Sabah’s hotel and leisure sub-sector and its related services had been hit hard since early this year, mainly due to the suspension of direct flights from China and South Korea.

“Alongside DBKL, the Social Welfare Department has also been instructed to cooperate in taking action to ensure the issue is resolved immediately.”

More than half of active cases are in Lembah Pantai, which covers several parts of the downtown areas. There were 273 cases in Lembah Pantai, according to the Health Ministry. 

Dr Sheik Muszaphar Shukor a co-founder of the Malay cuisine restaurant Rebung Restaurant

In a circular to CN Asia shareholders today, Asia Equity Research said the purchase consideration is fair as the deal was made on a willing buyer-willing seller basis.

CGS-CIMB economists Michelle Chia and Lim Yee Ping wrote in a note that the nation’s monetary policy is likely to become more accommodative and CGS-CIMB expects BNM to reduce the OPR by 50bps this May, followed by a further 25bps cut in the second half of 2020.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the REIT attributed the lower income to the rental support provided to tenants, and lower car park income, arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and Movement Control Order (MCO) since mid-March.

The owner of one of the cats had earlier tested positive for COVID-19 while the other animal lives in a home where no one was “confirmed to be ill with Covid-19”.

Platinum Victory executive director Gan Yee Hin: As we are anticipating businesses and customers to continue practising social distancing and other safety precautions even after the current situation, we are taking the first steps to embrace this 'curbside pick-up' concept as a better or preferred alternative than in-store pick-ups.

Affin Hwang Capital analyst Brian Yeoh: The potential divestment of Tesco Malaysia is a positive news for Sime as the hypermarket has been reporting continued losses since FY15 (financial year 2015) [except for FY18, likely due to one-off effects] due to intense competition from discount grocers and the growing e-commerce space as well as an increase in affluent customers.