities said the contraction in the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) moderated significantly to 2.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 3Q as economic activity rebounded strongly on a sequential basis following the transition to the Recovery MCO (RMCO) in June.

"This is expected to stimulate and inject domestic spending consistently and in turn create a multiplier effect, especially for industries linked to the tourism, arts and culture sectors."

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said, however, the contagion was still under control with the implementation of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in the area since last month.

“Our key focus for the next two months would be on the swift conversion of these bookings into sales, and hence, we believe we have a fair chance to achieve our sales target of RM3.8 billion set for this financial year,” S P Setia president and CEO Datuk Khor Chap Jen

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He also advised Hindus to celebrate the festival of lights by not shaking hands or gathering in large groups and to practice physical distancing.