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.

He is the first person to be convicted of “exposing others to the risk of infection by breaching a stay-home notice” in Singapore.

"The state government has to find ways to reboot the economy, this is important and we need to seriously focus on this."

Li Zehua was reported to have visited “sensitive venues” in Wuhan such as the community that held a banquet despite the COVID-19 outbreak and the crematorium which was allegedly hiring extra staff to help carry corpses.

“I have eight people in my family, I don’t know how long we can last like this.”

Sold for: RM2,705,400 (RM835psf); Concluded by: Henry Chin (E 1833) (012-377 8306) of Property Express; When: November 2019