News about IT

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): The 2020 Nielsen Report stated that 79% of Malaysians have better access to technology compared to two years ago, whilst 83% of Malaysians feel that technology can help them simplify and organise their lives in the next two years.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): CIMB Group Holdings Bhd has confirmed that one of its employees has tested positive for COVID-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): A patient suspected with COVID-19 infection has reportedly killed himself after being admitted to an isolation ward at Serdang Hospital, a China Press report said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): At least one New York hospital has begun putting two patients on a single ventilator machine, an experimental crisis-mode protocol some doctors worry is too risky but others deemed necessary as the COVID-19 outbreak strains medical resources, Reuters reported on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has received requests from some 9,290 applicants from various manufacturing industries for normal operations during the Movement Control Order (MCO).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Country Garden Malaysia-Singapore Region has distributed some 6,000 masks to residents and police officers living and working in the area where one of its projects Lake City @ KL North is located, yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Malaysian Rubber Gloves Manufacturers Association (Margma) has warned distributors to refrain from profiteering as there is adequate supply of gloves in the country.

SUBANG JAYA (March 27): Sunway Group Bhd's healthcare division has pledged to accept non-COVID-19 patients from public hospitals recommended by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in an effort to ease the burden on government healthcare facilities who are currently in the midst of combating the COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): Eco World International Bhd’s (EWI) net profit for the first quarter ended Jan 31 slumped by 95.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): Sunway Construction Group Bhd (SunCon) said it had received a letter of award (LoA) on highway construction, from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) worth a total 8.