According to the Savills Global Market Sentiment Survey, China held a ‘slightly positive’ sentiment, as the country saw some real estate activity resume after infection rates were brought under control. In the first half of April, the country’s retail and office leasing activities increased moderately. Meanwhile, South Korea and Vietnam, which have seen rapid falls in infection levels, were ‘neutral’.

This is the seventh consecutive day that Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases are in the double digits, and is the eighth time since the Movement Control Order (MCO) started on March 18.

Some parents and spouses have upped their game and added another feather to their cap by giving themselves, their children and partners, haircuts.

The Resmed Astral 150 ventilators and Philips Everflow oxygen concentrators were bought with money donated by Corporate Malaysia and individuals to The Edge Covid-19 Equipment Fund, which has raised RM14.41 million to date.

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.