News about COVID-19

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.

PETALING JAYA (April 17): Whether property developers will lower the prices of their products in light of the current economic downturn brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic would depend on how desperate the developer is, but one thing is certain prices will definitely come down, said Datuk Soam Heng Choon, Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president.

PETALING JAYA (April 17): The ongoing Covid-19 outbreak has put a large dent on the global economy.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): MTUC secretary-general J Solomon has come out swinging against Azmin Ali's announcement that Socso funds would be used pay for the mandatory Covid-19 screening of employees who are allowed to operate during the movement control order (MCO), Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): IHH Healthcare Bhd has allocated 200 beds across its network of 15 Pantai and Gleneagles Hospitals in Malaysia to treat non-Covid19 patients decanted from public hospitals.

The Covid-19 pandemic has derailed the entire world.

A note from the Editor-in-Chief The current Covid-19 outbreak is unleashing havoc to economies across the globe.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir today cautions that the government's move to arrest and charge Movement Control Order (MCO) violators to seek heavier sentences would lead to more people being incarcerated.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Europe is currently in the eye of the storm of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the number of cases nearing a million, the World Health Organisation's (WHO) European regional director said yesterday in a Reuters report.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Many traders who have set up Ramadan bazaar stalls for years will have to miss out this year as the government has decided to ban the operation of Ramadan bazaars in a bid to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysiakini reported today.