CNY, Hari Raya and surge in grocery shopping won’t avert first retail contraction in 22 years
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): Malaysia is expected to see its first retail sales contraction in 22 years at 5.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): Malaysia is expected to see its first retail sales contraction in 22 years at 5.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): Malaysia Airlines Bhd will resume once-weekly service between Kuala Lumpur and Kuching, Miri and Kota Kinabalu starting this week, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project contractor China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd (CCC-ECRL) is donating medical supplies including more than 150,000 masks to state governments and local councils along the alignment.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): Malaysia’s daily recoveries from the Covid-19 outbreak have exceeded daily new cases for the fifth time, with 168 patients set to be discharged as of noon today, compared with 134 new infections discovered.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 12): The Taman Tun Dr Ismail Residents Association (TTDIRA) considers Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa’s recent announcement about the continuation of the TTDI longhouse redevelopment project as sub-judice since the matter still being heard in court.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): While Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah agrees that the government should be planning on how to slowly return life to normal for Malaysians after the movement control order (MCO), he feels it should postpone allowing barbershops and hair salons to operate, Malaysiakini reported today.
PETALING JAYA (April 10): A number of services, including hair salons, hardware and electronics shops will now be allowed to operate under the movement control order (MCO) subject to strict conditions, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.
PETALING JAYA (April 10): While many are expecting property prices to come down further in light of the uncertainties brought on mainly by the Covid-19 pandemic, Rescom Realty team leader and PEHAM (Persatuan Perunding Hartanah Muslim Malaysia) Exco member Mohd Faizal Mohd Ismail reckons that for first-time homebuyers, the best time to buy a property is "always now".
After having to work from home since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented in Malaysia on March 18 owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, many could well be missing their offices after more than two weeks, especially when their home offices would most likely just be a makeshift desk placed in one corner of the house.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): A policeman who was on duty for the Covid-19 movement control order went beyond his call of duty and saved a puppy that fell into a monsoon drain, the Malay Mail reported today.