News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): A Singapore man who breached a stay-home notice (SHN) in the island republic and went for a bak kut teh (pictured) meal was sentenced to six weeks' jail, The Straits Times (ST) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Li Zehua (pictured), a Chinese journalist who went missing for almost two months after streaming videos from Wuhan, China about the COVID-19 situation there has reappeared, reported The Daily Mail of the UK.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Fearing food supplies may run low, residents in parts of Selayang being placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) are “pleading” with the authorities to allow sundry shops in their area to be opened, the Malay Mail reported today.

PUTRAJAYA (April 22): The Ministry of Health will meet Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as early as this Friday to advise him on whether the Movement Control Order (MCO) should be lifted or continued.

PETALING JAYA (April 22): With the gloomy outlook for office and retail, alternative commercial properties such as student accommodation, senior living/retirement housing and co-living could become investments of choice, according to findings of Knight Frank Malaysia’s The Malaysia Commercial Real Estate Investment Sentiment Survey (CREISS) 2020 conducted in February 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): MMAG Holdings Bhd, which is buying two parcels of land in mainland Penang from Dynaciate Group Bhd for RM41 million, today entered into a supplemental agreement on the deal.

  KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Malaysia's daily new cases dropped today to 50, which is lower than the number of recoveries at 103.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): The Malaysian REIT Managers Association (MRMA) is calling for relief measures to help the local real estate investment trusts (REITs) industry mitigate the adverse impacts it is currently facing.

PETALING JAYA: Those who are wish apply to travel back to major cities can do so using the Gerak Malaysia app or at the nearest police station from April 25, said Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob according to a Star report today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): The first phase, third block residents of Taman Sri Murni, Selayang residents have finally received their food rations from the authorities today at around 2pm, China Press reported.