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KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Malaysia’s capital city Kuala Lumpur sees its number of active Covid-19 positive cases dropped to 432 as of noon yesterday, compared with 535 cases on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Sime Darby Bhd’s plan to sell its 30% stake in Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd for RM300 million is seen as positive by analysts who say this would allow the group to exit its loss-making hypermarket business.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Sime Darby Bhd has inked a deal to sell its 30% stake in Tesco Stores (M) Sdn Bhd for RM300 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): US President Trump said on Tuesday that he would order a temporary halt in issuing green cards to prevent people from immigrating to the United States, but he backed away from plans to suspend guest worker programmes after business groups exploded in anger at the threat of losing access to foreign labor, the New York Times (NYT) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Tenaganita has expressed concerned that migrants are being made "scapegoats" during the Covid-19 pandemic and are being deprived of aid, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The government “will look into the possibility of deferring” the Hari Raya Aidilfitri public holidays in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Star reported today.

PETALING JAYA (April 20): A “nationwide study” conducted by real estate sales and media company Juwai IQI revealed that “residential property prices are expected to surge in 2021” post the Covid-19 outbreak, reported Free Malaysia Today (FMT).

PETALING JAYA (April 17): The effect of property cooling measures imposed since 2014 has been "too effective" and it is perhaps time to remove them, said Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president , said Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president Datuk Soam Heng Choon.

PETALING JAYA (April 17): The Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) is not a "cheap sale" but meant to reduce the burden on homebuyers with the government incentives such as stamp duty waivers, said Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president Datuk Soam Heng Choon.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Zoo Negara Malaysia has closed its door to the public since the implementation of Movement Control Order (MCO) started in March 18, 2020.