Datuk Zainal Abidin Abu Hassan was appointed secretary-general for the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.

The mall group will also undertake steps to ease credit control for retailers in this difficult period, it said.

"This is a major issue. Property management is not considered an essential service although it ensures all services such as cleaning, security, lift maintenance and utilities supply are not interrupted in buildings." 

In a statement today, Kossan group managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) Tan Sri Lim Kuang Sia said the company continues to ensure the supply of personal protective equipment such as rubber gloves remains uninterrupted.

"... the 70-year-old surau chairman passed away at 9.05pm yesterday."

The report quoting epidemiologist Datuk Dr Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud said there was a likelihood of at least four more waves attributed to mass gatherings held recently.

The COC and CPC said they "made the difficult decision to not send Canadian teams to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020".

"The economic problems we face can be solved faster once the health crisis is contained, so that businesses can reopen and people can go back to work and lead normal lives."

"How bad the situation would be depends on how long the pandemic lasts.”

The immediate concern is the impact of the MCO on rental payments among tenants, as well as the possibility of the partial lockdown being extended beyond March.